Community Areas

From HistoryWiki

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 1 Rogers Park

Community Area 2 West Ridge

Community Area 3 Uptown

Community Area 4 Lincoln Square

Community Area 05 North Center

Community Area 06 Lake View

Community Area 07 Lincoln Park

Community Area 08 Near North Side

Community Area 09 Edison Park

Community Area 10 Norwood Park

Community Area 11 Jefferson Park

Community Area 12 Forest Glen

Community Area 13 North Park

Community Area 14 Albany Park

Community Area 15 Portage Park

Community Area 16 Irving Park

Community Area 17 Dunning

Community Area 18 Montclare

Community Area 19 Belmont Cragin

Community Area 20 Hermosa

Community Area 21 Avondale

Community Area 22 Logan Square

Community Area 23 Humboldt Park

Community Area 24 West Town

Community Area 25 Austin

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 32 Loop

Community Area 33 Near South Side

Community Area 34 Armour Square

Community Area 35 Douglas

Community Area 36 Oakland

Community Area 37 Fuller Park

Community Area 38 Grand Boulevard

Community Area 39 Kenwood

Community Area 40 Washington Park

Community Area 41 Hyde Park

Community Area 42 Woodlawn

Community Area 43 South Shore

Community Area 44 Chatham

Community Area 45 Avalon Park

Community Area 46 South Chicago

Community Area 47 Burnside

Community Area 48 Calumet Heights

Community Area 49 Roseland

Community Area 50 Pullman

Community Area 51 South Deering

Community Area 52 East Side

Community Area 53 West Pullman

Community Area 54 Riverdale

Community Area 55 Hegwisch

Community Area 56 Garfield Ridge

Community Area 57 Archer Heights

Community Area 58 Brighton Park

Community Area 59 McKinley Park

Community Area 60 Bridgeport

Community Area 61 New City

Community Area 62 West Elsdon

Community Area 63 Gage Park

Community Area 64 Clearing

Community Area 65 West Lawn

Community Area 66 Chicago Lawn

Community Area 67 West Englewood

Community Area 68 Englewood

Community Area 69 Greater Grand Crossing

Community Area 70 Ashburn

Community Area 71 Auburn Gresham

Community Area 72 Beverly (Chicago)

Community Area 73 Washington Heights

Community Area 74 Mount Greenwood

Community Area 75 Morgan Park

Community Area 76 O'Hare

Community Area 77 Lakeview