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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]
The Social Science Research Committee at the University of Chicago defined the community areas in the 1920s based on neighborhoods or groups of related neighborhoods within the city. In this effort it was led by sociologists Robert E. Park and Ernest Burgess , who believed that physical contingencies created areas that would inevitably form a ...
The district developed in the wake of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and was mainly the home to middle-class residents relocating from immigrant neighborhoods. While the district's residents were mainly Western European, particularly German and Irish, in its first decades, the area became predominantly Italian around 1900 and remained so until ...
Chicago is the third largest city in the United States with a population of 2,853,114 (2009). It is located in the state of Illinois , on the shores of Lake Michigan . The city is the county seat of Cook County .
Chicago has a small community of Swedish Americans, who make up 0.9% of Chicago's population and number at 23,990. [32] After the Great Chicago Fire, many Swedish carpenters helped to rebuild the city, which led to the saying "the Swedes built Chicago." [33] Swedish influence is evident in Andersonville on the far north side.
Jefferson Township, Cook County — created in 1850; annexed into Chicago in 1889 [26] Lake Township, Cook County — created in 1850; annexed into Chicago in 1889 [27] Lake View Township, Cook County — formed from part of Ridgeville Township in 1857;annexed into Chicago in 1889 [21]: 109 [22] [28]
Chicago [a] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 census, [9] it is the third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles.
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.