Walking Oak Park

Augusta Street is named for Augusta Carpenter, the daughter of Philo Carpenter, Chicago’s first pharmacist and a real estate developer. More on him will follow when I walk Carpenter Street, named for dear old dad. Daughter Augusta, on the other hand seems to have achieved little fame beyond her street, a park in the city…

Alexander Lane is really little more than a pair of driveways in the midst of the Madison Square townhouse development. In fact, only the townhouses on the north side of Alexander Lane have addresses of Alexander Lane, with those on the south side having Madison Street addresses (the non-garage sides of those townhouses front on…

Adams Street continuing from the street of the same name in Chicago is named for the second president of the U.S. A series of streets in Chicago are named for presidents, mostly in order, but Jefferson was banished to the near west side while John Adams took his son’s place, with his son being relegated…