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  2. Community areas in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Chicago is traditionally divided into the three "sides" of the North Side, West Side, and South Side by the Chicago River. These three sides are represented by the white stripes on the Flag of Chicago. [12] The city is also divided into 50 wards for the purpose of electing one alderman each to the Chicago City Council. These wards have at times ...

  3. Chicago metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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    312 Chicago - City (The Loop and central neighborhoods, e.g. the Near North Side) 773 Chicago - City (Everywhere else within the city limits, excluding central area) 872 Chicago - City (overlay for 312 & 773, effective November 7, 2009) 847/224 (North and Northwest Suburbs) 630/331 (Outer Western Suburbs) 708 (South and Near West Suburbs)

  4. Geography of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The city of Chicago is located in northern Illinois, United States, at the south western tip of Lake Michigan. It sits on the Saint Lawrence Seaway continental divide at the site of the Chicago Portage , an ancient trade route connecting the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes watersheds .

  5. South Side, Chicago - Wikipedia

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    One definition has the South Side beginning at Roosevelt Road, at the Loop's southern boundary, with the community area known as the Near South Side immediately adjacent. . Another definition, taking into account that much of the Near South Side is in effect part of the commercial district extending in an unbroken line from the South Loop, locates the boundary immediately south of 18th Street ...

  6. Cook County, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    The district is a belt of 69,000 acres (280 km 2) of forest reservations surrounding the city of Chicago. The Brookfield Zoo (managed by the Chicago Zoological Society) and the Chicago Botanic Garden (managed by the Chicago Horticultural Society) are located in the forest preserves. Cook County is the fifth-largest employer in Chicago. [29]

  7. Dolton, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Dolton (/ ˈ d ɔː l t ə n /) is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.The population was 21,426 at the 2020 census. [2] Dolton is located just west of the expressway Interstate 94 and immediately south of the city limits of Chicago.

  8. Chicago should set limits on buildings’ greenhouse gas ...

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    The city should set limits on emissions from certain buildings, using an approach already in place in New York, according to the report from the Urban Land Institute Chicago.

  9. 6th ward, Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Beginning on March 22, 1876 (when the city decreased the number of wards to 18) the district's boundaries were defined at its north by 16th street as well as the South Branch of the Chicago river (including a portion of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal); at its east by the city limits (the lakeshore), at its south by Pulaski Road/40th Avenue ...