Diversey Parkway is a major east-west street on the North Side of Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

. Diversey separates the Chicago lakefront neighborhoods of Lakeview to the north and Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park, Chicago

Lincoln Park, is one of the 77 community areas on Chicago, Illinois North Side, USA. Named after Lincoln Park, a vast park bordering Lake Michigan, the community area is anchored by the Lincoln Park Zoo and DePaul University...

 to the south. West of the North Branch of the Chicago River

Chicago River

The Chicago River is a system of rivers and canals with a combined length of that runs through the city of the same name, including its center . Though not especially long, the river is notable for being the reason why Chicago became an important location, as the link between the Great Lakes and...

, the street is known as Diversey Avenue, and separates the neighborhoods of Avondale

Avondale, Chicago

Avondale is one of 77 officially designated Chicago, Illinois community areas. It is located on the Northwest Side of Chicago. Its main borders are the North Branch of the Chicago River, Diversey Avenue, Addison Street, Pulaski Road and the Union Pacific/Northwest rail line; bisecting the community...

 to the north and Logan Square

Logan Square, Chicago

Logan Square is one of the 77 city-designated community areas located on the near northwest side of the City of Chicago. The name, used here to describe the community area defined by U.S. census tracts, also applies to one of a number of smaller, more loosely defined residential neighborhoods...

 to the south. Further west, Diversey Avenue is a major street in Chicago's Hermosa

Hermosa, Chicago

Hermosa is one of 77 officially designated Chicago community areas located on the west side of Chicago, Illinois, . Originally called Kelvyn Grove, it was already called Hermosa, meaning "beautiful" in Spanish, when annexed to the city in 1889, prior to the founding of Hermosa Beach,...

, Belmont Cragin

Belmont Cragin, Chicago

Belmont Cragin is one of 77 officially designated Chicago community areas located on the Northwest Side of the City of Chicago, Illinois. It is designated Community Area 19, and is located NW of the Loop. Belmont Cragin is a community built on commerce and industry...

, and Montclare

Montclare, Chicago

Montclare is one of 77 officially designated Chicago community areas located on the Northwest Side of the City of Chicago, Illinois. It is served by Metra's Milwaukee District/West Line via Mont Clare station.-External links:*...

 neighborhoods, and it continues intermittently through the west suburbs. The street is named after nineteenth-century beer brewer Michael Diversey

Michael Diversey

Michael Diversey was an American beer brewer, owner of the Diversey Beer Brewery. Diversey was an immigrant from Illingen Saarland, Germany. He landed in the US in 1830, and went into partnership with English immigrant William Lill around 1841...

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Points of interest

Diversey has a few points of interest such as Mies van der Rohe's Commonwealth Promenade Apartments (1957), the Elks National Memorial Headquarters

Elks National Veterans Memorial

The Elks National Veterans Memorial is a Beaux Arts-style domed building at 2750 North Lakeview Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. The structure was planned by the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, who wished to honor members of their order who had served in World War I. They turned to architect...

 Building, the Brewster Apartments

Brewster Apartments

The Brewster Apartments is a residential building in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Located at 2800 North Pine Grove Avenue, it was designed by the architect Enoch Hill Turnock and built in 1893...

, the Urantia Foundation Building, the Lathrop Homes, Diversey River Bowl, Kosciuszko Park

Kosciuszko Park (Chicago)

Kosciuszko Park is a park located at 2732 N. Avers Ave. Situated along the northern boundary of Chicago's Logan Square community area at Diversey, it is heavily frequented by residents of Avondale. The historic fieldhouse was designed by Albert A...

, and the Brickyard Shopping Center. Diversey also goes by the site of one of Chicago's Seven Lost Wonders, the Olson Park and Waterfall

Olson Park and Waterfall

Olson Park and Waterfallwas a heavily visited park and waterfall complex that was located in the Avondale community area of Chicago. It was built by Walter E. Olson, the owner of the Olson Rug Company, next to his factory and headquarters on the northwest corner of Diversey and Pulaski, and was a...

 complex which was located at the northwest corner of Pulaski

Pulaski Road (Chicago)

Pulaski Road is a major north-south thoroughfare in the city of Chicago, at 4000 W., or exactly five miles west of State Street. It is named after revolutionary war hero Casimir Pulaski...

and Diversey..