Armour Square (Chicago, Illinois)

Community Area 34 - Armour Square Location within the city of Chicago
Latitude Longitude	41°0.6′N 87°48.6′W
Neighborhoods	Armour Square Chinatown Wentworth Gardens
ZIP Code	parts of 60609 and 60616
Area	2.56 km² (0.99 mi²)
Population (2000) Density	12,032 (up 11.40% from 1990) 4,692.5 /km²
Demographics	White Black Hispanic Asian Other	17.1% 17.0% 3.72% 60.7% 1.42%
Median income	$22,756
Source: U.S. Census, Record Information Services

Armour Square, located on the southwest side of Chicago, is one of the 77 officially defined Chicago community areas. Armour Square is also the name of one of three neighborhoods within the community area. The Armour Square neighborhood, located at the south end of the community area near Comiskey Park, is anchored by Armour Square Park, noted as the site of the 1997 racially-motivated beating of African American youth Lenard Clark, as well as a later beating of local radio sports personality Bill Simonson after a White Sox game. It lies east of, and is frequently confused with, the Bridgeport neighborhood (Bridgeport is also a community area). The Armour Square neighborhood has a large Italian-American population. The city Chicago, Illinois, is divided into seventy-seven community areas. ... Chicago Community Area 34 - Armour Square This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Official website: http://egov. ... Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter φ, gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the Equator. ... Longitude, sometimes denoted by the Greek letter λ, describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian. ... Neighbourhood is also a term in topology. ... The Chinatown Gate in Chinatown, Chicago, Illinois. ... Mr. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... A square mile is an Imperial unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (5,280 feet, 1,760 yards, 1,609. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. ... This article is about the year. ... Demographics is a shorthand term for population characteristics. Demographics include race, age, income, mobility (in terms of travel time to work or number of vehicles available), educational attainment, home ownership, employment status, and even location. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... In probability theory and statistics, a median is a number dividing the higher half of a sample, a population, or a probability distribution from the lower half. ... Income, generally defined, is the money that is received as a result of the normal business activities of an individual or a business. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... The city Chicago, Illinois, is divided into seventy-seven community areas. ... Neighbourhood is also a term in topology. ... Comiskey Park (35th Street & Shields Avenue, Chicago, Illinois) was the ballpark in which the Chicago White Sox played from 1910 to 1990. ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black), is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901-present) Central Division (1994-present) West Division (1969-1993) Major league titles World Series titles (3) 2005 â€¢ 1917 â€¢ 1906 AL Pennants (6) 2005 â€¢ 1959 â€¢ 1919 â€¢ 1917 1906 â€¢ 1901 Central Division titles (2) [1] 2005 â€¢ 2000 West Division titles (2) 1993 â€¢ 1983 Wild card berths... Bridgeport is a neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is one of 77 official community areas of Chicago. ... Logo of Sons of Italy, which is the largest Italian American fraternal organization in the United States. ...

Neighborhoods

Chinatown

The Chinatown neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois, is on the near South Side (located in the Armour Square community area), centered on and around Cermak and Wentworth Avenues, and is an example of an American Chinatown, or ethnic-Chinese neighborhood. Neighbourhood is also a term in topology. ... Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Official website: http://egov. ... Chinese New Year celebrated in a Chinatown in Paris New York City is home to three of the largest Chinatowns in North America. ...

It is not to be confused with an area sometimes called "New Chinatown", which is on the North Side around Argyle Street, and which has a larger number of Southeast Asians. more... Skyline of Uptown, looking northeast Uptown is a diverse neighborhood located north of Chicagos downtown. ... The Chinatown Gate in Chinatown, Chicago, Illinois. ...

The Chinatown Gate in Chinatown, Chicago, Illinois.

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