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In the late 1890s, a former banker, Eugene Thomas, built the imposing villa fronted with marble Ionic columns. Originally it bore the name of Château Amicitia.In 1919, the villa, since renamed Villa Nellcôte, was acquired by the Bordes family, famous shipowners specialising in the transport of sodium nitrate between Chile and France.
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 ...
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) operates public schools serving the community. [7] Ogden International School of Chicago has its East Campus, which houses elementary school, [8] in the Gold Coast. [9] Residents of the Gold Coast are zoned to Ogden School for grades K-8, [10] while for high school they are zoned to Lincoln Park High School. [11]
Image of the Charles Pope Beet Sugar Works on the Calumet River in Riverdale (1910) The Village of Riverdale was incorporated in 1893. [3] In 1904 the Englishman and former Chicago glucose manufacturer Charles Pope (1843-1922) [4] purchased property in Riverdale at what is today the west side of Indiana Avenue [5] with the intention of establishing a beet sugar factory.
"Welcome to Roscoe Village" Painted Sign on Roscoe at the Train Tracks in 2010. Roscoe Village refers to a neighborhood in the North Side of Chicago, Illinois. While not part of any official city map, Chicago residents perceive the boundaries of the neighborhood to be Addison Street to the north, Belmont Avenue to the south, Ravenswood Avenue to the east and the Chicago River to the west. [5]
The neighborhood soon became a favorite residence of African American doctors from the nearby South Chicago Community Hospital. [4] In a community area of above average wealth compared to the Chicago statistical averages, [ 2 ] Pill Hill has above-average affluence compared to the rest of the community area according to the Encyclopedia. [ 1 ]
While there are several Italian-American communities that thrive within the Chicago metropolitan area, Taylor Street, the port-of-call for Chicago's Italian American immigrants, inherited the title of Chicago's "Little Italy." [3] Taylor Street's Little Italy is part of a larger community area — Chicago's Near West Side. Dominant among the ...
Rolling Meadows is located 24 miles (39 km) northwest of the Chicago Loop. According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Rolling Meadows has a total area of 5.62 square miles (14.56 km 2 ), of which 5.62 square miles (14.56 km 2 ) (or 99.89%) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km 2 ) (or 0.11%) is water.