Bridgeport-Chinatown

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.
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  • Type: Neighborhood
  • Description: neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Chinatown” and “Chinatown, Chicago”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chess Records and Wintrust Arena.

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.

Stadium
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at McCormick Square, previously referred to as DePaul Arena or McCormick Place Events Center, is a 10,387-seat sports venue in the community area of that opened in 2017.

Museum
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The seeks to advance the appreciation of Chinese American culture through exhibitions, education, and research and to preserve the past, present, and future of Chinese Americans primarily in the American Midwest.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Near South and Pilsen.

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The 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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Only a few minutes from the center of by train, 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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is one of the 77 community areas of in Illinois, United States, located on the city's . It includes Chinatown and the CHA housing project.

Bridgeport-Chinatown

Latitude
41.85166° or 41° 51′ 6″ north
Longitude
-87.63314° or 87° 37′ 59″ west
Elevation
600 feet (183 metres)
Open location code
86HJV928+MP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153480529
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
4887588
Wiki­data ID
Q2963739
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Japanese—“Bridgeport-Chinatown” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Chinatown”
  • Chinese: “华埠”
  • Chinese: “芝加哥唐人街”
  • Dutch: “Chinatown”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉina Kvartalo”
  • French: “Chinatown”
  • German: “Chinatown”
  • Hebrew: “ברידג’פורט-צ’יינהטאון”
  • Hebrew: “צ’יינהטאון”
  • Japanese: “チャイナタウン”

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