Pilsen

Only a few minutes from the center of by train, Pilsen is a working-class predominantly Mexican-American neighborhood. Marked by riches in art and historic architecture and occupied by a community that's fiercely proud of where they live, this neighborhood is at once distinctly Chicagoan and something entirely unique.
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  • Quarter with 35,800 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 597 feet (182 metres)
  • …is named after Plzeň
  • Description: community area in Chicago, Illinois, United States
  • Also known as
    “Community Area 31”
    “Heart of Chicago”
    “Lower West Side”
    “Lower West Side, Chicago”
    “Lower West Side, Chicago, IL”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Museum of Mexican Art and Addams Park.
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The is a museum featuring and Chicano art and culture.
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is a public park in named after Jane Addams.
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St. Adalbert Church is a historic church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bridgeport-Chinatown and Near West Side.
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is the South Side at its most…
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The of has two of the city's…
, sometimes combined with University…

Pilsen

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Latitude
41.85704° or 41° 51′ 25″ north
Longitude
-87.66188° or 87° 39′ 43″ west
Open location code
86HJV84Q+R6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153715851
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Geo­Names ID
4905971
Wiki­data ID
Q3264397

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Urdu—“Pilsen” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “下西區”
  • Esperanto: “Malsupra Okcidenta Flanko”
  • French: “Lower West Side”
  • German: “Lower West Side”
  • German: “Pilsen”
  • Hebrew: “שיקגו/פילזן”
  • Italian: “Lower West Side”
  • Japanese: “ロウアー・ウェスト・サイド (シカゴ)”
  • Serbian: “Louer Vest Sajd (Čikago)”
  • Serbian: “Louer Vest Sajd”
  • Serbian: “Niža zapadna strana (Čikago)”
  • Turkish: “Lower West Side”
  • Urdu: “لوئر ویسٹ سائیڈ، شکاگو”

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