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According to the United States Census Bureau, the City of Chicago has a total area of 606.1 km 2 (234.0 sq mi). 588.3 km 2 (227.1 sq mi) of it is land and 17.8 square kilometres (6.9 sq mi) of it is water. The total area is 2.94% water. The city has been built on relatively flat land, the average height of land is 579 feet (176 m) above sea level.
GNIS feature ID. 0428803. Website. chicago .gov. Chicago[ a ] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 census, [ 9 ] it is the third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles.
Glessner House, designated on October 14, 1970 as one of the first official Chicago Landmarks Night view of the top of The Chicago Board of Trade Building at 141 West Jackson, an address that has twice housed Chicago's tallest building Chicago Landmark is a designation by the Mayor and the City Council of Chicago for historic sites in Chicago, Illinois. Listed sites are selected after meeting ...
November 8, 1984. Designated CL. September 28, 1977. Old Town is a neighborhood and historic district in Near North Side and Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois, [ 2][ 3] home to many of Chicago's older, Victorian-era buildings, including St. Michael's Church, one of seven buildings to survive the Great Chicago Fire .
The Loop, one of Chicago's 77 designated community areas, is the central business district of the city and is the main section of Downtown Chicago.Home to Chicago's commercial core, it is the second largest commercial business district in North America after Midtown Manhattan in New York City [citation needed], and contains the headquarters and regional offices of several global and national ...
Location map of Downtown Chicago. / 41.88292; -87.62255. Module:Location map/data/United States Chicago Downtown is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Downtown Chicago. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
South Side, Chicago. / 41.76556°N 87.62778°W / 41.76556; -87.62778. The South Side is one of the three major sections of the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Geographically, it is the largest of the three sections of the city, with the other two being the North and West Sides. It radiates and lies south of the city's downtown ...
West Town. Intersection of Division Street, Ashland Avenue, and Milwaukee Avenue in West Town. / 41.900°N 87.6800°W / 41.900; -87.6800. 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 ...