Neighborhood in Chicago

Lower West Side

Community Area 31, about 3 miles southwest of the Loop, taking in Pilsen and Heart of Chicago. Czech families settled Pilsen after the 1871 fire; since the 1960s it has been a center of Mexican Chicago, with murals, a Mexican art museum and yearly festivals.

About this area: encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org · Boundaries: data.cityofchicago.org

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