Index of Maps of Chicago

EARLY GANGS

1. Chicago's Gangland. Thrasher's map (removed by refusal of the University of Chicago to permit its display).

2. Burgess' famous concentric circle map.

3.Drake and Cayton's Black Metropolis revision of Burgess's concentric circle map.

4. Drake and Cayton's map of the lower class in the Black Belt.

5. Map of the acts of violence in the 1919 Race Riot

URBAN CRISIS ERA

1. Concentrated Poverty in 1970

2. Concentrated Poverty in 1980.

3. Wealth and Poverty in the 1980s.

4. The (1981) Gautreaux Settlement identification of areas intended for gentrification

5. Daley's Chicago

 

THE GLOBAL ERA

1. Gangs in Chicago Today (as seen by the Chicago Police).

2. Concentrated Poverty in 1990.

3. Currency Exchanges and Starbucks in 2000.

4. TIF districts and concentric circles

5. CAPS Areas, Crime, and Gentrification.

6. Banks and Savings & Loans

THE GHETTO

1. The Black Ghetto 1910-2000: Animated!

2. Compare to New York City.

2. Location of Illinois Correctional Facilities

3. Shaw and McKay updated.

 

OTHER

Census data on Chicago's 77 community areas

University of Chicago Neighborhood Change maps
(Joseph Regenstein Library. Contact Chris Winters)