West Town
West Town, northwest of the Loop on Chicago's West Side, is one of the city's officially designated community areas. Much of this area was historically part of Polish Downtown, along Western Avenue, which was then the city's western boundary.Photo: Adam63, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Quarter with 87,800 residents
- Description: community area in Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Neighbors: Logan-Bucktown, Near North and Near West Side
Notable Places in the Area
United Center
Stadium
Photo: JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5.
United Center is an indoor arena on the Near West Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
Museum
The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art is a modern art museum serving the Chicago area with an ongoing program of cultural exhibitions, literary events, film screenings, and music recitals.
Congress Theater
Theatre building
Photo: ThomasIrvin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Congress Theater is a historic movie palace in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago.
Localities in the Area
Wicker Park
Photo: Victorgrigas, Public domain.
Wicker Park is the vanguard of music, nightlife, and fashion in Chicago.
Near West Side
Photo: pgoyette, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Near West Side of Chicago has two of the city's premiere culinary strips, Little Italy and Greektown, and basketball legend Michael Jordan's old stomping grounds with the Chicago Bulls.
Logan-Bucktown
Photo: Jeff Hottinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Logan Square is an expansive neighborhood with sweeping boulevards on Chicago's West Side.
West Town
- Categories: community area in Chicago, neighbourhood and locality
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.9014° or 41° 54' 5" northLongitude
-87.6862° or 87° 41' 10" westPopulation
87,800Elevation
182 metres (597 feet)Open Location Code
86HJW827+HGOpenStreetMap ID
node 153604610OpenStreetMap Feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
4916118Wikidata ID
Q3567449West Town Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Chinese: 西鎮
- English: Community Area 24
- English: West Town, Chicago
- French: West Town
- Serbian: Vest Taun (Čikago)
- Serbian: Vest Taun
- South Azerbaijani: وزت توون، چیکاقو
- Spanish: West Town, Chicago
Other Places Named West Town
Localities in the Area
- Ukrainian VillageNeighbourhood
- East Humboldt ParkNeighbourhood
- Smith ParkNeighbourhood
- East VillageNeighbourhood
- West BucktownNeighbourhood
Landmarks in the Area
- Saint Volodymyr Ukrainian Orthodox CathedralChurch
- Clemente High School GymSports venue
- Saint Helen Catholic ChurchChurch
- Wear Haus ChiHealth club
- Ascension Saint Mary HospitalHospital
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page West Town. Photo: Adam63, CC BY-SA 3.0.