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  2. Community areas in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    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] The Chicago Department of Public Health wished to present local differences in birth and death rates; it worked with the committee to ...

  3. List of neighborhoods in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The intersections of North Ave, Damen and Milwaukee in 2010 in Wicker Park Wrigley Field, from which Wrigleyville gets its name, is home to the Chicago Cubs baseball team. There are 178 official neighborhoods in Chicago. [1] Neighborhood names and identities have evolved due to real estate development and changing demographics. [2]

  4. Wetland indicator status - Wikipedia

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    Facultative (FAC) - Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non-wetlands (estimated probability 34% – 66%). Facultative upland (FACU) - Usually occurs in non-wetlands (estimated probability 67% – 99%), but occasionally found in wetlands (estimated probability 1% – 33%).

  5. Riverdale, Chicago - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. List of protected areas of Illinois - Wikipedia

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    In addition to cultural sites, Illinois contains five wetland areas designated as wetlands of international importance under the Ramsar Convention: [11] Cache River-Cypress Creek Wetlands (including Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge) Chiwaukee Prairie Illinois Beach Lake Plain (shared with Wisconsin)

  7. Lake Calumet - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago neighborhood of Pullman was developed as a company town with residences and services offered for rent to the workers in railroad passenger car factories. The complex, now a National Monument, is sited on the lake's west shore. Steel mills began to line the Calumet River. The Illinois Central railroad was built nearby.

  8. East Side, Chicago - Wikipedia

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    East Side is one of the 77 official community areas of Chicago, Illinois. It is on the far south side of the city, between the Calumet River and the Illinois-Indiana state line, 13 miles (21 km) south of downtown Chicago. The neighborhood has a park on Lake Michigan, Calumet Park, and a forest, Eggers Grove Forest Preserve. The forest preserve ...

  9. Chatham, Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Chatham is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago, Illinois, on the city's South Side. It includes the neighborhoods of Chatham-Avalon, Chatham Club, Chesterfield, East Chatham, West Chatham and the northern portion of West Chesterfield. Its residents are predominantly African American, and it is home to former Senator Roland Burris.