Bibliography

http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/maps/ageofhousingcity2000.html

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Loop

http://wikitravel.org/en/Chicago/Loop

http://campus.online-education.net/campus/Illinois-SIL/Chicago-C/neighborhood/Chicago-Loop/

Density of Chicago Loop

Generally, the closer one is to the Loop, the older the housing, but there are numerous exceptions to this generalization. The desirable North Side Lakefront neighborhoods have been undergoing redevelopment since the 1920s; many poorer neighborhoods were subjected to "urban renewal" in the 1950s and 1960s; and the formerly non-residential areas around the Loop have all obtained new housing since the early 1980s. Also, the older central places in the suburbs such as Elgin, Joliet, and Aurora all have much older housing than the newer suburbs around them, so do the corridors along major commuter rail lines.

High per-capita income is found both in certain northern and western suburbs--and along the North Side Lakefront. Low per-capita income is found on the West and South Sides--and in certain pockets in the suburbs

Various Pictures of Chicago Loop

Madison & State Today.

The Center of the City, Madison & State Streets after the Chicago fire in 1871

Jackson & Clark Street

General History

Jean Baptiste Point DuSable made a trading post on the north bank of the Chicago River in the late 1780s. Fort Dearborn followed on the opposite side in 1803–1804. South Water Street, along the south bank, became a hub of activity in the 1830s, with Lake Street, a block to the south, soon picking up the character of a retail street. In the period of the walking city the Loop area accommodated all of the functions of the city near the main stem of the river.

The Chicago fire in 1871 destroyed most residential buildings, as well as historic church and school buildings, in the heart of the city. The rise of the skyscraper in the 1880s reinforced the trend toward commercial growth, creating a distinct character for the downtown district and establishing a skyline as the symbol for the entire city.

Demographics of Chicago Loop

White	62.1%
- Black	19.7%
- Hispanic	5.95%
- Asian	9.92%
- Other	2.43%

This Chart shows the Demographics of the the Loop Community Area.

The Area is a Majority of Caucasians with 62.1 % of the population

Next Are the African Americans & and Hispanics with another quarter of the population.

and Asians and other races with the final 12 percent.