Community Area 25 - Austin Location within the city of Chicago | ||
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| ZIP Code | 60644 and parts of 60635, 60639, 60651, 60707 | |
| Area | 18. The City of Chicago is divided into seventy-seven community areas. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter phi ( Φ) gives the location of a place on Earth (or other planetary body north or south of the Longitude (ˈlɒndʒɪˌtjuːd or ˈlɒŋgɪˌtjuːd symbolized by the Greek character Lambda (λ is the east-west Geographic coordinate measurement A neighbourhood or neighborhood (see spelling differences) is a geographically localised Community within a larger City, Town or The ZIP code is the system of Postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 54 km² (7. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 16 mi²) | |
| Population (2000) Density | 117,527 (up 3. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The density of a material is defined as its Mass per unit Volume: \rho = \frac{m}{V} Different materials usually have different 2% from 1990) 6,337. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) 6 /km² | |
| Demographics | White Black Hispanic Asian Other | 4. Demographics or demographic data refers to selected population characteristics as used in government Marketing or opinion research or the Demographic profiles 82% 89. 7% 4. 12% 0. 55% 0. 86% |
| Median income | $33,663 | |
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Austin, located on the Far West Side of Chicago, Illinois, is the largest (by population) of the city's 77 officially defined community areas (neighborhoods), followed by Lakeview. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The City of Chicago is divided into seventy-seven community areas. Lake View — or Lakeview, as it is increasingly spelled — is a North Side Neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States Its eastern boundary is Cicero Avenue. Its northernmost border is the Milwaukee District/West Line. The Milwaukee District/West ( MD-W) is a Commuter rail line provided and operated by Metra in Chicago Illinois, and its surrounding Its southernmost border is at Roosevelt Road from Cicero Avenue west to Austin Boulevard. Roosevelt Road (originally named 12th Street) is a major east-west thoroughfare in the city of Chicago, Illinois, and its western suburbs The northernmost portion, north of North Avenue, extends west to Harlem Avenue, abutting Elmwood Park. Elmwood Park is a village bordering the northwest side of the City of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States Other suburbs bordering Austin are Cicero and Oak Park. Cicero is an Incorporated town in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Oak Park Illinois is a suburb bordering the west side of the City of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Also nearby is Berwyn. Berwyn is a city in Cook County, Illinois, co-existent with Berwyn Township, which was formed in 1901 after breaking off from Cicero Township The area suffers from the many illegal drug markets and high murder rate.
Austin is one of Chicago's largest community areas by land area. Several distinctive areas within Austin include Midway Park, a historic district of restored 19th-century single-family homes in the core of the original Austin subdivision; Galewood, the northernmost section of Austin along the northern border with Oak Park but south of the Galewood railyards; and The Island, a square mile in the extreme southwest corner of Austin, which is bordered by Cicero to the south and Oak Park to the west and which is isolated from other residential area in the city by the Eisenhower Expressway and Columbus Park to the north and an industrial area to the east. Oak Park Illinois is a suburb bordering the west side of the City of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
The first Wal-Mart store within Chicago city limits opened in this community area in September 2006. Wal-Mart Stores Inc (or Walmart as written in its new logo is an American public corporation that runs a chain of large discount department stores
Austin suffers from a number of problems plaguing poor inner-city communities across the United States such as substance trafficking, a high murder rate and gang activity. Per capita violent crime rates in the neighborhood are high by Chicago standards, and much higher than the national average. The Eisenhower Expressway, which passes through Austin (and neighboring Garfield Park), makes for a lucrative drug market. Convenient access by automobile makes the west side a popular location for suburbanites looking to buy drugs such as cocaine and heroin.
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History
On December 1, 1958, the Our Lady of the Angels School fire killed children and nuns at the Our Lady of the Angels School, located in the Humboldt Park community. Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Our Lady of the Angels School Fire broke out shortly before classes were to be dismissed on December 1, 1958, at the foot of a stairway in the Our Lady of Our Lady of the Angels School was a Roman Catholic elementary and middle school located in the Humboldt Park section of Chicago, Illinois, Education Chicago Public Schools serves the area Orr High School and Roberto Clemente High School serve predominantly Hispanic and African-American student bodies Some sources describe the school as "in Austin" [1].
Austin was a predominantly white neighborhood until the late 1960s (99. 83% white in the 1960 census). It faced numerous infrastructure problems before the arrival of black residents. While white residents of Austin in the early 1960s generally thought negatively of leaving their neighborhood for the suburbs, a combination of events occurred in the years after to change this. The government of the city of Chicago was not responsive to the neighborhood's demands towards improving neighborhood infrastructure. Suburbs gradually became better supported through an increased transportation system between Chicago and its suburbs, and many jobs left the city for the suburbs and overseas locations. Significant riots began to occur on Chicago's West Side starting in 1965, and an especially damaging riot in 1968 (after Martin Luther King's death) prompted many white residents to leave. The west side experienced a further declining infrastructure and lack of local jobs after this.
Not all emigrating residents moved into suburbs - many moved into other areas of the city, especially the Northwest and Southwest sides. Not all emigrating residents were white - some black families, especially after the riots, began to leave the area as well, as it declined, to better perceived locations elsewhere.
By 1970, southern Austin (south of Lake Ave) was mostly black, and the neighborhood overall was 66% white and 33% black. Nearby neighborhoods such as East Garfield Park, West Garfield Park, and North Lawndale, were experiencing white flight before Austin did. Decay and a declining population in these neighborhoods led to an influx of black residents in Austin. By 1980, North Lawndale was 96. 50% black, West Garfield Park was 98. 85% black, East Garfield Park was 99. 00% black, and Austin was 20. 76% white and 73. 78% black. The population of these neighborhoods seriously declined in the 1970s (approximately 30-40% decline), except Austin, which increased from 128 thousand residents in 1970 to 138 thousand in 1980.
Crime
Austin is known as one of the most crime-ridden areas in the city of Chicago. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Due to numerous infrastructure and transportation problems, the neighborhood took to a white flight in the mid-to-late 1960's for better conditions in the surrounding suburbs. Although there are some stable pockets in Austin, the majority of the neighborhood is poverty-stricken and crime-ridden. Because of this, Austin is tied to drug dealing, and murders are not infrequent. In 2007, the Chicago Police Department recorded 18 homicides in the Austin neighborhood, making the area the highest in homicide-related incidents in Chicago. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
Education
Chicago Public Schools operates Austin's schools. Chicago Public Schools, commonly abbreviated as CPS by local residents and politicians is a School district that controls over 600 public elementary and high
Austin Community Academy High School [2] will close after spring 2007 [3]. New smaller schools will replace Austin Community Academy High School. One of the small schools, Austin Polytechnical Academy, will open in September 2007.
Other portions of the community area are zoned to Manley H. S. , Marshall H. S. , and Orr Campus.
External links
- Official City of Chicago Austin Community Map
- Chicago Landmarks
- Chicago Park District
- Austin Community Organizations and Service Providers
- Austin Weekly News, local newspaper
- Encyclopedia of Chicago entry on Austin
- Directory of Community Organizations Serving Austin, Chicago
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