Neighborhoods

Early history on Noble Square is hard to find; however, I can say that this neighborhood was originally settled by at least Germans by 1865 …

This area is bounded by Division Street on the north, Grand Ave on the south, Chicago River on the east, Dan Ryan Expressway on the …

  This area is bounded by Division Street on the north, Chicago Avenue on the south, Damen Avenue on the east, Western Avenue on the …

This area’s borders are Chicago Avenue on the north, railroad tracks near Kinzie Avenue on the south, Dan Ryan Expressway on the east, intersection of …

This area was first settled in the 1850s by Dutch farmers that harvested and sold their produce to many merchants in the city of Chicago.  …

This area came to be first settled in 1852 when railroad lines were laid through here as German, Irish, Scandinavian and even New Yorkers came …

This area was settled by various farmers in the middle part of the 19th century, but no major society was built up.  In 1869 the …

This area was first settled right after the Illinois & Michigan Canal construction was finished in 1848 as German and Swedish farmers came to this …

The Washington Park neighborhood was first settled right after the Union Stock Yards opened on Christmas day 1865.  Irish and German immigrants settled in this area …

This area was settled in the 1830s decade by Irish and German farmers and the area remained rural until the 1860s when railroad workers settled …