Stony Island Avenue
Stony Island Avenue continues sporadically south of the Calumet in the southern suburbs, running alongside the Bishop Ford Freeway, sometimes as a frontage road.Running roughly parallel to the Illinois Central Railroad, Stony Island Avenue forms the western boundary of Jackson Park, former home of the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 and current home of the Museum of Science and Industry.Early pioneers gave this hill—located in the present day neighborhood of Calumet Heights, Chicago (also referred to as Pill Hill for the large number of doctors who used to live in the area), at 41°43′42″N 87°34′47″W / 41.72833°N 87.57972°W / 41.72833; -87.57972—the name Stony Island because at a distance it looked like an island set in a tractless prairie sea.It is the only African-American children's museum in the U.S. South of 103rd Street, Stony Island Ave. enters the heavily industrialized region of Lake Calumet.This gap is filled by the Stony Island Avenue expressway, which runs for approximately two miles (three kilometers) between I-94 (Bishop Ford Freeway) and 95th Street.