Irving Park
Irving Park, the 16th recognized Chicago neighborhood, is located on the city’s Northwest Side. The neighborhood gets its name from the late American author Washington Irving. Irving Park is a mixture of smaller, more easily identified neighborhoods such as The Villa, West Walker, The Triangle, Independence Park, Addison Mall, and the treasure of Chicago – […]
Auburn Gresham
Auburn Gresham, more commonly referred to as Gresham, is number 71of the 77 Chicago designated community areas. It is located on the city’s far south side and was the previous location of the South Side Irish Parade until it was shifted to the Beverly area to Chicago’s far southwest. Auburn Gresham occupies a total land […]
GARFIELD RIDGE
Garfield Ridge is the 56th of the 77 Chicago neighborhood districts. The neighborhood gets its name from Garfield Boulevard and a neighboring glacier ridge. Garfield Ridge was previously known as Archer Limits. It occupies a total land area of 4.23 square miles (10.96 km2). Garfield Park was used served as a transportation corridor before being […]
How Many Chicago City Blocks in a Mile?
Chicago is one of the most fascinating cities in America. It’s full of amazing attractions and has a very unique geography that leads to all sorts of intriguing questions. One of the most interesting is related to the way the city is configured.: How many Chicago city blocks in a mile? The answer is surprisingly […]
Belmont Cragin
Belton Cragin is the community area of Belmont Central neighborhood in Chicago located on the Northwest side of Chicago, Illinois. Cragin Park was developed in 1927 and later modeled as a playground with quipped tennis courts. It is commonly known as Community 19 and has a commute distance of 8 miles from the Chicago Loop. […]
Jefferson Park
Jefferson Park is located east of Norwood Park and Dunning and west of Sauganash, Albany Park and Irving Park. These family-oriented, middle class communities have, in recent years, felt a swell in real estate value. Single-family frame homes and bungalows are common in both neighborhoods, with a number of condos, Victorians, and Georgians as well. […]
South Deering
South Deering was at one time home to Chicago’s first steel mill. It was originally settled by Irish, Welsh, English and Polish immigrants, but is now a chiefly Latino community. The neighborhood had hoped to host a new airport, but the plans never materialized, and the district saw some economic hardships in the 1970s and […]
Morgan Park
Located in Chicago’s southwest side, the Beverly communities and Morgan Park at a time acted as retreats for Chicago’s political elite. European Protestants were the first to settle in these neighborhoods, but they now are home to a variety of Irish Catholics and African Americans. In 2001, the median cost for a single-family home in […]
Near West Side
The neighborhood known as Near West Side extends from the Chicago River’s South Branch to Rockwell, and from Kinzie to 17th Street. You can start your children’s education in a magnet school, advance them through college prep, and watch them through medical school, all on the Near West Side. And after that, downtown Chicago is […]
Uptown
Uptown has been an entertainment sanctuary in Chicago for decades. Home to many theaters and music clubs, this area has seen legends of stage and music alike. After the Second World War, the area started to decline. Theaters closed and citizens moved to adjacent communities. Many grand and luxurious homes were converted into multi-resident homes […]