South Side, Chicago
South Side is a major part of the city of Chicago, Illinois. It is in Cook County. This area of the city is divided by the Chicago River.[1]
The South Side of Chicago was originally defined as all of the city south of the main branch of the Chicago River,[2][3] but it now excludes the Loop.
South Side neighborhoods such as Armour Square, Back of the Yards, Bridgeport, and Pullman are where the middle-class residents of the South Side mainly live, while Hyde Park, the Jackson Park Highlands District, Kenwood, Beverly, Mount Greenwood, and west Morgan Park are where the upper-class people mainly live such as former President Barack Obama.[4]
South Side, Chicago Media
A typical Chicago Bungalow, examples of which are found in abundance on the South Side.
Ida Wells lived in the Ida Wells House, a Chicago Landmark in the Bronzeville historic district.
Last Robert Taylor Home, 2005, since demolished
The former Hyde Park Township
Union Stock Yards, 1941
The Chicago Race Riot, 1919
Carol Moseley Braun, the first Black female U.S. Senator
Jesse Jackson, the first Black presidential candidate to win a primary
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References
- ↑ Cain, Louis P.. Annexation. The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago (2005)Chicago Historical Society. Retrieved September 8, 2008.
- ↑ Chicago (city, Illinois). Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia (2007)Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved August 13, 2007.
- ↑ The Municipal Flag of ChicagoChicago Public Library. Retrieved October 28, 2007.
- ↑ Chicago Demographics: Median Household Income (as of the 2000 Census)CityofChicago.org. Retrieved October 31, 2007.[dead link]
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