Belmont Avenue (3200 N) is a major east–west street in
Chicago
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and some suburbs. Belmont starts at the Belmont harbor area and is a central commercial street in
Lakeview and, west of the North Branch of the
Chicago River
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Avondale. Further west, it anchors the Belmont-Central shopping district straddling the
Belmont Cragin and
Portage Park communities. The road enters western suburbs River Grove and Franklin Park before the main segment ends with other parts of Belmont still going west. Then west of the Cook County line parts of Belmont enter DuPage County, specifically in Bensenville and Addison, ending.
Belmont Avenue was the southern border of
Riverview Park. The amusement park remained open from 1904 until 1967. The park's property is now home to the Riverview Plaza shopping center, the Belmont District Police Station, and
DeVry Institute of Technology
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One of the landmarks on Belmont Avenue was the
Bally Manufacturing Corporation complex located between Washtenaw and Rockwell. The building featured neon signage with the corporate logo that looked beautiful when illuminated. Address was 2640 West Belmont, 60618. Bally also had two buildings on the south side of the street; a Parts and Lithograph (print shop) department. There were numerous buildings in the surrounding neighborhood as well. Bally moved manufacturing and eventually the corporate office to the west side of Chicago and to the western suburbs of Bensenville and Franklin Park starting in the late 1970s. The complex was sold in 1984 and after being occupied by Moloney Coachbuilders, it was sold and demolished to make way for modern luxury housing in 1997.
The street was named in memory of the
Battle of Belmont
The Battle of Belmont was fought on November 7, 1861 in Mississippi County, Missouri. It was the first combat test in the American Civil War for Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, the future Union Army general in chief and eventual U.S. president, ...
during the
American Civil War
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that was fought on November 7, 1861, in
Mississippi County, Missouri
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Transportation
The CTA provides 24/7 service with the 77 Belmont between
Sheridan Road
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and
Cumberland Avenue. The 94 California, 151 Sheridan and 156 LaSalle serve short segments of the road.
The following CTA lines service Belmont:
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Red Line,
Brown Line and
Purple Line Express at
Sheffield Avenue
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Blue Line at
Kimball Avenue
References
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Streets in Chicago