Chicago Neighborhood Guide

Jazz legend Louis Armstrong, civil rights leader Ida B. Wells and aviatrix Bessie Coleman were among the many prominent African Americans who lived or worked … Read more

Like neighboring Portage Park, the Northwest Side residential community of Belmont Cragin is home to a large number of Polish restaurants, shops and other businesses. … Read more

This South Side neighborhood’s name, history, and even its mere existence, are indelibly linked to the Union Stock Yards and a time when Chicago was, … Read more

Brighton Park and McKinley Park are predominantly Hispanic neighborhoods situated along the busy commercial thoroughfare of Archer Avenue. The arrival of railroads and the Illinois … Read more

Albany Park is considered one of the country’s most diverse zip codes. Its vast panorama of ethnic shops and eateries – Korean, Middle Eastern, Thai, … Read more

Millennium Park is situated at the northern edge of Grant Park, and opened in 2004 to quickly become one of Chicago’s most popular attractions. The … Read more

The railroad boom of the mid-1800s contributed to Englewood’s birth, but the resettling of refugees to the city’s outskirts Great Fire of 1871 was the … Read more

Chicago Austin Historic District One of Chicago’s largest community areas, both in terms of population and area, Austin was originally neighboring Cicero Township’s seat of … Read more

Anchored by the Chicago Center for Green Technology, an “eco-industrial park” for landscaping and environmental companies, and the famed Garfield Park Conservatory, this West Side … Read more