NEW CITY, CHICAGO

'New City (Chicago, Illinois)'

'Community Area 61 -New City' Chicago Community Area 61 -New City Location within the city of Chicago
Latitude Longitude
Neighborhoods	★ Back of the Yards ★ Canaryville ★ New City
ZIP Code	part of 60609
Area	12.59 km² (4.86 mi²)
Population (2000) Density	51,721 ''(down 2.83% from 1990)'' 4,109.4 /km²
Demographics	White Black Hispanic Asian Other	13.1% 35.3% 50.2% 0.28% 1.13%
Median income	$25,647
Source: U.S. Census, Record Information Services

'New City', one of the 77 official community areas, is located on the southwest side of Chicago. It is a blend of Irish-Americans in Canaryville, Mexican-Americans in Back Of The Yards, & African-Americans south of 49th Street. The area was home to the famous Union Stock Yards that were on Chicago's south side until they closed in 1971.

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Neighborhoods

Back of the Yards

Canaryville

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Neighborhoods

Back of the Yards

'Back of the Yards' is an industrial and residential neighborhood (located in the New City community area) on the Southwest Side of Chicago so named because it is near the site of the former Union Stock Yards. Life in this neighborhood at the beginning of the 20th century is profiled in Upton Sinclair's ''The Jungle''. This area was formerly known as the Town of Lake until it was annexed by Chicago in 1889.
The area was once an Eastern-European neighborhood until the 1970s. It then became a Mexican-American neighborhood. Back in the 60's & 70's this was a predominantly Polish community. It was comprised of many Polish churches, bakeries, taverns, and small stores. It was a long desired neighborhood by Polish immigrants to settle and have gainful employment and raising their families.
This neighborhood was famously organized by Saul Alinsky in the 1930s.

Canaryville

External links

★ Official City of Chicago New City Community Map

★ Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council (the country's oldest community organization, founded by Alinsky in 1939)

★ Back of the Yards Blog (Blogger living at 47th and Throop, Site Updated with Neighborhood and Personal News)

★ Encyclopedia of Chicago - Back of the Yards