South Chicago 60617
South Chicago, formerly known as Ainsworth, is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago. This chevron-shaped community on Chicago’s Far Southeast Side is one of the city’s 16 lakefront neighborhoods near the southern rim of Lake Michigan 10 miles south of downtown.
South Chicago is bordered by East 79th Street on the north, South Chicago Avenue (the Chicago Skyway) on the southwest, and a small stretch of East 95th Street on the south. With the Calumet River on the community’s southeast side, South Chicago can be considered the gateway to the Calumet Region and one of the four Chicago neighborhoods (East Side, Hegewisch and South Deering) that are considered by the locals as part of Chicago’s Southeast Side. The Southeast Side is a description that the city itself continues to resist, including this neighborhood with all of Chicago’s South Side communities.
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South Chicago is one of 10 priority communities selected as a part of INVEST South/West commercial corridor improvement strategy.
INVEST South/West’s goal is to re-activate neighborhood cores that have historically served as focal points for pedestrian activity, shopping, services, transportation, public spaces and quality-of-life amenities for local residents. In South Chicago, the priority corridor is Commercial Avenue from 85th to 92nd streets, as well as adjacent blocks on 92nd.
The South Side has many art museums and galleries such as the DuSable Museum of African American History and National Museum of Mexican Art,
