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Neighborhoods, community life, schools, health care and everyday places across Chicago, each linked to its source.

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3,928places in Chicago
1,755in nearby suburbs
4community sections
77neighborhoods
5local guides

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Communities

Find your people in Chicago

Places of worship, food, schools and organizations for each community. Every section gets the same care and the same layout, listed alphabetically.

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Directory

Everything newcomers look for first

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  • Faith

    1809 places · Places of worship

  • Food

    144 places · Restaurants, Groceries, Bakeries

  • Schools and kids

    876 places · Schools, Preschools

  • Health

    1099 places · Doctors, Dentists, Urgent care, Hospitals

Neighborhoods

Where to live in Chicago

What each neighborhood is like, with the places listed there.

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  • Armour Square

    Community Area 34, about 3 miles south of the Loop, made up of three distinct parts. The best known is Chinatown around Cermak Road and Wentworth Avenue, where a gate marks the way in and Wentworth is lined with Chinese restaurants, bakeries and shops.

    19 places listed

  • Austin

    Community Area 25, about 7 miles west of the Loop on the city's border with Oak Park. Founded by Henry Austin in 1865 as a suburban village and joined to Chicago in 1899, it is a large, mostly residential area. Columbus Park and the Midway Park historic district, with houses by Frank Lloyd Wright and his students, are highlights.

    176 places listed

  • Bridgeport

    Community Area 60, about 3 miles southwest of the Loop, which began in 1836 at the start of the Illinois & Michigan Canal. A long-time working neighborhood with Irish, German, Polish and Lithuanian roots, it is the birthplace of five Chicago mayors, including Richard M. Daley. It sits next to Chinatown and just south of Pilsen.

    22 places listed

  • Hyde Park

    Community Area 41, about 6 miles southeast of the Loop. It began as a railroad suburb in the 1850s and took its shape from the University of Chicago and the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House stands on South Woodlawn Avenue.

    43 places listed

  • Logan Square

    Community Area 22, about 5 miles northwest of the Loop, crossed on a diagonal by Milwaukee Avenue. It is known for its tree-lined boulevards and squares with graystone two- and three-flats, now a National Register historic district. A home to new immigrants for generations, it has had a large Latino community since the 1960s.

    90 places listed

  • Lower West Side

    Community Area 31, about 3 miles southwest of the Loop, taking in Pilsen and Heart of Chicago. Czech families settled Pilsen after the 1871 fire; since the 1960s it has been a center of Mexican Chicago, with murals, a Mexican art museum and yearly festivals.

    59 places listed

  • Rogers Park

    Community Area 1, about 9 miles north of the Loop, and one of the city's most diverse and populous neighborhoods. A village until it joined Chicago in 1893, it is mostly apartments today, with shops along Clark Street, Devon Avenue and around its four L stations. Loyola University Chicago is here.

    40 places listed

  • West Ridge

    Community Area 2, also called West Rogers Park, about 9 miles north of the Loop between Ridge Avenue and the North Shore Channel. Devon Avenue, its main shopping street, serves Jewish, Indian, Pakistani, Middle Eastern and Korean communities. Indian Boundary Park is a local landmark.

    145 places listed

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