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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streets_and_highways_of_Chicago#Street_layout
http://www.dreamtown.com/maps/chicago-streetfinder-map.html
    "800" = 1 mile
    major streets occur every "800", every mile
    major seconday streets occur at the "400" point, at the half-mile point
    even-numbered addresses are on the north and west side of the street, odd on south and east
    for numbered streets on south side, 95th street = 9500 S


Cumberland  8400 W          90 @5900N
Harlem      7200 W
Cicero      4800 W          94 @5200N   94 @6000N   94 @7200N
Pulaski     4000 W          90 @3900N
Kedzie      3200 W          90 @3200N
California  2800 W          90 @2900N
Western     2400 W
Damen       2000 W
Ashland     1600 W
Racine      1200 W
Halsted      800 W
State          1 E/1 W


Dempster    8800 N          94 @5500W
Howard      7600 N
Touhy       7200 N          94 @4900W
Devon       6400 N          
Foster      5200 N          94 @4800W   90 @5700W
Lawrence    4800 N          90 @5100W
Montrose    4400 N
Irving Park 4000 N          90 @4000W   41 @600W
Addison     3600 N          90 @3600W
Belmont     3200 N          90 @3200W (Kimball[3400W] may be easier)
Diversey    2800 N          90 @2600W
Fullerton   2400 N          90 @2200W
Armitage    2000 N          90 @1700W
North       1600 N          90 @1500W
Division    1200 N          90 @1300W
Chicago      800 N          90 @1200W
Madison        1 N/1 S


======== Downtown ========

Canal Street      500 W
Wacker Drive      400 W
Franklin Street   300 W
Wells Street      200 W
LaSalle Street    150 W
Clark Street      100 W
Dearborn Street    36 W
State Street        1 E/1 W
Wabash Avenue      44 E
Michigan Avenue   100 E
Columbus Drive    300 E
McClurg Court     400 E


Chicago Avenue    800 N
Huron Street      700 N
Ohio Street       600 N
Illinois Street   500 N
Grand Avenue      450 N
Kinzie Street     400 N
Wacker Drive      300 N
Lake Street       200 N
Randolph Street   150 N
Washington Street 100 N
Madison Street      1 N/1 S
Monroe Street     100 S
Adams Street      200 S
Jackson Boulevard 300 S
Van Buren Street  400 S
Congress Parkway  500 S, leads to the Eisenhower Expressway (290)
Harrison Street   600 S
Polk Street       800 S



======== Interstate names ========

Tri-State       80 on south side, 294 on west side, turning into 94 at Lake/Cook
Kennedy         90/94 from O'Hare in to downtown
Edens           94/41 from Lake/Cook south to where it joins 90 (Kennedy)
Dan Ryan        90/94 south from downtown, ending at the fork with 57
Bishop Ford     the portion of 94 that runs south from the fork with 57, down to the Tri State (80)
Eisenhower      290 west from the Circle, curving around the south and west sides of O'Hare, and up 53
Skyway          90 after it splits off from 94 and heads across Indiana border (
James Addams    90 from O'Hare out towards Rockford
Stevenson       55, running south-west from downtown  (runs closest to Midway)