Chicago consists of 77 communities.
Many of those communities have named multiple neighborhoods
People who grew up in Chicago may know the neighborhood name but would call the community by the neighborhood name because that is what most Chicagoans did. Not to be confusing, but some communities have the same name for one of their neighborhoods.
People who grew up in Chicago may know the neighborhood name but would call the community by the neighborhood name because that is what most Chicagoans did. Not to be confusing, but some communities have the same name for one of their neighborhoods.
West Ridge and Rogers Park communities (in bold black) have neighborhoods (in blue). Throughout Chicago's history, many neighborhood boundaries have changed or shifted as 'progress,' like new highway construction, forced some of these changes.
West Ridge Community, Chicago, Boundaries:
NORTH: Howard Street (7600 N)
SOUTH: Bryn Mawr Avenue (5600 N) west of Western Avenue (2400 W) and Peterson Avenue (6000 N) east of Western Avenue.
EAST: Ridge Boulevard (diagonal 2100-1800 W)
WEST: North Shore Channel of the Chicago River.
Rogers Park Community, Chicago, Boundaries:
NORTH: The city of Evanston borders along Juneway Terrace (7800 N) from the lakefront (1200-1850 W) and Howard Street (7600 N) from (1600-2100 W).
SOUTH: Devon Avenue (6400 N).
EAST: Lake Michigan Shoreline.
WEST: Ridge Boulevard (diagonal 2100-1800 W).
In Chicago, Cook County property deeds and mortgage documents include these community and/or neighborhood names.
Mortgage Loan № S82423945891-REXHIBIT ALOT 12 IN HOMAN SQUARE PHASE THREE, SECTION 1, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF LOTS 26 THROUGH 32 AND LOTS 43 TO 49 IN HOMAN SQUARE PHASE 3, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTIONS14, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 13, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDAN, RECORDED SEPTEMBER 15, 2008 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 12345678, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
On some modern maps of Chicago neighborhoods, the names of subdivisions of those neighborhoods are shown. The subdivision names were added as neighborhoods reconstructed some of the area neighborhoods.
Example of community and neighborhood loss of area:
In the "Near West Side Community (with neighborhoods of Columbus Circle, Greektown, Little Italy, Medical Center, Near West Side, Tri-Taylor, Fulton River District, and University Village), the "Little Italy" neighborhood used to be larger, but like many other neighborhoods of Chicago was affected by the construction of new expressways. It lost considerable land when the Eisenhower Expressway was built in the 1950s. It lost even more real estate when the University of Illinois-Chicago moved into the area in the 1960s.
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Some Chicagoans will respond with their Parishes' names when asked what neighborhood they're from. Asking or stating a Parish as a Chicago neighborhood assumes the other person knows the church AND its location. What you, your friends and family call a Chicago area is up to you, but a parish name, unlike New Orleans, Louisiana, is not official.
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