Local Landmarks & Heritage
Local Landmarks & Heritage
- Devon Avenue (Little India)
- Indian Boundary Park
- India Sari Palace site
- Congregation Bnei Ruven
Neighborhood History
Neighborhood History
West Rogers Park grew up along Devon Avenue, originally known as Church Road in the 1850s before it became the main shopping street for Chicago's Jewish community, whose population here peaked at over 47,000 residents in the 1960s. Beginning in 1972, when Jagdish Khatwani opened India Sari Palace, Devon Avenue became a point of entry for South Asian immigrants, and by the late 1970s the corridor had earned its enduring nickname, Little India.
Today the strip between Ravenswood and California Avenues hosts one of the largest South Asian commercial districts in North America, alongside Pakistani, Assyrian, Russian, Korean, and more recently Rohingya communities who have each left their mark on the neighborhood. Indian Boundary Park, at over 13 acres one of the area's largest green spaces, anchors the community alongside the historic Orthodox Jewish congregations that remain along Devon.
For anyone who has walked Devon Avenue's Little India strip, MY-NHD's West Rogers Park tee is a way to carry that multicultural heritage with you.
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West Rogers Park - Chicago - Unisex Cotton Tee
West Rogers Park - Chicago - Unisex Cotton Tee
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West Rogers Park grew along Devon Avenue, once Church Road, which became a main street for Chicago’s Jewish community. From 1972 South Asian shops opened along Devon, which became known as Little India.
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