Community Areas
Community Areas Soundex Code C553
The Historic Resources Survey An inventory of architecturally and historically significant structures came out in 1996. It was prepared by the Commission on Chicago Landmarks and the Chicago Department of Planning and Development. It summarized the results of a decades-long effort to identify the various community areas and neighborhoods, and list those buildings in those areas that were of historic and architectural importance; i.e., those buildings that should be preserved. Approximately 3.5% of all structures then extant were identified as architecturally or historically significant.
The Historic Resources Survey is organized according to the city's 77 "Community Areas." The community areas are statistical groupings created by the University of Chicago in the mid-1930s. These are not to be confused with aldermanic wards or neighborhoods, because community area boundaries stay constant over time, whereas wards and neighborhoods tend to change over time.
The first two community areas happen to be Rogers Park and West Ridge.
Community Area 4 Lincoln Square
Community Area 05 North Center
Community Area 07 Lincoln Park
Community Area 08 Near North Side
Community Area 10 Norwood Park
Community Area 11 Jefferson Park
Community Area 15 Portage Park
Community Area 19 Belmont Cragin
Community Area 22 Logan Square
Community Area 23 Humboldt Park
Community Area 26 West Garfield Park
Community Area 27 East Garfield Park
Community Area 28 Near West Side
Community Area 29 North Lawndale
Community Area 30 South Lawndale
Community Area 31 Lower West Side
Community Area 33 Near South Side
Community Area 34 Armour Square
Community Area 38 Grand Boulevard
Community Area 40 Washington Park
Community Area 46 South Chicago
Community Area 48 Calumet Heights
Community Area 51 South Deering
Community Area 53 West Pullman
Community Area 56 Garfield Ridge
Community Area 57 Archer Heights
Community Area 58 Brighton Park
Community Area 59 McKinley Park
Community Area 66 Chicago Lawn
Community Area 67 West Englewood
Community Area 69 Greater Grand Crossing
Community Area 71 Auburn Gresham
Community Area 72 Beverly (Chicago)
Community Area 73 Washington Heights