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[1] [2] Ernest Burgess, a colleague of Park's who shared his thinking, was crucial in creating and naming the community areas. [2] Initially able to identify 400 neighborhoods of the city, he considered that number excessive and trimmed it down to 80 and thereafter 75 by grouping related neighborhoods into a single community area. [2]
Chicago is also divided into 77 community areas which were drawn by University of Chicago researchers in the late 1920s. [3] Chicago's community areas are well-defined, generally contain multiple neighborhoods, and depending on the neighborhood, less commonly used by residents. [2] [4]
Chicago, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 1970 [7] Pop 1980 [8] Pop 1990 [9] Pop 2000 [10] Pop ...
Chicago Park District parks serving the South Side include Burnham Park, [106] Jackson Park, [107] Washington Park, [108] Midway Plaisance, [109] and Harold Washington Park. [110] Away from the Hyde Park area, large parks include the 69-acre (28 ha) McKinley Park , [ 111 ] 323-acre (131 ha) Marquette Park , [ 112 ] the 198-acre (80 ha) Calumet ...
The Washington Park community area occupies the Southern two-thirds of the former Washington Park Race Track.The area is a 4-city block (8 east-west half-blocks) by 3-city block area in northwest corner of the Woodlawn community area and bounded by Dr. Martin Luther King Drive to the west, South Cottage Grove Avenue to the East, East 60th Street to the North and East 63rd Street to the South.
According to a 2016 analysis by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, there were 12,887 people and 4,429 households residing in the area. [1] The racial makeup of the area was 31.60% White, 3.60% African American, 5.70% Asian, 0.80% from other races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 58.20% of the population. [1]
Chicago is the third largest city in the United States with a population of 2,853,114 (2009). It is located in the state of Illinois , on the shores of Lake Michigan . The city is the county seat of Cook County .
Washington Park is a community area on the South Side of Chicago which includes the 372 acre (1.5 km 2) park of the same name, [2] stretching east-west from Cottage Grove Avenue to the Dan Ryan Expressway, and north-south from 51st Street to 63rd.