city of neighborhoods

[mrjohnchimpo]

just thought i'd post this in case anyone wants to waste some time on a Friday.


list of the 77 officially recognized neighborhoods in Chicago.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighborhoods_of_Chicago


although in the article they say there's over 200 in practice.

[mrjohnchimpo]

here's where i'm from. SOUTH SIIIIDE!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Lawn%2C_Chicago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Side_Irish

[slam]

Here's the site for the company that makes all of the 'common' neighborhood maps.

http://www.bigstickinc.com/

They actually walk around every few years, asking residents which neighborhood they live in, then build their map off of that. So, it lists things like wrigleyville, which is really just part of lake view.

I know entirely too much about chicago neighborhoods and mapping...

[mrjohnchimpo]

that's a seriously neat looking map. if i had a wall to hang it on, i'd get one.