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Chicago saw a major rise in violent crime starting in the late 1960s. Murders in the city peaked in 1974, with 970 murders when the city's population was over three million, resulting in a murder rate of around 29 per 100,000, and again in 1992, with 943 murders when the city had fewer than three million people, resulting in a murder rate of 34 murders per 100,000 citizens.
Logan Square is named after General John A. Logan, an American soldier and political leader.The square itself is a large public green space (designed by architect William Le Baron Jenney, landscape architect Jens Jensen and others) formed as the grand northwest terminus of the Chicago Boulevard System and the junction of Kedzie and Logan Boulevards and Milwaukee Avenue.
In 2001, MTV's reality TV show The Real World: Chicago was also staged in Wicker Park, which caused protests due to perceived promotion of gentrification. [22] In the past two decades crime has decreased and many new homes have been built as well as older homes being restored, leading to increased business activity.
CHICAGO — A police chase on Interstate 94 involving a vehicle in a possible kidnapping ended in a crash in the city’s Logan Square neighborhood. According to Illinois State Police, the ...
CHICAGO - A man was killed after exchanging gunfire in traffic Thursday morning in Logan Square.. The man was driving a stolen vehicle around 8 p.m. southbound in the 2300 block of North Kimball ...
Police said Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, 22, of Chicago, approached a 39-year-old man who was wearing a kippah head covering and shot him in the shoulder Saturday morning in the West Rogers Park ...
A map of the 77 community areas, broken down by purported regions. While the areas have official use and definition, the color groupings are unofficial, and such "regions" may be defined differently, grouped differently, or not be used at all. The city of Chicago is divided into 77 community areas for statistical and planning purposes.
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