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Neighborhoods



There are many interesting neighborhoods in Chicago. Many of them are focused on an ethnic group. And many neighborhoods have transition from one group to another.

Close into downtown there are several interesting neighborhoods. You can easily hit Greektown on the west side of downtown, then south to Taylor Street to Little Italy also known as University Village for the University of Illinois Campus, then down to Pilsen which was once Czech but is now Mexican, then over to Chinatown.  This post explains how to make the trip.

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Greektown     greektownchicago.org
Main St is Halstead

Little Italy aka University Village (U of I), Taylor St is main St


Pilsen (Was Czech, now Mexican) 1800 South west of Halstead

http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/September-2012/A-Guide-to-Pilsen-Where-to-Eat-Shop-and-Play/

Chinatown  - 22nd St is Main St - CTA train stop

Quick Neighborhood Visit

Greek Town, Little Italy, Pilsen (Mexican), and Chinatown

You can take CTA buses or Cabs








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Early History

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  • Glaciers and Geography

  • Location, Location, Location

  • Paleo Indians - First Chicagoans

  • Native American Trails

  • Trail Marker Trees

  • Historic Native Americans

  • The lllinois Confederation or Illini

  • Marquette and Joliet 1673

  • Illinois and French Colonists

  • The Illinois and Fox Wars 1730

  • Pontiac's War 1763-1766

  • Illini - The End Starved Rock 1769

  • The Pottawattamie 1766-1836

  • George Rogers Clark 1779

  • Jean Baptist du Sable 1788

  • Fort Dearborne Massacre of 1812

  • The Blackhawk War of 1832

  • Chicago Incorporated 1833

  • I and M Canal 1824-1848

  • The Great Chicago Fire 1871

  • Chicago History Snapshot

  • Historical Populations


Politicians

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  • Where's Mine?

  • List of Mayors

  • Hinky Dink 1897 to 1923

  • Bathhouse John 1893-1938

  • Mayor Big Bill Thompson 1915-1931

  • Mayor Anton Cermak 1931-33

  • Mayor Richard J. Daley 1955-1976

  • Mayor Jane Byrne 1979-1983

  • Mayor Harold Washington 1983-1987

  • Mayor Richard M. Daley 1989-2010

  • Mayor Rahm Emmanuel

  • President Abraham Lincoln and Chicago

  • President Barak Obama and Chicago

  • Lincoln's Statue in Grant Park

  • Greylord 1980's


Crooks

  • Chicago - Most Corrupt City

  • Our Governors Make License Plates

  • H. H. Holmes - 1893

  • FBI - Chicago

  • Al Capone

  • Frank Nitti

  • St Valentine's Day Massacre

  • Top 5 Gansters in Chicago

  • Tony Accardo

  • John Wayne Gacey

  • Operation Greylord

  • Street Gangs

  • Crime Rates

  • Murders and Gang Wars


Writers and Pundits

  • Mike Royko

  • Carl Sandburg

  • Carl Sandburg Poems

  • Saul Bellow

  • Dr. Milt Rosenburg

  • Dr. Paul Green

  • Andrew Greeley

  • Chicago Authors


Transportation

  • The Grid Plan

  • Plank Roads

  • Horse Drawn Trolleys

  • Cable Cars

  • Street Cars

  • Railroads

  • Commuter Railroads

  • The "EL" Elevated Railroads

  • Electric Interurban

  • Trails to Rails

  • Interstate System

  • Address System


Miscellaneous

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  • Fire South Side

  • Lakefront - Forever Free and Clear

  • Reversing the Chicago River

  • Great Lakes Megalopolis

  • The World's Fair 1893

  • Daniel Burnham

  • The Burnham Plan of 1909

  • The Deep Tunnel Plan

  • Urban Renewal

  • Historic Photos

  • Public Housing


Neighborhoods

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  • The Gold Coast

  • Lincoln Park

  • Greek Town

  • Little Italy / University Village

  • China Town

  • Hyde Park / The University of Chicago

  • Mount Greenwood

  • Beverly / Morgan Park

  • Pullman

  • Demographic Change


Suburbs

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  • Tinley Park

  • Geneva

  • Riverside

  • Wilmette


Airports

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  • Midway Airport

  • O'Hare Airport

  • The New Third Airport


Museums

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  • Museum of Science and Industry

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Music

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  • Good Morning, America, How Are You?

  • Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown, Baddest Man

  • Chicago Blues

  • List of Songs About Chicago


Movies

  • Top 40 Chicago Movies

  • The Blues Brothers



Miscellaneous

  • Historic Photos

  • Your Recommendations for Chicago

  • Sustainable Chicago


Interesting Articles

  • The Death and Life of Chicago


Bragging Rights

  • Chicago Number 6 in the World

  • Nobel Laureate U of C Number 2

  • Jane Adams Hull House


Things to Do

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In Greek mythology, the Pierian Spring of Macedonia was sacred to the Muses. As the metaphorical source of knowledge of art and science, it was popularized by a couplet in Alexander Pope's poem "An Essay on Criticism" (1709): "A little learning is a dang'rous thing;/Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring."

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