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The communities within the city limits of Chicago range from dazzling urban arrays of highrises to idyllic residential communities not unlike the suburbs they border. In between lies a wide variety of neighborhoods, chock-full with almost every heritage, lifestyle, architecture, and culture imagniable. Chicago has been divided many ways: from the fixed 77 "community areas" originally devised during the 1920s and, only slightly updated, still used as the basic official segmentation map for Chicago, to the 50 political wards used in council and alderperson elections, the boundaries of which change to meet the character of their constituencies. Most commonly, Chicago's locales are defined informally by their inhabitants, often bolstered by chambers of commerce, residents' associations, block clubs, Merchant, Industrial, and Historical districts, and official city designations. Within many neighborhoods are smaller neighborhoods and districts. Found here is our list of recognizable, indispensible contemporary Chicago neighborhood names, numbering roughly 130, linked where applicable to their WildOnions profiles. They are under subheadings of more general parts of town, and include (in italics) cultural campuses and major parks as well. You may also explore our neighborhood maps.

Downtown
>Loop
>Magnificent Mile
>Streeterville
>West Loop
>Greektown
>River North
>Northwestern
>Navy Pier
>Museum Campus
>Grant Park
>Millennium Park

Near North
>Old Town
>Near North
>Gold Coast

 Near West
>West Town
>Near West

Near South
>South Loop
>Bronzeville
>Prairie District
>Chinatown
>Prairie Shores

Near Northwest
>Goose Island
>Noble Square
>Ukrainian Village
>Wicker Park
>Bucktown

Near Southwest
>UIC/Little Italy
>Bridgeport
>Canaryville
>Stockyards

North
>Lincoln Park
>Sheffield
>De Paul/Wrightwood
>Lakeview
>New Town
>St. Ben's
>Roscoe Village
>North Center
>Buena Park
>Graceland Cemetary
>Lincoln Park

Northwest
>Logan Square
>Albany Park
>Palmer Square
>Hermosa
>Kelvyn Park
>Kilbourn Park
>Avondale
>Irving Park
>Humboldt Park
>Humboldt Park

West
>Garfield Park
>West Humboldt Park
>Austin
>Garfield Park
>Columbus Park		 Southwest, West
>Pilsen
>Little Tuscany
>Heart of Chicago
>Illinois Medical District
>Tri-Taylor
>Little Village
>McKinley Park
>Back of the Yards
>Brighton Park
>Gage Park
>Chicago Lawn
>Marquette Park
>Marquette Park

Southwest, South
>Englewood
>Gresham
>Brainerd
>Wrightwood
>Ashburn

Hyde Park/Kenwood
>Kenwood
>Hyde Park
>University of Chicago
>Jackson Park
>Midway Plaisance
>Washington Park

South
>Washington Park
>Woodlawn
>Grand Crossing
>Park Manor
>Chatham
>Avalon Park
>South Shore
>South Chiacago
>Calumet Heights
>Pill Hill
>Burnside

Far North
>Uptown
>Ravenswood
>Lincoln Square
>Edgewater
>Rogers Park
>North Town
>Andersonville
>Rosehill
>Budlong Woods
>Bowmanville
>West Rogers Park
>Peterson Park
>Pulaski Park
>Rosehill Cemetary
>Rogers Park Beaches

Far Northwest
>Sauganash
>Jefferson Park
>Portage Park
>Norwood Park
>Union Ridge
>Big Oaks
>Belmont Central
>Montclare
>Belmont Heights
>Dunning

 O'Hare
>Chicago O'Hare International Airport

Far West-Southwest
>Archer Hieghts
>West Edison
>West Lawn
>Vittam Park
>Garfield Ridge
>Clearing
>Chicago Midway Airport

Far Southwest-South
>Beverly
>Morgan Park
>Mount Greenwood		 Far South
>Rosemore
>Fernwood
>Roseland
>Pullman
>West Pullman
>Cottage Grove Heights
>Jeffery Manor		 Southeast
>East Side
>Hegewisch 		On Chicago's Borders
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