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CENTRAL AREA
Booming business center supercharged by residential growth
Chicago’s Central Area has undergone transformational
changes over the last 40 years as the region’s commercial
core has added thousands of new homes, high-rise
university campuses, and regional recreational attractions.
The central city is booming, attracting new residents, new
businesses, and thousands of new jobs. It is by far the
biggest and most powerful economic driver of the city and
the region.
The Central Area has become a place to live, not just on the
Near North and Near South Sides, but in every quadrant
including the Loop. There have always been pockets of highincome residents on the Gold Coast and Prairie Avenue, but
in the 1970s the central city was home mostly for lowerincome families in housing projects and individuals living in
Single Room Occupancy hotels. Today, the 131,000 centralcity residents are a diverse mix of homeowners, high-rise
renters, college students, families, and empty nesters. Their
presence has helped fuel massive reinvestment in the central city, from transit infrastructure to the
lakefront park system, where the wildly successful Millennium Park is getting three new neighbors:
Maggie Daley Park with its ice-skating ribbon and enormous playground, a skateboard park in Grant
Park, and peaceful natural habitats on Northerly Island.
Nobody has done a full tally of investments recently completed or underway in the Central Area, but
they undoubtedly total in the tens of billions of dollars, including a pipeline of 6,400 new residential
units; a dozen hotel projects; clusters of new office towers at Wolf Point and elsewhere; McCormick
Source: Calculations by Institute for
Housing Studies at DePaul University using
2010 Decennial Census.
Place expansion; and construction of transit stations. Along with new corporate headquarters, the
central city is attracting digital technology businesses, filling huge spaces in the Merchandise Mart,
former Montgomery Ward catalog complex, Sullivan Center on State Street, and loft buildings in River
North. Filled with college students, theater-goers, and more tourists than ever before, the Central Area
is also upping its game in the eat-and-drink department, offering everything from sleek hotel bars and
fancy restaurants to vegan fare and food trucks.
Steady evolution
Today’s investments follow decades of incremental change that
began in the 1960s, when the Loop was not healthy at all. On State
Street, department stores were moving out, theaters were closing,
and porn shops were taking space in empty South Loop corridors.
Helping hold the center were the 1964 construction of Bertrand
Goldberg’s Marina City as a self-contained residential community,
the 1968 opening of the John Hancock Center on North Michigan
Avenue, and the 1973 debut of the Sears (now Willis) Tower as the
world’s tallest building. But downtown Chicago was in the same
situation as so many other Rust Belt cities. It was built for an
earlier era and struggling to adapt.
CENTRAL AREA OVER TIME
1970
1980
Population
83,887 80,869
1990
2000
2010
81,636
98,708
131,157
Share of population in poverty
24.0%
26.4%
22.2%
16.4%
13.5%
Percent owner-occupied/renter occupied
6/94
25/75
29/71
42/58
45/55
Sources: Calculations by Institute for Housing Studies
at DePaul University using U.S. Census data from
US2010 Project at Brown University.
Chicago adapted. Not dependent on a single industry like so many other cities, Chicago weathered the
decline thanks in part to strategic investments by corporations, developers, and city officials, all
designed to buttress the core economy and the half-million jobs it supported.
The next step was pivotal: conversion of downtown into a place to live. First came conversions of
vacant industrial lofts in Printers Row, starting in the early 1980s, which ultimately produced 1,260
apartments and condos on Dearborn south of Congress Parkway. At the same time, civic leaders and
developers engineered the creation of the Dearborn Park community on vacant railyards south of the
Dearborn Station clock tower. With financial backing of the city’s top corporations, they produced
phase after phase of red-brick townhouses, high-rises, senior housing, and single-family homes, all
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within a subtly designed fortress that walled off
the harsher realities on South State Street and
beyond. By 1989, about 9,500 mostly middleincome residents lived in Dearborn Park, Printers
Row, and nearby developments, as reported by
journalist Lois Wille in her book, At Home in the
Loop. A survey estimated the residents were 54
percent white, 40 percent African American, and
6 percent Asian and Latino.
EMPLOYMENT – CENTRAL AREA
Unemployment rate 2012
District
6.4%
Citywide
12.9%
Top six employment sectors (# jobs)
Professional, Scientific, Technical Services
Finance and Insurance
Educational Services
Accommodation and Food Services
Admin, Support, Waste Mgmt, Remediation
Public Administration
2005
88,082
82,135
14,735
38,915
33,918
26,455
2011
104,900
78,209
75,645
48,626
41,077
38,516
447,283
559,858
Total # private-sector jobs in district
Sources: Calculations by Institute for Housing Studies at DePaul University
using Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics data (top sectors) and
2012 Five-Year American Community Survey (unemployment).
That was the start of a 30-year virtuous cycle as
vacant railyards, factory districts, and then public
housing developments were reclaimed for mixedincome or high-income housing and other uses. South of Roosevelt Road, private developers extended
Dearborn Park to 16th Street, while a different team built the $3 billion Central Station neighborhood
on 80 acres of Illinois Central land just west of Lake Shore Drive. This reconnected downtown not only
to the 19th Century mansions of Prairie Avenue, but to the Museum Campus on the lakefront, the
historic Motor Row on Wabash, and the area now being recast as the McCormick Place entertainment
district. More condos and townhouses sprang up in a former auto-parts district at 19th and State
Streets, and to the west on the edge of Chinatown.
Similar growth was taking place up north, first with the addition of residential lofts and art galleries in
River North, then new high rises on the Gold Coast and in Streeterville, and finally as old factories and
vacant lots east of Michigan Avenue were re-populated with residential high-rises and pricy
townhouses. There were pauses when the market stalled, such as in the 1990s when the current Illinois
East development served temporarily as a nine-hole golf course, and again when demand for
condominiums evaporated after the housing bust of 2007. Now, Illinois East is filling up with high-rises
and townhouses, and has enough families that the private Gems World Academy has opened a highrise school and is building a second tower to serve high school students. The condo market hasn’t yet
rebounded, but upmarket rental units are being built by the thousands.
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The most recent change has been in the Loop itself, as Class C office buildings have been converted to
residential uses alongside modern residential high-rises, some with views of Millennium Park. About
15,000 of those now living in the central core are college students, many in dormitories developed and
managed by DePaul, Roosevelt, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, East-West University, and
Columbia College. Private developers are also building dorms, including the 111-unit conversion of the
Old Colony Building, 407 S. Dearborn, which began in late 2014. A study that year by the Chicago Loop
Alliance estimated that 22 colleges and universities in the Central Area served 58,000 students and
supported 14,000 employees. Their economic impact on the Loop alone: about $174 million in 2013.
Beyond residential
With 50,000 more residents than in 1990, and thousands more expected to fill the new units under
construction, the Central Area has evolved well beyond the nine-to-five environment that once
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prevailed. Retail and grocery stores, once few and far between, are now tucked into existing buildings
and splayed out in mini-malls along Roosevelt Road, Clybourn, Division, Halsted, and State.
Residential and retail uses are intertwined with employment centers, creating unique districts on every
side of the Loop, each with its own challenges and opportunities.

Streeterville medical district – With the 2012 addition of Lurie Children’s Hospital, alongside
the Northwestern Memorial Hospital campus and the expanding Rehabilitation Institute of
Chicago, Streeterville now supports 66,500 jobs and 29,000 residents, according to the 2014
Streeterville Neighborhood Plan. Adjacent to Navy Pier, the area is straining under heavy
pedestrian, transit, and automobile loads; the Chicago Department of Transportation will lay
out improvement options in its 2015 River North Streeterville Transit Study. Placemaking,
environmental improvements, and preservation of historic structures, along with
transportation, are priorities outlined in the Streeterville neighborhood plan.

Roosevelt Road corridor – Land alongside the raised Roosevelt Road bridge between State
Street and the Dan Ryan Expressway has been built up with big-box shopping centers, the
Roosevelt Collection residential and shopping development, and a Target store. Just north of
Roosevelt, the private British School of Chicago in 2015 will open its new 1,000-student
preschool-to-12th-grade facility. East of State Street, new separated bike lanes and wider
sidewalks are being added to provide safer connections to the Museum Campus.

West Loop – Presidential Towers was the first of many residential developments on what had
been Chicago’s Skid Row, adding 2,347 rental units in four towers. Office high-rises, loft
conversions, retail, and corporate facilities have followed, drawn in part by immediate access to
Ogilvie and Union stations. Two 2015 projects to speed access to and from those stations are the
Central Loop Bus Rapid Transit system, linking the stations to Michigan Avenue and Navy Pier,
and the Union Station Transportation Center, which will provide off-street bus boarding and
underground access to the rail platforms. The 2012 Chicago Union Station Master Plan Study
calls for platform and access improvements to boost capacity for Metra and Amtrak.

River North – Once a jumble of parking lots and half-empty loft buildings, the area north of the
river and west of State Street has incorporated a restaurant and entertainment district amidst
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dozens of glassy residential buildings. Merchandise Mart has become Chicago’s high-tech hub,
home to Motorola Mobility and the 1871 incubator, with many other tech businesses nearby.
Three new high-rises are under construction at the river’s bend: Wolf Point West, a 500-unit
apartment building; 150 N. Riverside, a 53-story office building; and River Point, a 52-story
office tower that will include a river walk and park.

North and Clybourn – Like Roosevelt Road, the North and Clybourn shopping district has
become a regional attraction, jamming the local streets with cars and shoppers going to the
Apple Store, Whole Foods, Crate and Barrel, and home-furnishings stores. The New City
development along Clybourn east of Halsted will add a Mariano’s, Dick’s Sporting Goods, 14screen theater complex, bowling alley, and 200 residential units.

Goose Island – Goose Island was losing jobs and companies in the 1980s when local
manufacturers and economic development activists rallied to create Chicago’s first Protected
Manufacturing District. The close-in location proved out as new facilities were built and others
rehabbed; now Goose Island and surrounding areas support 100 businesses and 5,000 jobs,
including the Wrigley Innovation Center. Kendall College runs its hospitality and culinary-arts
programs on the island; South Street Capital is building or rehabbing 600,000 square feet of new
tech space; and the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute will open in the
former Republic Windows plant in 2015.
All this is in addition to continued investment in the central corridors. Once-struggling State Street now
has few vacancies; even the long-troubled Block 37 mall is filling up, adding a dine-in theater complex,
new restaurants, and a 690-apartment tower. Activity along North Michigan Avenue’s Magnificent
Mile has been strong enough to push development south of the river, where boutique hotels and tourist
stores face Millennium Park. Convention and tourism numbers are at an all-time high, exceeding 48
million in 2013, pouring fuel on the hotel boom and boding well for the 2015 debut of the Chicago
Riverwalk and new lakefront parks.
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Challenges and opportunities
With a 31 percent share of workers walking to work and 27 percent more arriving by public transit, the
Central Area is the most pedestrian-oriented part of the region, creating a dense and lively
environment of workers, shoppers, tourists, students, and families. More even than before, the central
city is a mixed economy, with a dozen drivers from government and finance to tech and tourism.
The Central Area’s core challenge is to extend and leverage today’s growth as much as possible – and
as widely as possible – while avoiding potential consequences such as unmanageable traffic congestion
or high costs that make the area unaffordable for residents, merchants, or workers. Here are four
opportunities to extend the gains:
Mixed-income communities already exist and could be expanded on either end of the Central Area as
the Chicago Housing Authority redevelops the former Cabrini-Green site on the Near North Side and
the Harold Ickes development at Cermak Road. Options for the Cabrini site are outlined in two plans,
the CHA’s 2014 Cabrini Green Draft Redevelopment Zone Plan and the forthcoming 2015 Near North
Quality-of-Life Plan. The area now includes new mixed-income housing including 434 public housing
units, a new Jesse White Tumbling Center, and 438 vacant units in the Cabrini rowhouses, whose
redevelopment is controlled by a court consent decree. CHA plans more mixed-income developments
on large vacant parcels it controls. Also in the area is the 307-unit Atrium Village at Division and Wells,
whose careful economic and racial integration in the 1970s set a high standard for similar
developments; a city-approved redevelopment plan for the aging complex calls for up to 1,500 units,
with 20 percent reserved as affordable.
On the south, the CHA in late 2014 issued a request for proposals for the 11.3-acre Ickes site on the
southwest corner of Cermak and State. The RFP sought proposals for a mixed retail and housing
development with at least 200 public housing units as well as affordable and market-rate housing; the
usual CHA mix is one third in each category. The site is one-half block from the CTA Green Line’s new
Cermak station, which will open in 2015.
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Transportation improvements are critical to support further growth in central city jobs and
population. Numerous studies have called for faster circulation from the Metra stations to Michigan
Avenue, Streeterville, the Museum Campus, and other locations. The Central Loop Bus Rapid Transit
project, under construction in 2015, will partially address this need, while a mayoral task force prepares
transit recommendations to serve the Museum Campus and proposed Lucas Museum. Other priorities
include expanded capacity at Union Station; on the Red Line, which is at capacity during rush periods;
and on lakefront express bus routes. CTA stations downtown serve 220,000 boarding passengers per
weekday; Metra serves about 124,000 (see transit ridership charts at end of section).
Public schools in the Central Area have not kept pace with residential development, offering little
choice in terms of neighborhood schools that admit all students living in the attendance area. The
Central Area has very strong private schools (Francis Parker, Xavier Warde, British School, Latin
School) and selective-enrollment high schools (Payton, Jones), but few high-performing neighborhood
elementary schools. This is a longstanding barrier to maintaining economic and racial diversity in the
central city.
Finally, digital technology. Chicago has rapidly evolved as a center of software firms and data centers;
the new Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute offers new potential for growth. The
institute began work in late 2014 with more than 30 academic partners and 40 corporate supporters
including Caterpillar, John Deere, Boeing, Siemens, GE, and Dow. With $320 million in startup
commitments from the federal government and other partners, the institute could position Chicago as a
national center for new manufacturing technologies, and create spinoff benefits in nearby industrial
corridors.
The city’s heritage as an industrial and railroad behemoth has already fueled 40 years of growth in the
central area. Much more opportunity exists. The enormous Main Post Office over the Eisenhower
Expressway (I-290), vacant for 18 years, was put up for sale in December 2014. Sixty-two acres of empty
railyard are just south of Roosevelt along the South Branch, and will be served by the planned
Wentworth Avenue Extension. More land is available on either side of Bertrand Goldberg’s River City
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development on the South Branch. On the North Branch, the Chicago Tribune plans redevelopment of
seven acres next to its printing plant. The 2003 Chicago Central Area Plan suggests “decking over” the
Kennedy Expressway (I-90/94) between Monroe and Washington, which would create new park space
and spur high-density development nearby. As transit capacity is improved, much more can be done
on land now dedicated to surface parking lots and other low-value uses.
Always the city and region’s economic engine, the Central Area remains a powerful driver of change,
with its full potential not yet realized. Coordinated and context-sensitive efforts by civic leaders,
government agencies, neighborhood groups, and private developers will be key to building a better,
stronger central city.
Source: Easy Analytic Software, Inc., updated January 2014, as displayed on Woodstock Institute Data Portal.
Examples of development opportunities
Place
Rail land south of
Roosevelt
Location
Bounded by Roosevelt,
16th, Clark, and Chicago
River.
Main post office
Over the Eisenhower
Expressway west of the
Chicago River.
Status
City of Chicago in 2014
approved acquisition of
this parcel for
redevelopment.
Former owner put the
property up for sale in
late 2014; has been
vacant for 18 years.
Notes
City is soliciting interest from developers; the
planned Wentworth Connector project will create
access via Wentworth through middle of site.
Very large site will require major investment and
multiple uses.
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Surface parking lots
Multiple locations in West
Loop, River North, South
Loop.
East of Chicago
River South Branch,
adjacent to River
City
West of Wells Street,
south of Van Buren
Many of these properties
generate revenue with
parking while awaiting
development
opportunities.
Properties have been
vacant since before
construction of River City
in mid-1980s.
Condominium developer CMK Companies
purchased 1.8 acre site south of River City in late
2014.
CTA Central Area Ridership (weekday boardings, year-end averages, 2009 and 2013*)
Red Line
Cermak
Roosevelt
Chinatown
2009
3,414
9,547
2013
4,428*
11,739
3,316
11,760
9,593
15,827
9,149
13,440
Clark/
Division
7,025
4,199
10,932
10,141
18,372
10,763
15,085
7,468
Harrison
Jackson
Monroe
Lake
Grand
Chicago
Loop (Orange, Pink, Green, Brown, Purple Lines)
Harold
Washington/ Quincy/
LaSalle/
Adams/ Madison/ Randolph/
Washington
Wells
Wells
VanBuren
Wabash
Wabash
Wabash
Library
2009
6,845
7,326
3,092
4,126
7,757
5,683
6,956
2013
7,481
7,978
2,933
4,148
7,205
7,027
7,330
Blue Line
2009
1,768
7,125
5,746
7,427
2,648
2,737
2013
2,501
10,504
7,314
8,267
3,027
3,462
6,908
Washington
Monroe
5,707
Clark/
Lake
9,043
18,135
9,806
19,260
Brown Line
Merchandise
Mart
5,859
Grand
State/
Lake
North/
Clybourn
4,293
Jackson
LaSalle
Clinton
Chicago
Sedgwick
5,121
3,308
6,757
3,900
Source: Chicago Transit Authority Annual Ridership Reports. * South Red Line reconstruction in 2013 shifted ridership to the Green Line and buses,
creating variance in normal ridership patterns. Cermak Chinatown ridership is from 2012 rather than 2013 because that station was closed for five months
during reconstruction.
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Metra Central Area Ridership (weekday boardings, 2006 and 2014*)
2006
Union
Station
54,388
Ogilvie
Station
37,564
2014
54,422
39,553
LaSalle
Millennium
Van Buren
Station
Station
17,026
13,152
4,634
13,239
10,353
3,325
Museum
18th St.
Campus
443
29
429
41
McCormick
Place
137
92
Source: Metra Commuter Rail System Station Alighting/Boarding Count, Summary Results, Spring 2014. Note: 2014 ridership
was counted in the spring, versus fall counts in 2006, and thus reflects a roughly 5 percent lower, seasonal ridership level. Any
greater variance than -5% is likely reflective of changes in population, employment, usage, and other factors.
Important aspects of Central Area growth could not be adequately covered here, but are referenced in other
narratives in this series: the Near West Side, which includes the Greektown and Fulton Innovation districts;
Lincoln Park Lakeview, which touches on Old Town and the riverfront at North and Clybourn; Stockyards, which
discusses the expansion of Chinatown into surrounding neighborhoods; and Bronzeville South Lakefront, which
includes the areas from McCormick Place south.
Data note: Demographic and other data is compiled by Chicago Community Area, which may differ slightly from the boundaries of the
CN2015 Planning Districts. Community Areas included in this profile are Central Area, Near South Side, and Near North Side.
Research support for Chicago Neighborhoods 2015: Assets, Plans and Trends was provided by a team convened by The Chicago Community
Trust. The summary of assets for this planning district was created by LISC Chicago and Teska Associates with materials from Metropolitan
Planning Council, Place Consulting, Institute for Housing Studies at DePaul University, and many other sources. Author: Patrick Barry.
Learn more about the Central Area and Chicago Neighborhoods 2015 at cct.org/CN2015/CentralArea. Learn more about data and
sources at cct.org/CN2015/DataSources.
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CENTRAL PLANNING DISTRICT ASSET MAP
CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS 2015
DIVISION
Clark/Division
18TH
Gold Coast
Seward Park
Jenner ES
Payton Prep HS
Salazar ES
Moody Bible Institute
Ogden ES
St. Joseph MS
NEAR NORTH SIDE
See Milwaukee Ave
Planning District
North Michigan Avenue
Water Tower
John Hancock Center
Museum of Contemporary Art
Water Tower Place
Water Works
Le Cordon Bleu
Francis Cabrini Row Homes
CHICAGO
Loyola University Chicago
Chicago
Groupon
Rehabilitation Institute
Lurie Children's Hospital
Northwestern Memorial
Driehaus Museum
STATE
River North Gallery District
Grand
Jardine Water Plant
41
Magnificent Mile
Navy Pier
Chicago Children's Museum
Grand
GRAND
U of C Gleacher Center
Google
KINZIE
Tribune Tower
Museum of Broadcast Communication
Chicago Riverwalk
Merchandise Mart
Kinzie Bike Lane
Chicago School of Psychology
Chicago Sun Times
Hispanic Housing Dev. Corp.
Merchandise Mart
The Wrigley Building
University of
Phoenix
Illinois Institute
of Art
Argosy University
Clinton
Harold Washington College
Clark/Lake
94
City of Chicago
Ogilvie
Willis Tower
Maggie Daley Park
Monroe
Jackson Jackson
Grant Park
LaSalle/Van Buren Pritzker Park
Van Buren St.
Harold Washington Library
Clinton
Chicago Bus Terminal
Buckingham
Fountain
Jones Prep HS
Columbia College Chicago
Harrison
Spertus College
LaSalle
HARRISON
LaSalle St.
Chicago
NEAR WEST SIDE
Public Schools
Noble Charter Muchin
YCCS Charter Innovations
Noble Charter Academy
LAKE
MICHIGAN
Culture/Entertainment
The Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago Symphony Center
American Academy of Art
Pritzker Museum & Library
The Art Institute of Chicago
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Adams/Wabash
Quincy
Union Station
Safer Foundation (CWF)
Monroe
LOOP
Union Station
Kent College of Law
Harris Theater
Millennium Park
Washington
Adler School
of Psychology
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Millennium Station
Macy's
Washington
Washington/Wells
Civic Opera House
See Near West Side
Planning District
Northwestern University
Chicago
Holy Name Cathedral
Jesse White
Field House
Universities
Westwood College
Notre Dame Exec. Business and Law
DePaul University
John Marshall Law School
Roosevelt University
Robert Morris University
National Louis University
The School of Art Institute
East-West University
Village Leadership Academy
90
Museum Campus
Shedd Aquarium
Target
Whole Foods
Roosevelt
Roosevelt
MICHIGAN
CLARK
LOWER WEST SIDE
Soldier Field
Daystar School
16TH
Ping Tom Mem. Park Fieldhouse
See Pilsen Little Village
Planning District
Glessner House Museum
Clarke House Museum
Chicago
Perspectives Charter HS
Women's
Park
Chinatown
CERMAK
Future Hotel
ARMOUR SQUARE
St. Therese Chinese School
Sun-Yet-Sen Park
18th St.
Future Lucas Museum
DePaul Basketball
Arena
National Teachers ES
Redmoon Theater
Northerly Island
41
1ST
Chinatown
Coal for a Better Chin Am Comm
Chinese American Srvc League
Chinatown Square
Chinatown Chamber of Commerce
Midwest Asian Health
Chinatown Gateway
Nine Dragon Wall
Adler Planetarium
The Field Museum
South Loop ES
Arie Crown Theatre
G
NEAR SOUTH SIDE
Chinese American Museum
Haines ES
Chinatown
Graham ES
Park 540
McCormick Place
McCormick Place
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CENTRAL PLANNING DISTRICT WARD/TIF/SSA MAP
CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS 2015
Near North
27th Ward
2nd Ward
Chicago/Kingsbury
Streeterville Chamber of Commerce
Ohio/Wabash
GRAND
River North Business Association
River West
42nd Ward
KINZIE
Kinzie Industrial
Corridor
See Milwaukee Avenue
Planning District
West Central Business Association
West Loop Community Organization
Chicago Loop Alliance
LaSalle Central
LAKE SHORE DRIVE
COLUMBUS
MICHIGAN
CLARK
Canal St/Congress Expy
STATE
SSA# 1
LAKE MICHIGAN
HARRISON
See Near West Side
Planning District
Jefferson/Roosevelt
ROOSEVELT
4th Ward
River South
11th Ward
Near South
25th Ward
Roosevelt/Canal
Pilsen Industrial
Corridor
CERMAK
3rd Ward
Chicago Chinatown Chamber of Commerce
Calumet/Cermak Rd
Michigan/Cermak
Archer Courts
24th/Michigan
See Pilsen Little Village
Planning District
Near South Planning Board
See Stockyards
Planning District
(NBDC) serves this district but main office may be located off the map
See Bronzeville/South Lakefront
Planning District
*This planning area is located within the North Business & Industrial Corridor, the Local Economic &
Employment Development Council, and the Eighteenth Street Development Corp. (LIRI)
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