Wow, I’ve already gotten a cheer for this, so it’s time to write an entry.
Chicago is divided into 77 official community areas (list at the bottom of this post), which are divided more or less officially into more than 100 different neighborhoods. I think I may tackle them one community area at a time. This project has been on my mind for years, but was most recently inspired by a trip to Seattle, where I really enjoyed just poking around the different neighborhoods. Therefore, my exploration of Chicago may initially be biased towards neighborhoods with fun shopping.
The neighborhoods of Chicago are fairly small, very walkable, and host to a huge variety of different ethnicities and nationalities, so there is a lot of fun to be had with this project.
Useful references:
Wikipedia: Chicago NeighborhoodsCensus data for the 77 community areasThe Chicago Neighborhood Map , which shows 222 different neighborhoods
- Rogers Park
- West Ridge
- Uptown
- Lincoln Square
- North Center
- Lake View
- Lincoln Park
- Near North Side
- Edison Park
- Norwood Park
- Jefferson Park
- Forest Glen
- North Park
- Albany Park
- Portage Park
- Irving Park
- Dunning
- Montclare
- Belmont Cragin
- Hermosa
- Avondale
- Logan Square
- Humboldt Park
- West Town
- Austin
- West Garfield Park
- East Garfield Park
- Near West Side
- North Lawndale
- South Lawndale
- Lower West Side
- Loop
- Near South Side
- Armour Square
- Douglas
- Oakland
- Fuller Park
- Grand Boulevard
- Kenwood
- Washington Park
- Hyde Park
- Woodlawn
- South Shore
- Chatham
- Avalon Park
- South Chicago
- Burnside
- Calumet Heights
- Roseland
- Pullman
- South Deering
- East Side
- West Pullman
- Riverdale
- Hegewisch
- Garfield Ridge
- Archer Heights
- Brighton Park
- McKinley Park
- Bridgeport
- New City
- West Elsdon
- Gage Park
- Clearing
- West Lawn
- Chicago Lawn
- West Englewood
- Englewood
- Greater Grand Crossing
- Ashburn
- Auburn Gresham
- Beverly
- Washington Heights
- Mount Greenwood
- Morgan Park
- O’Hare
- Edgewater
legallyred cheered this 6 years ago
