Official Chicago Neighborhood Thread (Lincoln, Roscoe: live in, zip codes, garden)

[Drover]

Originally Posted by surlycue

By the way guys, I've always wondered what the community area south of Norwood Park and north of Dunning that is not one of Chicago's community areas is called and what town it belongs to if not Chicago.

That spot is Harwood Heights and Norridge, two suburbs that refused to be part of the annexation wave that swept north and west around the turn of the century. So land got annexed all around them by the city so they are now an independent island within the city.

[surlycue]

Originally Posted by Drover

That spot is Harwood Heights and Norridge, two suburbs that refused to be part of the annexation wave that swept north and west around the turn of the century. So land got annexed all around them by the city so they are now an independent island within the city.

How random. Do they have the benefit of a lower sales tales on top of escaping the city tax?

[Drover]

Originally Posted by surlycue

How random. Do they have the benefit of a lower sales tales on top of escaping the city tax?

Nope, their sales tax is the same as the city's for an effective sales tax rate of 10.25%

[thiqued]

Originally Posted by Damage Control Freak

Talking of neighborhood maps, I recently saw this poster around. I think it looks pretty cool, but that giant "Polish Village" neighborhood strikes me as very wrong. Has this ever been an established name for a neighborhood up there? I think Avondale has been nicknamed like that but I don't know if that ever really stuck.
Also the pure size of this "hood" is pure invention, right?

Never heard of it.

[Avengerfire]

Originally Posted by thiqued

Chicago lifer here. Born and raised. South Side represent.

...By the way, he had no idea what neighborhood they were in, simply that they were on the North Side...

...neither did you and you still do not.

Btw: your band sucks.

How is that for a BURN?

I do not need some Sux fan attempting to lecture me on North Side neighborhoods. You have no idea what you are talking about.

[thiqued]

Originally Posted by Avengerfire

...neither did you and you still do not.

Btw: your band sucks.

How is that for a BURN?

I do not need some Sux fan attempting to lecture me on North Side neighborhoods. You have no idea what you are talking about.

Pretty weak burn. Give it up.

[thiqued]

Originally Posted by Avengerfire

This issue alone makes this map as useful as toliet paper.

I personally find toilet paper to be extremely useful.

[Irishtom29]

Originally Posted by thiqued

i personally find toilet paper to be extremely useful.

lol!!

Admit it Avenger, he got ya that time.

[Lookout Kid]

Originally Posted by Mr Downtown

Along the lakefront, Community Areas track pretty well with people's understanding of neighborhood names, but inland they are often catchalls such as New City or North Center that combine very disparate neighborhoods.

I'm not trying to start an argument, but do you really think "North Center' combines disparate neighborhoods? It seems pretty homogenous to me. I do hear a lot of people use "Roscoe Village", which is mostly within North Center. The use of "St. Ben's" seems to be dying, since that church is now a lesser part of the neighborhood community that it used to be. People now go to St. Ben's from all over the North Side, and the school is quite popular. I know people who live in the northern part of North Center who identify more with Lincoln Square, even though they are outside of the official boundaries.

[Avengerfire]

Originally Posted by thiqued

Well, I wouldn't say that the CHA buildings are "part" of Cabrini-Green. They ARE Cabrini-Green...

There is far more left of Carbrini-Green than those three high-rises.

"Cabrini-Green is located on Chicago’s Near north Side between Evergreen, Sedgwick, Chicago, and Larrabee. "

"Today, Cabrini-Green is a high-density combination of high-rise buildings and row houses. At its height, the site was home to about 15,000 residents and 3,500 public housing units. Today approximately 4,700 residents currently reside at this development."

Chicago Housing Authority Cabrini-Green Homes

"Several projects like Cabrini-Green on the Near North Side grew by accretion. It began with Frances Cabrini Homes, a low-rise development of 586 units, opened in 1942. Cabrini Extension was built in 1958; it had 1,925 units in 15 buildings. Then in 1962 William Green Homes was built on another adjacent site with 1,096. Altogether, Cabrini-Green had 3,607 units."

Encyclopedia of Chicago


This is a thread where I posted current pics and info on the subject of Cabrini-Green last year:

http://www.city-data.com/forum/chica...ings-left.html