List of neighborhoods in Chicago

There are sometimes said to be more than 200 neighborhoods in Chicago,[1] though residents differ on their names and boundaries. A city ordinance prescribing and mapping 178 neighborhoods[2] is almost unknown and ignored even by municipal departments. Neighborhood names and identities have evolved over time due to real estate development and changing demographics.[3] The City of Chicago is also divided into 77 community areas which were drawn by University of Chicago researchers in the late 1920s.[4] Chicago's community areas are well-defined, generally contain multiple neighborhoods, and depending on the neighborhood, less commonly used by residents.[3][5] More historical images of Chicago neighborhoods can be found in Explore Chicago Collections, a digital repository made available by Chicago Collections archives, libraries and other cultural institutions in the city.[6]

The Town Hall in Austin

Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaking at St. Hyacinth Basilica in Avondale

The Back of the Yards neighborhood derived from the Union Stockyards, at one time a significant employer in Chicago. Upton Sinclair's 1906 novel The Jungle, revolves around the life of a Lithuanian immigrant working the Stockyards named Jurgis Rudkus.

The now-demolished plant of the White Eagle Brewing Company was in Bridgeport and designed by architect John S. Flizikowski.

Victory Monument and Ida B. Wells-Barnett House in Bronzeville

Ping Tom Memorial Park in Chicago's Chinatown.

St. Simeon Mirotočivi, a Serbian Orthodox church located in East Side.

The literal and ideological corner of Greektown.

Fiesta Boricua on Paseo Boricua in Humboldt Park.

The Robie House in Hyde Park is a Frank Lloyd Wright design.

The Gateway Theatre's Solidarity Tower in Jefferson Park is a replica of the Royal Castle in Warsaw.

"The Land of SF is The Wizard" is a nickname for the tongue-twisting proper designation of the neighborhood of Kosciuszko Park.

The Krause Music Store in Lincoln Square

26th Street in Little Village

A woodblock print (1925) of Maxwell Street by Todros Geller.

A Portage Park two-flat, or Polish flat, in Chicago's Bungalow Belt

Wacławowo is derived from the Polish name for the church of St. Wenceslaus. Photographer Richard Nickel was married here in 1950.

The intersections of North Ave, Damen and Milwaukee in 2010 in Wicker Park

Wrigley Field, from which Wrigleyville gets its name, is home to the Chicago Cubs baseball team.