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The Loop is the central business district of , bounded by the Chicago River to the north and west, Harrison Street to the south, and Lake Michigan to the east.
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  • Type: Suburb with 42,300 residents
  • Description: central business district of Chicago, Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Chicago Loop”, “Community Area 32”, “Downtown Chicago”, “Loop (Chicago)”, “Loop, Chicago”, “The Loop”, “The Loop (Chicago)”, and “The Loop, Chicago”
  • Neighbors: , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Millennium Park and Chicago "L".

Park
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is a public park in the Loop community area of , Illinois, operated by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. The park, opened in July 2004, is a prominent civic center near the city's shoreline that covers a 24.5-acre section of northwestern .

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The Chicago "L" is the rapid transit system serving the city of and some of its surrounding suburbs in the U.S. state of . Operated by the , it is the fourth-largest rapid transit system in the United States in terms…

Railway station
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is an intercity and commuter rail terminal located in the West Loop neighborhood of the of , United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Near North and Along the Magnificent Mile.

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The is the shop-and-awe center of . It's bounded by North Avenue to the north, the Chicago River to the west and south, and Lake Michigan to the east.

Neighborhood
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The Magnificent Mile is the approximately one-mile-long stretch of from the to Oak Street on the Near North Side of , Illinois.

Neighborhood
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is a social and dining district, located on the of . Today, consists mostly of restaurants and businesses, although a cultural museum and an annual parade and festival still remain in the neighborhood.

Loop

Latitude
41.88161° or 41° 52′ 54″ north
Longitude
-87.62946° or 87° 37′ 46″ west
Population
42,300
Elevation
607 feet (185 metres)
Named after
The Loop
Open location code
86HJV9JC+J6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2472324564
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
8436065
Wiki­data ID
Q70626
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Frisian—“Loop” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Չիկագո Լուփ”
  • Basque: “Chicago Loop”
  • Bengali: “শিকাগো লুপ”
  • Catalan: “The Loop”
  • Cebuano: “Chicago Loop”
  • Chinese: “卢普区”
  • Chinese: “洛普區”
  • Chinese: “路普區”
  • Czech: “Chicago Loop”
  • Dutch: “Chicago Loop”
  • Dutch: “Loop”
  • French: “Downtown Chicago”
  • French: “Loop”
  • German: “Chicago Loop”
  • German: “Loop”
  • Hebrew: “אזור הלופ”
  • Hebrew: “דאון טאון שיקגו”
  • Hebrew: “הלופ (שיקגו)”
  • Hebrew: “הלופ של שיקגו”
  • Hebrew: “הלופ”
  • Hebrew: “לופ (שיקגו)”
  • Hebrew: “לופ, שיקגו”
  • Hebrew: “לופ”
  • Hebrew: “מרכז העסקים המרכזי של שיקגו”
  • Hebrew: “מרכז העסקים הראשי של שיקגו”
  • Hebrew: “רובע העסקים הראשי של שיקגו”
  • Hebrew: “שיקגו לופ”
  • Indonesian: “Chicago Loop”
  • Italian: “Chicago Loop”
  • Japanese: “サウスループ”
  • Japanese: “シカゴ・ループ”
  • Japanese: “ダウンタウン”
  • Korean: “시카고 루프”
  • Korean: “시카고루프”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “The Loop”
  • Persian: “شیکاگو لوپ”
  • Portuguese: “Loop”
  • Russian: “Луп”
  • Russian: “Чикаго Луп”
  • Russian: “Чикаго-Луп”
  • Slovak: “Chicago Loop”
  • South Azerbaijani: “چیکاقو لوپ”
  • Spanish: “Chicago Loop”
  • Turkish: “Chicago Loop”
  • Ukrainian: “Чикаго-Луп”
  • Vietnamese: “chicago Loop”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Chicago Loop”
  • Western Frisian: “Chicago Loop”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Loop”. Photo: Poco a poco, CC BY-SA 3.0.