CHINATOWNBy: Prem, Pat, Yahaira, John, and

Alyssa

Pinpointed

• Chinatown is located in the South Side of Chicago, specifically in the center of Cermak and Wentworth Ave (At the Armour Square northern community area).• The train ride to Chinatown is approximately 50 minutes, a car ride is approximately 38 minutes, and if you wanted to ever try and walk the entire routeit would take about three and a half hours. Good luck.

ARMOUR SQUARE DEMOGRAPHICS

The median age of the neighborhood: 42.9 yearsMale to female ratio: 0.9:1

HISTORY• Germans, Irish, and the Swedes began to occupy this area as early as the civil war.• Chicago fire of 1871• Increase in costs for the city made many families move to the edge of the city.• In 1899 Italian immigrants formed the Roman Catholic parish of Santa Maria

Incoronata. Housing increased around the area.• 1909 Charles Comisky built the White Sox field. • Around 1912 a mass group of Chinese moves southward, facing discrimination on

the way. • Chinatown became a great tourist attraction• By 1999 Chinese constituted over half the population of the Chinatown.

OUR EXPERIENCE

Chinatown Gate

Chinatown Mural

Chinatown Square

Chinatown Gate Zodiacs

WHAT IT REALLY LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT WE MISSED

http://chicagochinatown.org/resources-landmarks-tourism/

Personal and Group reflections

• How was the experience?• Any surprises or sparks?• How has this shaped your opinion about the

second city?• Was this an authentic Chicago experience?

WHY?

Cited Sources

• http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/dcd/supp_info/community_area_2000censusprofiles.html

• http://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/71.html

• http://chicagochinatown.org/resources-landmarks-tourism/

• http://www.areavibes.com/chicago-il/armour+square/demographics/