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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.
City of Chicago Website. Community Areas Map, January 2017; Community Maps; Interactive Chicago Neighborhood Map; Neighborhoods Map at the Wayback Machine (archived June 25, 2013) Chicago Neighborhood Research Guide at the Newberry Library; Historic neighborhood images from Chicago Collections
Many credit Walter S. Gurnee as the father of the North Shore. [1] One of the earliest known monographs to be devoted to the North Shore, The Book of the North Shore (1910), and its companion volume, The Second Book of the North Shore (1911), were written by Marian A. White, whose husband J. Harrison White had established a weekly newspaper in Rogers Park in 1895 called the North Shore ...
The Chicago Southland is a region comprising the south and southwest suburbs of the City of Chicago in the U.S. state of Illinois.Home to roughly 2.5 million residents, this region has been known as the Southland by the local populace and regional media for over 20 years. [1]
The Chicago metropolitan area represents about 3 percent of the entire US population. Chicagoland has one of the world's largest and most diversified economies. With more than six million full and part-time employees, the Chicago metropolitan area is a key factor of the Illinois economy, as the state has an annual GDP of over $1 trillion. [7]
The Southeast side of Chicago officially begins East of State Street going southwards. It extends south and east to the city limits, generally keeping between Lake Michigan and Lake Calumet . [ 1 ] Politically, the Southeast side is contiguous with the 10th Ward.
The Jackson Park Highlands District is a sixteen block area bounded by East 67th Street on the north. East 71st Street on the south, South Cregier Avenue on the west, and South Jeffrey Boulevard on the east. [9] The Jackson Park Highlands District is a historic district in the South Shore community area of Chicago.
Hoffman Estates is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.It is a suburb of Chicago.Per the 2020 census, the population was 52,530. [3]The village previously served as the headquarters for Sears and is one of the American headquarters for Mori Seiki.