Grand Boulevard, Chicago

Grand Boulevard, located on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, is one of the well-defined Chicago Community Areas. The boulevard from which the community area takes its name now bears the name of Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive. The area is bounded by 39th to the north, 51st Street to the south, Cottage Grove Avenue to the east, and the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad tracks to the west. The Robert Taylor Homes were located mostly in Grand Boulevard. This is one of the two community areas that are part of the area known as Bronzeville, with the other being Douglas.

This community area includes the Washington Park Court District neighborhood that was declared a Chicago Landmark on October 2, 1991. [cite web|url=http://www.cityofchicago.org/Landmarks/W/WashingtonPark.html|accessdate=2007-03-30|date=2003|publisher=City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division|title=Washington Park Court District]

The Harold Washington Cultural Center is one of its newer and more famous buildings. Among the other notable properties in this neighborhood are Daniel Hale Williams House, Robert S. Abbott House and Oscar Stanton De Priest House

External links

* [http://egov.cityofchicago.org/webportal/COCWebPortal/COC_ATTACH/Community_Areas_GRAND_BOULEVARD.pdf Official City of Chicago Grand Boulevard Community Map]
* [http://architectural.wordpress.com/2005/10/04/southside Chicago Southside] - Public housing history and current redevelopments

Notes

Geographic Location
Center = Grand Boulevard, Chicago
North = Douglas, Chicago
Northeast = Oakland, Chicago
East = Kenwood, Chicago
Southeast = Hyde Park, Chicago
South = Washington Park, Chicago
West = Fuller Park, Chicago
Northwest = Armour Square, Chicago