Printer's Row, Chicago

Printer's Row, also known as Printing House Row, is a neighborhood located south of the Chicago downtown area known as the Loop. It is bounded by Congress Parkway on the north, Polk Street on the south, Plymouth Court on the east, and the Chicago River on the west. [cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/2481.html|title=Printer's Row|work=The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago|date=2005|publisher=Chicago Historical Society] This neighborhood overlaps significantly with the officially designated landmark Printing House Row District. Just to the south of the District is Dearborn Station, which is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Originally, the buildings in this area were used by printing and publishing businesses. Today, the buildings have mainly been converted into residential lofts.

Education

Printer's Row is zoned to the following Chicago Public Schools campuses: South Loop School and Phillips Academy High School.

The area has also recently become a more student-oriented center with the addition of the University Center housing over 3,000 college studnets in dorm and apartment style units. Colleges nearby in the area include Roosevelt University, Columbia College, Robert Morris College, and DePaul University.

Notes

ee also

* Neighborhoods of Chicago

External links

* [http://egov.cityofchicago.org/webportal/COCWebPortal/COC_ATTACH/Community_Areas_LOOP.pdf Official City of Chicago Loop Community Map]