Milwaukee Avenue does not cross Division and Ashland at a perfect six-way intersection, resulting in a small triangular "island" in a sea of asphalt and awkward traffic problems.

This little "park" in the somewhat gritty Noble Square neighborhood is home to Nelson Algren Fountain, named after the famous Chicago novelist of the 1930s-1950s, whose gritty urban fiction explored ethnic and class dynamics and the worlds of drunks, pimps, prostitutes, freaks, drug addicts, prize fighters, corrupt politicians, and hoodlums. His most famous work, The Man with the Golden Arm, was made into a critically-acclaimed film in 1955, with a memorable title sequence (and poster) designed by the famous graphic designer Saul Bass.