Neighborhoods

Chicago is a City of Neighborhoods – communities with their own history, culture, identity. Connecting to a neighborhood – its restaurants and shops, community organizations, parks, schools – connects you to the life of the city.

• Map of Chicago Neighborhoods – the 77 community Areas identified by the University of Chicago Sociology Department.
• Experience Chicago – a University of Chicago student-driven website with information on restaurants, entertainment, community involvement in neighborhoods across the city
• Wikipedia’s Neighborhoods of Chicago Page – a great resource with information on each of Chicago’s 77 Community Areas
• Picturing Chicago – more than 10,000 photographs of Chicago, searchable by neighborhood or subject.
• southside.uchicago.edu – A student-driven exploration immediately surrounding neighborhoods hosted by the Civic Knowledge Project.