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  2. North Shore (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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    North Shore (Chicago) Map of northeastern Illinois showing the North Shore and surrounding areas. The North Shore consists of many affluent suburbs north of Chicago, Illinois, bordering the shores of Lake Michigan. These communities fall within suburban Cook County and Lake County. The North Shore's membership is often a topic of debate, and it ...

  3. Community areas in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Community areas in Chicago. The city of Chicago is divided into 77 community areas for statistical and planning purposes. Census data and other statistics are tied to the areas, which serve as the basis for a variety of urban planning initiatives on both the local and regional levels. The areas' boundaries do not generally change, allowing ...

  4. Near North Side, Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The Near North Side is the eighth of Chicago's 77 community areas. It is the northernmost of the three areas that constitute central Chicago, the others being the Loop and the Near South Side. The community area is located north and east of the Chicago River. To its east is Lake Michigan, and its northern boundary is the early 19th-century city ...

  5. Chicago metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago metropolitan area, also referred to as the Greater Chicago Area and Chicagoland, is the largest metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Illinois, and the Midwest, containing the City of Chicago along with its surrounding suburbs and satellite cities. Encompassing 10,286 square mi (28,120 km 2), the metropolitan area ...

  6. List of neighborhoods in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Ping Tom Memorial Park in Chicago's Chinatown. St. Simeon Mirotočivi, a Serbian Orthodox church located in East Side. Greektown. Fiesta Boricua on Paseo Boricua in Humboldt Park. The Robie House in Hyde Park is a Frank Lloyd Wright design. The Gateway Theatre 's Solidarity Tower in Jefferson Park is a replica of the Royal Castle in Warsaw.

  7. North Chicago, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    North Chicago is a city in Lake County, Illinois, United States, and a suburb of the Chicago metropolitan area. The population was 30,759 at the 2020 census [2] making it the third-most populous city by population in the county, after Waukegan and Mundelein. An industrial center, North Chicago is home to the Great Lakes Naval Training Center ...

  8. Roads and expressways in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    While all north–south streets within city limits are named, rather than numbered, smaller streets in some areas are named in groups all starting with the same letter; thus, when traveling westward on a Chicago street, starting just past Pulaski Road (4000 W), one will cross a mile-long stretch of streets which have names starting with the letter K (From east to west: Keystone (North Side ...

  9. North Center, Chicago - Wikipedia

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    North Center is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago, Illinois, located in the city's North Side.North Center is bordered on the north by Montrose Avenue, on the south by Diversey Parkway, on the west by the Chicago River and on the east by Ravenswood Avenue; it includes the neighborhoods of North Center, Roscoe Village, St. Ben's, and Hamlin Park.