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===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.
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