Near South
The Near South is the home of several of Chicago'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.Photo: Canoehead72, Public domain.
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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: Loop and Near West Side
Places of Interest
Highlights include Soldier Field and Chess Records.
Soldier Field
Stadium
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Soldier Field is a multi-purpose stadium on the Near South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Opened in 1924, the stadium has served as the home of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League since 1971, as well as Chicago Fire FC of Major League Soccer since 2020.
Chess Records
Museum
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Chess Records was an American record company established in 1950 in Chicago, specializing in blues and rhythm and blues. It was the successor to Aristocrat Records, founded in 1947.
The Field Museum of Natural History
Museum
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The Field Museum of Natural History, also commonly called the Field Museum, is a private–public natural history museum in Chicago, Illinois, and is one of the largest such museums in the world.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bridgeport-Chinatown and Armour Square.
Bridgeport-Chinatown
Photo: Pattie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bridgeport-Chinatown 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.
Armour Square
Suburb
Armour Square is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States, located on the city's South Side. It includes Chinatown and the CHA Wentworth Gardens housing project.
Museum Campus
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Museum Campus is a 57-acre park in Chicago along Lake Michigan. It encompasses five of the city's major attractions: the Adler Planetarium, America's first planetarium; the Shedd Aquarium; the Field Museum of Natural History; Soldier Field, home of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League; and the Lakeside Center of McCormick Place.
Near South
- Categories: community area in Chicago, neighborhood, and locality
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.8567° or 41° 51′ 24″ northLongitude
-87.62477° or 87° 37′ 29″ westPopulation
28,800Elevation
594 feet (181 metres)Open location code
86HJV94G+M3OpenStreetMap ID
node 153690894OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
4903363Wikidata ID
Q2746762
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“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”
- Korean: “니어 사우스 사이드”
- 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”
- Urdu: “نیئر ساؤتھ سائیڈ، شکاگو”
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