Bridgeport (Chicago, Illinois)

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Bridgeport, one of 77 community areas of Chicago, is a neighborhood located on the city's South Side. It is bounded, generally, on the north by the South Branch of the Chicago River, on the west by Bubbly Creek (the river's South Fork), on the south by Pershing Road, and on the east by Metra's SouthWest Service rail line and the Dan Ryan Expressway. Neighboring community areas are the Lower West Side across the river to the north, McKinley Park to the west, New City to the south, and Armour Square to the east. Famous for being the historical center of Chicago's Democratic machine, and at times featured in the national spotlight for its racial intolerance, Bridgeport today ranks as one of the city's most diverse neighborhoods.[ Bridgeport is home to many Irish, Asian, Hispanic, Romanian, Polish and Lithuanian families.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgeport,_Chicago
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Coordinates:   41°50'11"N   87°39'2"W

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  • The Bridgeport area is the recent recipient of the immense gentrification going on in Chicago. If you check out the Bridgeport Village area, you can find a small subdivision full of million dollar plus housing. No Starbucks yet, but I'm sure that's a matter of time.
  • I for one am hoping that the neighborhood doesn't turn into another Lakeview/Lincoln Park neighborhood.
  • I could be wrong, but isn't Sox Park actually outside of the boundaries of Bridgeport? I remember reading that somewhere; I've got no source though. Perhaps someone can enlighten me?
  • One could say that the subprime mortgage crisis will benefit Bridgeport, since it is now trapped like a fly in amber with not too much gentrification, a smattering of art students, and a better ethnic mix than the old days.
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