Community Area 32 - The Chicago Loop Location within the city of Chicago | ||
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| ZIP Codes | 60601, 60602, 60603, 60604, and parts of 60605, 60606, 60607, and 60616 | |
| Area | 4. 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 geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. 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. 09 km² (1. 58 mi²) | |
| Population (2000) Density | 16,388 (up 37. 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 The density of a material is defined as its Mass per unit Volume: \rho = \frac{m}{V} Different materials usually have different 09% from 1990) 4,004. 7 /km² | |
| Demographics | White Black Hispanic Asian Other | 62. Demographics or demographic data refers to selected population characteristics as used in government Marketing or opinion research or the Demographic profiles Black is the Color of objects that do not emit or Reflect Light in any part of the Visible spectrum; they absorb all such frequencies of Hispanic (hispano hispánico hispânico Hispānus adjective from ''Hispānia'', the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula) is a term that historically Asian or Asiatic is a Demonym for people from Asia. However the use of the term varies by country and person often referring to people from a particular 1% 19. 7% 5. 95% 9. 92% 2. 43% |
| Median household income | $75,248 | |
| Source: U. Household income is a measure of current private income commonly used by the United States government and private institutions S. Census, Record Information Services | ||
The Loop is what locals call the historical center of downtown Chicago. A central business district ( CBD) is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Most specifically, the term refers to an area bounded by a public transit circuit along Lake Street on the north, Wabash Avenue on the east, Van Buren Street on the south, and Wells Street on the west, but in general use it refers to the whole central business district.
Chicago's central business district, bounded on the west and north by the Chicago River, on the east by Lake Michigan, and on the south by Roosevelt Road is the second-largest in the United States, after Midtown Manhattan. The Chicago River is 156 miles (251 km long and flows through downtown Chicago. Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America, and the only one located entirely within the United States. Roosevelt Road (originally named 12th Street) is a major east-west thoroughfare in the city of Chicago, Illinois, and its western suburbs The United States of America —commonly referred to as the See also Manhattan Midtown Manhattan, or simply Midtown, is an area of Manhattan, New York City home to world-famous commercial
The term The Loop has different meanings. The term most specifically applies to the area surrounded by The Loop (CTA) circuit formed by 'L' train tracks, and a preceding 1880s streetcar loop, but common usage defines it as the area bounded by the Chicago River on the north and west sides, Congress Parkway to the south, and Columbus Drive to the east. The Loop (historically Union Loop from multiple entities owned by transit baron Charles Tyson Yerkes, including two that began with the word Union is the name given The 'L' (variously and sometimes, styled "L" El EL or L) is a Rapid transit system that serves the city of A tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car, or streetcar is a railborne vehicle, of lighter weight and construction than a Train
In official city parlance, delineated by the University of Chicago in the 1920s, the Loop is community area of Chicago number 32, bounded by the Chicago River to the north and west, Roosevelt Road to the south, and Lake Michigan to the east, though the original boundary is strictly the area circled by the elevated CTA tracks. The University of Chicago is a Private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. The City of Chicago is divided into seventy-seven community areas. As the downtown area and its many high-rises expanded out past the community area over the years, "The Loop" has been used more generally to denote the entire downtown.
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Population
According to the 2000 census, 16,388 people live in the Loop. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population More recently, 60602 was named by Forbes as the hottest zipcode in the country. The median sale price for residential real estate was $710,000 in 2005 according to Forbes.
Architecture and features
Loop architecture is dominated by high-rises. A high-rise is a tall Building or structure Normally the function of the building is added for example high-rise Apartment building or Notable buildings include the Home Insurance Building, considered the first skyscraper; the Chicago Board of Trade Building, a National Historic Landmark; and the Sears Tower, the tallest in the United States. The Home Insurance Building was built in 1885 in Chicago, Illinois and demolished in 1931 to make way for the Field Building (now the A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable Building. There is no official definition or a precise cutoff height above which a building may clearly be classified as a skyscraper A National Historic Landmark (NHL is a Building, site, Structure, Object, or District, that is officially recognized by the The Sears Tower, a Skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois, has been the tallest building in North America since 1973 Some of the historic buildings in this district were instrumental in the development of high-rises. Chicago's rational street numbering system originates in the Loop at the intersection of State Street and Madison Street. State Street is a major north-south thoroughfare in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Madison Street is a major east-west thoroughfare in Chicago, Illinois.
This area has a wealth of shopping opportunities, including the Loop Retail Historic District, although it competes with the more upscale Magnificent Mile area to the north, and with suburban shopping malls. Loop Retail Historic District is a shopping district within the Chicago Loop community area in, United States. South San Jose (cropjpg||thumb|A suburban development in San Jose California. A shopping mall or shopping centre is a building or set of buildings that contain Retail units with interconnecting Walkways enabling visitors It includes Chicago's former Marshall Field's department store location in the Marshall Field and Company Building; the original Sullivan Center Carson Pirie Scott store location (closed February 21, 2007); and Sears on State. Marshall Field's ( Marshall Field & Company) was an iconic Chicago Illinois, Department store that grew to become a major chain before being acquired A department store is a Retail establishment which specializes in selling a wide range of products without a single predominant merchandise line. Marshall Field and Company Building or Macy's at State Street is the former flagship location of the former Marshall Field's Department store and the current The Sullivan Center (formerly known as the Carson Pirie Scott and Company Building or Carson Pirie Scott and Compnay Store) is a commercial building at 1 Carson Pirie Scott & Co, known informally as Carson's, is a chain of traditional Department stores that have been in business for over 150 years Sears Roebuck and Company, commonly known as Sears, is an American mid-range chain of International Department stores founded by Richard
It is the location of a number of government buildings, including City Hall/County Building, the James R. Thompson Center, the Richard J. Daley Center, and multiple federal buildings. Chicago City Hall is the official seat of government of the City of Chicago in Illinois. The James R Thompson Center (JRTC is located at 100 W Randolph Street in the Loop, Chicago, Illinois and houses more offices of the State Building features The Richard J Daley Center houses more than 120 court and hearing rooms as well as the official law library of the City of Chicago Chicago's Downtown Theatre District is also found within this area, along with numerous restaurants and hotels. A restaurant is a retail establishment that serves prepared Food to Customers. A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging usually on a short-term basis
Chicago has a famous skyline which is home to many of the tallest buildings in the world as well as the Chicago Landmark Historic Michigan Boulevard District. A skyline is best described as the overall or partial view of a Silhouette of a city's tall buildings and structures consisting of many Skyscrapers Chicago's skyline is spaced out throughout the downtown area, giving it a graceful bridgelike appearance. The Sears Tower, the nation's tallest building, stands at the west end of the Loop in the heart of the city's financial district, along with other buildings, such as 311 South Wacker Drive and the AT&T Corporate Center. The Sears Tower, a Skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois, has been the tallest building in North America since 1973 311 South Wacker Drive in Chicago, USA is a Post-modern 65-story Skyscraper completed in 1990
Chicago's second tallest building, the Aon Center, is located at Illinois Center, a complex at the east end of the Loop, east of Michigan Avenue. Illinois Center is a Mixed-use Urban development in downtown Chicago Illinois, USA lying east of Michigan Avenue. Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east (except for one private block that runs at 125 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East Two Prudential Plaza is also located here, just to the west of the Aon Center. Two Prudential Plaza is a Skyscraper that was built in Chicago in 1990.
The Loop contains a wealth of outdoor sculpture, including works by Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Henry Moore, Marc Chagall, Alexander Calder, and Jean Dubuffet. Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruíz y Picasso (October 25 1881 &ndash April 8 1973 Joan Miró i Ferrà ( April 20, 1893 &ndash December 25, 1983) was an ethnic Catalan (of Spanish nationality Henry Spencer Moore OM CH FBA (30 July 1898 – 31 August 1986 was an English artist and sculptor. Marc Chagall (מאַרק שאַגאַל&lrm Belarusian: Мойша Захаравіч Шагалаў Mojša Zaharavič Šagałaŭ; Russian: Марк Alexander Calder (22 July 1898 – 11 November 1976 also known as Sandy Calder, was an American sculptor and Artist most famous for inventing Jean Philippe Arthur Dubuffet ( July 31, 1901 - May 12, 1985) was one of the most famous French painters and sculptors Chicago's cultural heavyweights, such as the Art Institute of Chicago, the Goodman Theatre, the Chicago Theatre, the Lyric Opera at the Civic Opera House building, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, are also in this area, as is the historic Palmer House Hilton hotel, found on East Monroe Street. The Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's premier Fine art museums The Goodman Theatre is a Theater in Chicago 's Loop, and part of Chicago theatre. Lyric Opera of Chicago is one of the leading Opera companies in the United States. HenryHeringChicago2jpg|thumb|175px|right|Sculpture by Henry Hering]] The Civic Opera House is an opera house located at 20 North Wacker Drive in Chicago The Chicago Symphony Orchestra ( CSO) is an American orchestra based in Chicago Illinois. The Palmer House Hilton is a famous and historic hotel in Downtown Chicago.
Chicago's lakefront, which is almost exclusively recreational park area from north to south, features Grant Park in this downtown area. Grant Park (originally named Lake Park is a large Park (319 acres or 1 Grant Park is the home of Buckingham Fountain, the Petrillo Bandshell, the Grant Park Symphony (where free concerts can be enjoyed throughout the summer), and Chicago's annual two-week food festival, the Taste of Chicago, where more than 3 million people "pig out". Buckingham Fountain is a Chicago landmark located at Columbus Drive and Congress Parkway in Grant Park. James C Petrillo ( March 16, 1892 &ndash October 23, 1984) was the prominent leader of the United States of America 's labor A concert is a live Performance, usually of Music, before an Audience. Food is any substance usually composed primarily of Carbohydrates Fats water and/or Proteins that can be eaten or drunk by an The Taste of Chicago is the world's largest Food festival, held annually for 10 days in Chicago starting Friday before the 4th of July and ending the Sunday after A recent addition to Grant Park is the architecturally forward Millennium Park, which opened in the summer of 2004, featuring a Frank Gehry's Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Jaume Plensa's Crown Fountain and Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate sculpture and spanning what were formerly open railyards on the city's lakefront. Millennium Park is a public Park located in the Chicago Loop community area of Chicago within, United States. Frank Owen Gehry CC (born Ephraim Owen Goldberg, February 28, 1929) is a Pritzker Prize -winning Architect Jaume Plensa (born 1955 in Barcelona, Catalonia) is an internationally renowned contemporary Artist and Sculptor. Anish Kapoor (born 1954 is a Turner Prize winning sculptor. Kapoor was born in Bombay ( Mumbai) India, and attended the Cloud Gate is a public sculpture by British artist Anish Kapoor.
The Chicago River, which delineates the area, also provides entertainment and recreational opportunities, including the annual dyeing of the river green in honor of St. Patrick's Day. Saint Patrick's Day (Lá ’le Pádraig or Lá Fhéile Pádraig) colloquially St Trips down the Chicago River, including architectural tours, by commercial boat operators are great favorites with both locals and tourists.
The area is served by several community newspapers.
The Loop also hosts America's only city-based dusk-till-dawn cultural celebration, Looptopia. Looptopia 2007 Events Dance Party A dance party was held in the Sullivan dock of the former Carson Pirie Scott This year, event is scheduled for May 2nd of 2008.
Sub-neighborhoods
New Eastside
The New Eastside is a mixed-use district bordered by Michigan Avenue to the west, the Chicago River to the north, Randolph Street to the south, and Lake Shore Drive to the east. It encompasses the entire Illinois Center and Lakeshore East developments[1], as well as separate developments like Aon Center, Prudential Plaza, Park Millennium Condominium Building, Hyatt Regency Chicago, and the Fairmont Hotel. Illinois Center is a Mixed-use Urban development in downtown Chicago Illinois, USA lying east of Michigan Avenue. Lakeshore East is a master planned mixed use Urban development being built in the Loop community area of Chicago in, United States The area has a triple-level street system and is bisected by Columbus Drive. Most of this district has been developed on land that was once used by the Illinois Central Railroad rail yards. The early buildings in this district such as the Aon Center and One Prudential Plaza used airspace rights in order to build above the railyards. One Prudential Plaza (formerly known as the Prudential Building) is a 44 story structure in Chicago completed in 1955 as the Headquarters for
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The triple-level street system allows for trucks to mainly travel and make deliveries on the lower levels, keeping traffic to a minimum on the upper levels.
Upcoming buildings include AQUA, part of Lake Shore East, and the Mandarin Oriental Hotel & Tower. Construction has begun on both of these projects, with expected completion dates in 2009.
The New Eastside is served by the following Chicago Public Schools: Ogden School and Wells Community Academy High School. Chicago Public Schools, commonly abbreviated as CPS by local residents and politicians is a School district that controls over 600 public elementary and high Wells Community Academy High School is a public secondary school located in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Printer's Row
Printer's Row, once known as Printing House Row, is a neighborhood located in the southern portion of the Loop community area of Chicago. Education Printer's Row is zoned to the following Chicago Public Schools campuses South Loop School and Phillips Academy High School. A neighbourhood or neighborhood (see spelling differences) is a geographically localised Community within a larger City, Town or It is bounded by Congress Parkway on the north, Polk Street on the south, Plymouth Court on the east, and the Chicago River on the west. This is about the direction for other uses see North (disambiguation. South is one of Cardinal directions and is opposite to the North. The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST internal designation HT-7U is an experimental Superconducting Tokamak Magnetic fusion energy This article refers to the cardinal direction for other uses see West (disambiguation. The signature street is Dearborn Street where the annual Printer's Row Book Fair[2] is held. Originally, the buildings in this area were used by printing and publishing businesses. Printing is a process for reproducing text and image typically with ink on Paper using a printing press Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view Today, the buildings have mainly been converted into residential lofts. Part of Printer's Row is an official landmark district. [3]
Printer's Row is zoned to the following Chicago Public Schools: South Loop School [4] and Phillips Academy High School. Wendell Phillips Academy High School is a public four-year high school located in Chicago Illinois, in the United States.
South Loop
Most of the area south of Congress Parkway and east of the Chicago River, possibly excepting Printer's Row, is referred to as the South Loop. The Chicago River is 156 miles (251 km long and flows through downtown Chicago. The southern boundary of the neighborhood is under debate. While the southern boundary for the community area is Roosevelt Road, the term "South Loop" is often used to describe an area that extends as far south as 18th Street or Cermak Road. Numerous shops south of Roosevelt Road with "South Loop" in their name hint that this more generous definition may be gaining recognition.
The more restrictively-defined area includes River City, the northern half of Dearborn Park, and portions of State Street, Wabash Avenue, and Michigan Avenue. The more generous definitions would include the Central Station development, Dearborn Park II, the Prairie District, and even the northern growth of Chinatown.
The major landowner in the South Loop is Columbia College Chicago, a private school that owns 17 buildings. Columbia College Chicago is the largest arts and communications college in the United States. Also to be found here is the National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum, championed by Mayor Daley. The National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum, located at 1801 S Indiana Avenue in Chicago 's South Loop is dedicated to displaying and studying art produced by
South Loop is zoned to the following Chicago Public Schools: South Loop School and Phillips Academy High School. Wendell Phillips Academy High School is a public four-year high school located in Chicago Illinois, in the United States. Jones College Prep High School, which is a selective enrollment magnet school drawing students from the entire city, is also located in the South Loop. William Jones College Preparatory High School, commonly known as Jones College Prep or simply JCP is a public high school located in Chicago, Illinois.
Weather permitting, large scale flea-marketing takes place here.
West Loop
While a portion of the Near West Side traditionally called West Loop Gate is frequently abbreviated to "West Loop," Chicagoans also use West Loop to refer to the portion of the Loop community area along the eastern bank of the Chicago River. Neighborhoods Greektown The Greektown section of Chicago is located roughly between Van Buren and Madison Streets along Halsted Street
Historic Michigan Boulevard District
The Loop also contains the Chicago Landmark Historic Michigan Boulevard District, which is the section of Michigan Avenue opposite Grant Park and Millennium Park. Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east (except for one private block that runs at 125 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East Grant Park (originally named Lake Park is a large Park (319 acres or 1 Millennium Park is a public Park located in the Chicago Loop community area of Chicago within, United States.
Notable landmarks in the Chicago Loop
- Auditorium Building
- Buckingham Fountain
- Carbide & Carbon Building
- Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building [5]
- Chicago Board of Trade Building - home of the Chicago Board of Trade
- Chicago Theatre [6]
- Chicago Cultural Center
- Chicago City Hall
- Civic Opera House - home to the Lyric Opera of Chicago
- Dearborn Street Station
- DePaul University
- Field Building [7]
- Fine Arts Building [8]
- Grant Park
- Jewelers Row District [9]
- Mather Tower
- McCormick Building [10]
- Historic Michigan Boulevard District
- Monadnock Building [11]
- The Palmer House
- Printing House Row
- Reliance Building [12]
- Rookery Building [13]
- Roosevelt University
- Sears Tower
See also
External links
The Auditorium Building of Roosevelt University in Chicago Illinois is one of the best-known designs of Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan. Buckingham Fountain is a Chicago landmark located at Columbus Drive and Congress Parkway in Grant Park. The Carbide & Carbon Building is a landmark of Chicago located at 230 N The Sullivan Center (formerly known as the Carson Pirie Scott and Company Building or Carson Pirie Scott and Compnay Store) is a commercial building at 1 The Chicago Board of Trade ( CBOT) established in 1848 is the world's oldest futures and options exchange. The Chicago Cultural Center, is a Chicago Landmark building that houses the city's official reception venue where the Mayor has welcomed Presidents and royalty diplomats Chicago City Hall is the official seat of government of the City of Chicago in Illinois. HenryHeringChicago2jpg|thumb|175px|right|Sculpture by Henry Hering]] The Civic Opera House is an opera house located at 20 North Wacker Drive in Chicago Lyric Opera of Chicago is one of the leading Opera companies in the United States. DePaul University is a private institution of Higher education and Research in Chicago, Illinois, U The ten story Fine Arts Building, also known as the Studebaker Building, is located on Michigan Avenue across from Grant Park in Chicago in the Grant Park (originally named Lake Park is a large Park (319 acres or 1 Mather Tower or Lincoln Tower Building (as it is listed in the Michigan-Wacker Historic District contributing property listing is a building located in Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east (except for one private block that runs at 125 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East The Monadnock Building, also known as Monadnock Block, is a historic proto-skyscraper in the Loop district of downtown Chicago, Illinois The Palmer House Hilton is a famous and historic hotel in Downtown Chicago. Education Printer's Row is zoned to the following Chicago Public Schools campuses South Loop School and Phillips Academy High School. The Reliance Building is the first Skyscraper to have large Plate glass windows make up the majority of its surface area foreshadowing a feature of skyscrapers that Roosevelt University is a private Institution of Higher education with full service Campuses in Chicago's Loop and northwest The Sears Tower, a Skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois, has been the tallest building in North America since 1973 Looptopia 2007 Events Dance Party A dance party was held in the Sullivan dock of the former Carson Pirie ScottDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic