Custom Placements: City Life Lead
Why Does the City’s Border Extend North of Howard Street in Rogers Park?
When Rogers Park was annexed to Chicago, in 1893, Howard Street became the city’s boundary with Evanston. The little 80-acre neighborhood just north of Howard along the lake was known as Germania, after the German immigrants who had settled there. But Germania had a problem. It was cut off from the rest of Evanston by … Read more
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