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  2. Community areas in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    [4] Only two major changes have occurred in the boundaries of the community areas. [1] O'Hare was created from land that was annexed by Chicago in 1956 to control O'Hare International Airport. [a] [5] Edgewater was separated from Uptown in 1980 as residents considered being joined to it a detriment to obtaining aid for local improvements. [6]

  3. Ravenswood, Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Ravenswood is a neighborhood located on the North Side of the city of Chicago, Illinois.Lacking designation as one of Chicago's 77 well-defined community areas, it is mostly situated in the Lincoln Square community area, with the portion east of Ravenswood Avenue and the Chicago & Northwestern/Union Pacific North Line railroad tracks being situated in the Uptown community area.

  4. Chicago metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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    Chicago Transit Authority trains, locally referred to as "the 'L' ", (after "elevated train") serving Chicago and the near suburbs; Pace Suburban Bus operates suburban bus and regional vanpool, paratransit, and ride-matching services in the Chicagoland region. Metra run by the Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation:

  5. Chicago "L" - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago "L" (short for "elevated") [4] is the rapid transit system serving the city of Chicago and some of its surrounding suburbs in the U.S. state of Illinois.Operated by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), it is the fourth-largest rapid transit system in the United States in terms of total route length, at 102.8 miles (165.4 km) long as of 2014, [1] [note 1] and the third-busiest rapid ...

  6. Ogilvie Transportation Center - Wikipedia

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    The station's 16 tracks were elevated above street level and "reached by six approach tracks and sheltered under an 894-foot-long [272 meter] Bush train shed." [ 2 ] The upper level of the head house housed a concourse and other facilities for intercity passengers, including "dressing rooms, baths, nurses and matrons rooms, and a doctor's ...

  7. Riverdale, Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Riverdale is one of the 77 official community areas of Chicago, Illinois and is located on the city's far south side.. As originally designated by the Social Science Research Committee at the University of Chicago and officially adopted by the City of Chicago, the Riverdale community area extends from 115th Street south to the city boundary at 138th Street and from the Illinois Central ...

  8. Edgewater, Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Edgewater is a lakefront community area on the North Side of the city of Chicago, Illinois six miles north of the Loop.The most recently established of the city's 77 official community areas, Edgewater is bounded by Foster Avenue on the south, Devon Avenue on the north, Ravenswood Avenue on the west, and Lake Michigan on the east. [2]

  9. Near West Side, Chicago - Wikipedia

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    PepsiCo's Chicago offices are in the Near West Side. [40] Aeroméxico operates the Chicago Downtown Location on the first floor at 954 West Washington Boulevard. [41] The Consulate-General of Mexico in Chicago is located at 204 South Ashland Avenue. [42] Previously, Trizec Properties's headquarters and Chicago-area offices were in 10 S ...