Editing Chicago Loop (section)

==Geography and neighborhoods==
The Loop is Community Area 32.<ref name="Encyclopedia"/> In addition to the financial ([[West Loop–LaSalle Street Historic District]]), theatre, and jewelry ([[Jewelers Row District]]) districts, there are neighborhoods that are also part of the Loop community area.

===New Eastside===
[[File:20090524 Buildings along Chicago River line the south border of the Near North Side and Streeterville and the north border of Chicago Loop, Lakeshore East and Illinois Center.jpg|alt=The Chicago River is the south border of the Near North Side and the north border of the Loop, which is pictured here; the Loop's Near East Side is to the left in this picture.|thumb|left|The [[Chicago River]] is the south border of the [[Near North Side, Chicago|Near North Side]] (right) and the north border of the '''Loop'''; the Loop's '''Near East Side''' is to the left in this picture.]]

According to the 2010 census, 29,283 people live in the neighborhoods in or near the Loop. The median sale price for residential real estate was $710,000 in 2005 according to Forbes.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2009-feb-elements-of-urbanism-chicago|title= Elements of Urbanism: Chicago|access-date= February 14, 2018|archive-date= February 14, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180214142216/https://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2009-feb-elements-of-urbanism-chicago|url-status= live}}</ref> In addition to the government, financial, theatre and shopping districts, there are neighborhoods that are also part of the Loop community area. For much of its history this Section was used for [[Illinois Central]] rail yards, including the IC's [[Great Central Station]], with commercial buildings along Michigan Avenue. The New Eastside is a mixed-use district bordered by Michigan Avenue to the west, the Chicago River to the north, Randolph Street to the south, and Lake Shore Drive to the east. It encompasses the entire Illinois Center and Lakeshore East<ref>{{cite web|url= http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/7858/lseneigh7jh.jpg|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060725213017/http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/7858/lseneigh7jh.jpg|url-status= dead|archive-date= July 25, 2006|title= Lakeshore East Map}}</ref> is the latest lead-developer of the 1969 Planned Development #70, as well as separate developments like Aon Center, Prudential Plaza, Park Millennium Condominium Building, Hyatt Regency Chicago, and the Fairmont Chicago, Millennium Park. The area has a triple-level street system and is bisected by Columbus Drive. Most of this district has been developed on land that was originally water and once used by the Illinois Central Railroad rail yards. The early buildings in this district such as the Aon Center and [[One Prudential Plaza]] used airspace rights in order to build above the railyards. The New Eastside Association of Residents (NEAR) has been the recognized community representative (Illinois non-profit corporation) since 1991 and is a 501(c)(3) IRS tax-exempt organization.

The [[Multilevel streets in Chicago|triple-level street system]] allows for trucks to mainly travel and make deliveries on the lower levels, keeping traffic to a minimum on the upper levels. Through north–south traffic uses Middle Columbus and the bridge over the Chicago River. East–west through traffic uses either Middle Randolph or Upper and Middle Wacker between Michigan Avenue and Lake Shore Drive.

===Printer's Row===
[[Printer's Row, Chicago|Printer's Row]], also known as Printing House Row, is a neighborhood located in the southern portion of the Loop community area of Chicago. It is centered on Dearborn Street from [[Congress Parkway|Ida B. Wells Drive]] on the north to Polk Street on the south, and includes buildings along Plymouth Court on the east and Federal Street to the west. Most of the buildings in this area were built between 1886 and 1915 for house [[printing]], [[publisher|publishing]], and related businesses. Today, the buildings have mainly been converted into residential lofts. Part of Printer's Row is an official landmark district, called the [[Printing House Row District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/landmarksweb/web/districtdetails.htm?disId=27|title=Printing House Row District|work=Chicago Landmarks|publisher=City of Chicago|access-date=1 December 2013|archive-date=December 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203010838/http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/landmarksweb/web/districtdetails.htm?disId=27|url-status=live}}</ref> The annual [[Printers Row Lit Fest]] is held in early June along Dearborn Street.<ref>{{cite news|title=Printers Row Lit Fest|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/books/printersrowlitfest/|access-date=1 December 2013|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|archive-date=December 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203045614/http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/books/printersrowlitfest/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===South Loop===
Most of the area south of Ida B. Wells Drive between Lake Michigan and the [[Chicago River]], excepting Chinatown, is referred to as the South Loop. Perceptions of the southern boundary of the neighborhood have changed as development spread south, and the name is now used as far south as 26th Street.

The neighborhood includes former railyards that have been redeveloped as new-town-in-town such as [[Dearborn Park]] and Central Station. Former warehouses and factory lofts have been converted to residential buildings, while new townhouses and highrises have been developed on vacant or underused land. [[Dearborn Station]] at the south end of [[South Loop Printing House District|Printers Row]], is the oldest train station still standing in Chicago; it has been converted to retail and office space. A major landowner in the South Loop is [[Columbia College Chicago]], a private school that owns 17 buildings.

South Loop is zoned to the following Chicago Schools: South Loop School and [[Phillips Academy High School]]. [[Jones College Prep High School]], which is a selective enrollment [[University-preparatory school|prep school]] drawing students from the entire city, is also located in the South Loop.

The South Loop was historically home to vice districts, including the brothels, bars, burlesque theaters, and arcades. Inexpensive residential hotels on Van Buren and State Street made it one of the city's Skid Rows until the 1970s. One of the largest homeless shelters in the city, the [[Pacific Garden Mission]], was located at State and Balbo from 1923 to 2007, when it moved to 1458 S. Canal St.

===Historic Michigan Boulevard District===
The Loop also contains the [[Chicago Landmark]] [[Historic Michigan Boulevard District]], which is the section of [[Michigan Avenue (Chicago)|Michigan Avenue]] opposite [[Grant Park (Chicago)|Grant Park]] and [[Millennium Park]].

Historical images and current architecture of the Chicago Loop can be found in [http://explore.chicagocollections.org/records/?f2-types=Digital+Images&f1-neighborhoods=Loop Explore Chicago Collections], a digital repository made available by [[Chicago Collections]] archives, libraries and other cultural institutions in the city.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Long|first1=Elizabeth|title=A Single Portal to Chicago's History|url=http://news.lib.uchicago.edu/blog/2015/10/21/a-single-portal-to-chicago-history/|website=The University of Chicago News|access-date=17 September 2016|archive-date=October 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161016215406/http://news.lib.uchicago.edu/blog/2015/10/21/a-single-portal-to-chicago-history/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Loop Retail Historic District===
The [[Loop Retail Historic District]] is a shopping district within the Chicago Loop community area in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is bounded by Lake Street to the north, Ida B. Wells Drive to the south, State Street to the west and Wabash Avenue to the east. The district has the highest density of National Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places and Chicago Landmark designated buildings in Chicago. It hosts several historic buildings including former [[department store]] flagship locations Marshall Field and Company Building (now Macy's at State Street), and the Sullivan Center (formerly Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building).