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A map of the 77 community areas, broken down by purported regions. While the areas have official use and definition, the color groupings are unofficial, and such "regions" may be defined differently, grouped differently, or not be used at all. The city of Chicago is divided into 77 community areas for statistical and planning purposes.
First Reformed Church of Roseland was founded by the Dutch immigrant population. Roseland was settled in the 1840s by Dutch immigrants, who called the area "de Hooge Prairie", the High Prairie, because it was built on higher, drier ground than the earlier Dutch settlement several miles further south of the Little Calumet River, which was called "de Laage Prairie", the Low Prairie, now South ...
Later elected alderman again in 1895 in 19th ward [1] [6] 40th James O'Brien 1876–1877 Previously served in 9th ward [1] 41st Richard M. Oliver 1877–1879 [1] 42nd 43rd Thomas Purcell: 1879–1885 Democratic [1] [6] 44th 45th 46th 47th 48th 49th Redmond F. Sheridan: 1885–1888 Democratic: Redistricted to 19th ward in 1888 [1] [5] Lawrence A ...
Previously served in 11th ward; later elected alderman again in 1897 in 17th ward [1] [4] 47th 48th Michael McNurney 1884–1886 Republican [1] [4] Stephen P. Revere 1885–1887 Republican: Later elected alderman again in 1895 in 17th ward [1] [7] 49th 50th Henry M. Deal 1886–1888 [1] [7] J.N. Mulvihill 1887-1888 Redistricted to 17th ward in ...
At its incorporation as a city in 1837, Chicago was divided into six wards. The 6th ward represented areas north of the Chicago River, and east of North Clark Street. Beginning February 16, 1847 (when the city increased its number of wards to nine), the ward represented areas west of the Chicago River and north of Randolph Street. [1]
Chicago Alderman Ramirez-Rosa said that the ultimate goal should be a public intercity bus terminal. In European cities, he has visited intercity bus terminals that feel like “first-world ...
Aldermen # Council Aldermen Alderman Term in office Party Notes Cite Alderman Term in office Party Notes Cite Peter Bolles 1837–1838 [1] 1st Francis C. Sherman: 1837–1838 [1] James Curtiss: 1838–1839 Democratic: Later elected alderman again in 1846 in 3rd ward [1] 2nd John S.C. Hogan 1838–1839 Redistricted from 4th ward (where he served ...
Chicago recorded about 70 anti-Jewish hate crimes this year, including vandalism and bomb threats, with West Ridge hit more than any neighborhood in the city. West Ridge a hotbed of anti-Jewish ...