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Near South

The Near South is the home of several of 's main attractions: the splendid Museum Campus, with three world-class natural science museums on the lakefront; Soldier Field, home of the NFL's Chicago Bears; and McCormick Place, the city's massive convention center.
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  • Type: Suburb with 28,800 residents
  • Description: community area in Chicago, Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Community Area 33”, “Near South Side”, “Near South Side, Chicago”, and “South Loop”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Soldier Field and Chess Records.

Stadium
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is a multi-purpose stadium on the Near South Side of , Illinois, United States. Opened in 1924 and reconstructed in 2003, the stadium has served as the home of the Chicago Bears from the National Football League since 1971, as well as Chicago Fire FC of Major League Soccer from 1998 to 2006 and since 2020.

Museum
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was an American record company established in 1950 in , specializing in blues and rhythm and blues. It was the successor to Aristocrat Records, founded in 1947.

Museum
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, also known as The Field Museum, is a natural history museum in , , and is one of the largest such museums in the world.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bridgeport-Chinatown and Armour Square.

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is the South Side at its most dynamic, as the old South Side Irish neighborhood of the Daleys increasingly blends with the old Chinese immigrant community to the north.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood on the city's , as well as a larger, officially defined community area, which also includes and the CHA housing project.

Suburb
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, on the of , is one of Chicago's 77 community areas. The neighborhood is named for Stephen A. , Illinois politician and Abraham Lincoln's political foe, whose estate included a tract of land given to the federal government. is situated 1½ miles south of Near South.

Near South

Latitude
41.8567° or 41° 51′ 24″ north
Longitude
-87.62477° or 87° 37′ 29″ west
Population
28,800
Elevation
594 feet (181 metres)
Open location code
86HJV94G+M3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153690894
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
4903363
Wiki­data ID
Q2746762
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Turkish—“Near South” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “近南区”
  • French: “Near South Side”
  • Hebrew: “ניר סאות’ סייד”
  • Hebrew: “שיקגו/החלק הדרומי של מרכז העיר”
  • Japanese: “ニア・サウス・サイド”
  • Serbian: “Bliska južna strana”
  • Serbian: “Nir Saut Sajd”
  • Serbian: “Нир Саут Сајд”
  • Slovenian: “Near South Side”
  • Turkish: “Near South Side, Şikago”
  • Turkish: “Near South Side”

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