The southern boundary of the neighborhood is under debate. 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. Printer's Row is zoned to the following Chicago Public Schools campuses: South Loop School and Phillips Academy High School. Part of Printer's Row is an official landmark district. Today, the buildings have mainly been converted into residential lofts. Originally, the buildings in this area were used by printing and publishing businesses. The signature street is Dearborn Street where the annual Printer's Row Book Fair is held. 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. Printer's Row, also known as Printing House Row, is a neighborhood located in the southern portion of the Loop community area of Chicago.
The New Eastside is served by the following Chicago Public Schools campuses: Ogden School and Wells Community Academy High School. The early buildings in this district such as the Aon Center, One Prudential Plaza were among the first built using airspace rights. Most of this district has been developed on land that was once used by the Illinois Central Railroad rail yards. The area has a triple-level street system and is bisected by Columbus Drive. It encompasses the entire Illinois Center and Lakeshore East developments, as well as separate developments like Aon Center, Prudential Plaza, and 333 North Michigan. The New Eastside is a mixed-use district east of Michigan Avenue between the Chicago River and Grant Park. What is the entire downtown? not the near north side, correct? As the downtown area and its many high-rises expanded out past the official community area over the years, "The Loop" has been used more generally to denote the entire downtown as opposed to just the officially designated community area.) The loop (The official boundaries as designated by the City of Chicago are The Chicago River to the north and west, Roosevelt Road to the south, and Lake Michigan to the east.
very strange.ĭowntown chicago consists of the loop, printers row, ?new eastside, People are always asking what part of chicago even though they areĮxtremely ignorant of its neigborhoods. I said rogers park, which is met by a blank stare, because she was probably expecting wrigleyville or something other acceptable area or a suburban name and has never heard of this area, Ofcourse she asked me where I live in chicago, where I will be soon and Personally i think its important to have these distinctions,īecause I think it would be really cool if she did live in downtown like she said but she didntĪnd i think should be told so by knowledgeable denizens and natives of that city , Just as in chicago she is separated by a river, albeit smaller and yet claims to live in an incorrect area, Its almost as bad as saying you live in downtown newyork but you live in brooklyn, you are separated by a river from the downtown yet you say thats where you live, or if you live in greenich village and just call it downtown Ofcourse I would give myself a heart attack on this lone crusade,īut I am curious if this would fly in newyork? Which is fine, but ignorance shouldnt be tolerated, IMHO, This kind of thinking is common to burbians and non city people, This girl bartender when I told her that where she lived wasnt infact downtown but was the near north side she got pissed, and said no its gold coast, which I replied is part of the near north side and she added what difference does it make since its a mile or less away from the center, and downtown? big difference in my opinion, but. Perhaps Im too crazy, but it always irks me when people are asked where they live in chicago they answer downtown and then I ask them what streets and it is infact not downtown chicago.ĭo people in newyork answer downtown when they are asked where they live in newyork only to find out its not downtown? What is the acceptable definition of downtownĬhicago? Ofcourse this has been covered before but.
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