Norwood Park
Norwood Park is a mostly Irish and Italian neighborhood. A large population of Chicago police officers and fire fighters live in this region. The location lies west of Jefferson Park, south of Edison Park and east of O’Hare. The area is very green and some property lots stretch for about 300 feet. Some of the […]
Chicago Restaurants
JUST A FEW OF OUR FAVORITES: Everest 440 S. La Salle St., 40th Floor 312-663-8920 Dine 733 W. Madison St. 312-602-2100 Bella Bacino’s 75 E. Wacker Drive 312-263-2350 Bongo Room 1152 S. Wabash 312-291-0100 Marche 833 W. Randolph St. 312-226-8399 312 Chicago 136 N. LaSalle St. 312-696-2420 Ada’s Famous Deli & Restaurant 14 S. Wabash […]
Grand Boulevard
Grand Boulevard is the 38th of the 77 designated Chicago community areas. The neighborhood is located on the South Side of Chicago. The community area is now more commonly known as the Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. However, its official name remains the Grand Boulevard. It constitutes a total land area of 1.73 square miles […]
Welcome to Best Chicago Neighborhoods!
Best Chicago Neighborhoods presents you with comprehensive information on the Chicago local area. Chicago is without a doubt a melting pot of diverse, cultural, historically enriched communities. Buckingham Fountain, Lake Michigan, Grant Park, are among the few of Chicago’s most well known hot spots, but you’re not here for tourist locations (you can find that […]
West Elsdon
West Elsdon is among the most residential neighborhoods on the Southwest side, and has continued to be a quiet, blue-collar community with a high rate of homeownership for most of the second half of the 20th century. But as the older white ethnic generation aged and homes were vacated, Hispanic families with young children moved […]
Brighton Park
Taking its name from the Brighton livestock market in England, Brighton Park in Chicago started as a livestock trading center in the 1850s and has evolved into what is now a mainly residential community with a mix of commercial zones and industrial works and transportation facilities. It is community area number 58 of the 77 […]
Gresham
In the area of West Englewood, Gresham, Washington Park and Back of the Yards, Englewood in its hay-day was a hub of rail and commerce activity. Recently, it is undergoing renewed interest in real estate development. Mayor Richard Daley initiated a plan in 1999 to rebuild the area’s infrastructure, create new parks, and relocate the […]
Chicago Art Galleries
The Chicago area is home to a number of art galleries and museums. One of the world’s greatest art collections is housed at The Art Institute of Chicago, at Monroe and Michigan. The Museum of Contemporary Art features post-WWII works, and is located at Chicago and Michigan. There are also special interest museums, such as […]
The Loop
The heart of Chicago’s downtown Loop is the intersection of Madison and State, the 0,0 point on the grid formed by the city’s streets. Madison runs east and west, and State runs north and south. Street addresses increase with distance from this point outward. The Loop is so called because the “L” system of trains […]
Edison Park
Edison Park might be small in population and land area relative to other Chicago neighborhoods, but it is big in resources. With a median annual income of $105,233, it has almost double the size of Chicago’s median annual income of $58,247. It is considered one of Chicago’s most livable neighborhoods today. It takes around 22 […]