West Town
West Town, northwest of the Loop on Chicago's West Side, is one of the city's officially designated community areas. Much of this area was historically part of Polish Downtown, along Western Avenue, which was then the city's western boundary.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 87,800 residents
- Description: community area in Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Also known as: “Community Area 24” and “West Town, Chicago”
- Neighbors: Logan-Bucktown, Near North, and Near West Side
Places of Interest
Highlights include United Center and Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art.
United Center
Stadium
Photo: JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The United Center is an indoor arena on the Near West Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is home to the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association and the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League.
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
Museum
The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art is a modern art museum serving the Chicago area with an ongoing program of cultural exhibitions, literary events, film screenings, and music recitals.
Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral
Church
Photo: fusion-of-horizons, CC BY 2.0.
Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral is the cathedral church of the Orthodox Church in America Diocese of the Midwest. It is one of only two churches designed by Louis Sullivan, one of the seminal architects of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wicker Park and Near West Side.
Wicker Park
Photo: Victorgrigas, Public domain.
Wicker Park is the vanguard of music, nightlife, and fashion in Chicago. This article also includes the sly, enjoyable Ukrainian Village, immediately south, and pieces of the greater West Town area.
Near West Side
Photo: pgoyette, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Near West Side of Chicago has two of the city's premiere culinary strips, Little Italy and Greektown, and basketball legend Michael Jordan's old stomping grounds with the Chicago Bulls.
Logan-Bucktown
Photo: Jeff Hottinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Logan Square is an expansive neighborhood with sweeping boulevards on Chicago's West Side. It shares a wealth of dive bars and cheap rock venues with Bucktown, which becomes a high-fashion destination when close to Wicker Park.
West Town
- Categories: community area in Chicago, neighborhood, and locality
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.9014° or 41° 54′ 5″ northLongitude
-87.6862° or 87° 41′ 10″ westPopulation
87,800Elevation
597 feet (182 metres)Open location code
86HJW827+HGOpenStreetMap ID
node 153604610OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
4916118Wikidata ID
Q3567449
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“West Town” goes by many names.
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral and Clemente High School Gym.
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