Elston Avenue
Elston Avenue is a street in the city of Chicago, serving as an alternate route along the east side of the Kennedy Expressway (Interstates 90 and 94).Elston Avenue then crosses over Interstate 94 (Edens Expressway).In the 1830s, the road was a toll road operated by Amos J. Snell, who set up tolls at the intersections with Division Street, Lawrence Avenue, and Milwaukee Avenue.[1] In 1920, what is now Horween Leather Company moved to its current location in a five-story block-long factory at 2015 North Elston Avenue (at Ashland Avenue), on the Chicago River.[2] It obtained the site, which remains the company's current location, by purchasing it from Herman Loescher and Sons tannery.