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After the community areas were introduced, the University of Chicago Press published data sorted by them from the 1920 and 1930 Censuses, [1] as well as a citywide 1934 census to help collect data related to the Great Depression, [2] in what was known as the Local Community Fact Book. [1]
The K-Town Historic District is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places located in the North Lawndale community area in Chicago, Illinois.A mainly residential area, its borders are West Cullerton Street to the north, South Pulaski Road to the east, West Cermak Road to the south, and South Kostner Avenue to the west.
Parts added to Chicago metropolitan area by 2010 (NOTE: This is only for the Illinois part of the metropolitan area.) Downstate Illinois refers to the part of the U.S. state of Illinois south or outside of the Chicago metropolitan area , which is in the northeast corner of the state and has been dominant in state history , politics , and culture .
Chicago culture consists of things that set Chicago and Chicagoans apart from the rest of the world culturally, and/or what defines Chicagoans culturally. The main article for this category is Culture of Chicago .
Much of the South Side came from the city's annexation of townships such as Hyde Park. [1] The city's Sides have historically been divided by the Chicago River and its branches. [2] [3] The South Side of Chicago was originally defined as all of the city south of the main branch of the Chicago River, [4] [5] but it now excludes the Loop. [3]
The path, 532 miles in total, [22] follows parts of the existing Illinois Route 336, Interstate 88, Interstate 172, Interstate 72, Interstate 74, U.S. Route 136, U.S. Route 67, and connect the cities of Quincy, Macomb, Galesburg, a number of communities of the Chicago metropolitan area, including Chicago itself on Interstate 290. [23] [24] [25]
West Englewood, one of the 77 community areas, is on the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois.At one time it was known as South Lynne. [2] The boundaries of West Englewood are Garfield Blvd to the north, Racine Ave to the east, the CSX and Norfolk Southern railroad tracks to the west, and the Belt Railway of Chicago to the south. [3]
The highway was to begin from a connection with the Kennedy Expressway and Edens Expressway (I-90 and I-94) near Montrose Avenue on the city's Northwest Side. It was to follow an alignment parallel and adjacent to the Belt Railway of Chicago, approximately one-half mile (0.8 km) east of Cicero Avenue, and extend southerly over railroad right-of-way through the West Side of Chicago and across ...