Old London Telephone Exchange Names [telecom]

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Back in the 60s I lived in Evanston and worked in Chicago. Even at that late date I occasionally noticed 3L+4D numbers on old signs or in publications.

- UNIversity, in Evanston, for Northwestern University.

- GREenleaf, in Evanston, for Greenleaf Street.

- BEVerly, in Chicago, for the local neighborhood.

- MIDway, in Chicago, for Midway Plaisance, a block-wide parkway running between Washington Park and Jackson Park. During the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 it had been "the Midway". It splits the University of Chicago campus in half. The University's main number would have been MIDway 0800.

In most cases the 3L code matched the new 2L+1N code, but there were a few exceptions. In Evanston, what had been GREenleaf became GRreenleaf 5.

Neal McLain

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Posted 5 years ago by Neal McLain in General Telecommunications Forum

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