Hyde Park
Hyde Park is among the most racially integrated urban neighborhoods in the country. It has been home to Muhammad Ali and Marshall Field. The Museum of Science and Industry, the DuSable Museum of African American History, the Chicago Theological Seminary, and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House are some of the area’s culturally significant landmarks. Originally […]
North Center
North Center is located north and a bit to the west of the Loop, and is comprised of the neighborhoods of Roscoe Village, St. Ben’s, and West Lakeview. It is a smaller area and its inhabitants often claim residency in an adjoining district. A few people refer to the area as Roscoe Village instead of […]
Fuller Park
Fuller Park is number 37 out of Chicago’s 77 neighborhood divisions. It is named after a local park in the area called Fuller Park, which got its name from the Chief Justice of the United States, Melville Weston Fuller. It is a very small neighborhood spanning a total area of 0.71 square miles (1.84 km2). […]
Greater Grand Crossing
Greater Grand Crossing is the community area number 69 out of the 77 recognized Chicago neighborhoods. The neighborhood lies to the Southside of Chicago and spans a total land area of 3.56 square miles (9.22 km2). The neighborhood gets its name from a train collision in 1853 at the intersection of two rival railway tracks, […]
Portage Park
Portage Park, a community of 55,000, is bordered by Montrose Avenue, Narragansett Avenue, Cicero Avenue, and Belmont Avenue. This diversified region is home to a number of younger households, with revived constructions among both older and new properties. Real estate prices are very reasonable in these neighborhoods. The median cost of a home in Jefferson […]
Montclare
Located along the western edge of Chicago, Montclare and Galewood once were home to many of Chicago’s mobsters. These small neighborhoods no longer have the tough-guy notoriety, and Galewood is often refered to as “a suburb in the city.” The community is mainly white, but there is a large Hispanic population living in the area, […]
Burnside
An interesting statistic about Burnside that stands out is the fact that 52.4% of its already very small population live alone. This coincides with the fact that Burnside, also known as “The Triangle”, because it is triangular, is further well-defined in its boundaries with three railroad tracks on each side. Somehow, there is just something […]
Lincoln Square
Since its birth more than a century ago, Lincoln Square, between Lawrence and Montrose, has been a select neighborhood in which to live. Often refered to as the place where the Old World meets the New, the well-preserved real estate, classic architecture and serene tree-lined residential streets add to the area’s promising allure. Within Lincoln […]
West Garfield Park
Garfield Park is situated on the Southwest Side of Chicago and features single family homes along placid streets. The well-kept and well-known Garfield Park Conservatory at 300 North Central Park Avenue opened in 1908 and replaced three smaller green houses. Considered at the time to be an architectural marvel, the pipes and wiring were concealed […]
Austin
Austin is the third largest community among the 77 other communities in Chicago, Illinois, after the Lake View community. Austin is the second largest after South Deering, according to the geographical area. The border to the north is at the Milwaukee District while at the Roosevelt Road to the south. On the other side, the […]