Chicago Neighborhoods and Suburbs : A Historical Guide
by Keating, Ann DurkinFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-11-15
Publisher(s): Univ of Chicago Pr
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Summary
""Which neighborhood?" It's one of the first questions you're asked when you move to Chicago. And the answer you give - be it Bucktown, Bronzeville, or Bridgeport - can give your inquisitor a good idea of who you are, especially in a metropolis with so many different neighborhoods and suburbs to choose from." "Many of us know little of the neighborhoods beyond those where we work, play, and live. This is particularly true in Chicagoland, a region that spans over 4,400 square miles and is home to more than 9.5 million residents. Now, historian Ann Durkin Keating's compact guide, drawn largely from the bestselling Encyclopedia of Chicago, brings the history of Chicago neighborhoods to life."--BOOK JACKET.
Author Biography
Ann Durkin Keating is professor of history at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. She is coeditor of The Encyclopedia of Chicago and author of Chicagoland: City and Suburbs in the Railroad Age, Building Chicago: Suburban Developers and the Creation of a Divided Metropolis, and Invisible Networks: Exploring the History of Local Utilities and Public Works.
Table of Contents
| Preface and Acknowledgments | p. vii |
| Contributors | p. ix |
| Introduction. Chicago Neighborhoods: Building Blocks of the Region | p. 1 |
| Note on Further Readings | p. 15 |
| Maps | |
| Chicago's Community Areas | p. 17 |
| Economic Origins of Metropolitan Chicago's Communities | p. 18-19 |
| Land Subdivision and Urbanization on Chicago's Northwest Side | p. 20 |
| Chicago-Area Expressways in 2003 | p. 21 |
| Neighborhood Change: Prairie Avenue, 1853-2003 | p. 22 |
| Chicago's Evolving Economic Geography | p. 24 |
| Changing Origins of Metropolitan Chicago's Foreign-Born Population | p. 25 |
| Annexations and Additions to the City of Chicago | p. 26 |
| Chicago's Railroad Patterns in 1950 | p. 27 |
| The Lay of the Land | |
| Suburbs and Cities as Dual Metropolis | p. 29 |
| Multicentered Chicago | p. 41 |
| Contested Spaces | p. 55 |
| Economic Geography | p. 64 |
| Built Environment of the Chicago Region | p. 76 |
| A-Z Entries | p. 89 |
| Illustration Credits | p. 315 |
| Index | p. 319 |
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