| The Near West
Side, one of the 77 well-defined community areas, is
located on the west side of Chicago, Illinois (west
of the Chicago River), adjacent to the downtown central
business district (the Loop).
The Greektown section of Chicago
is located roughly between Van Buren and Madison Streets,
along Halsted Street, within the Near West Side community
area of Chicago. It was popularized in the movie "My
Big Fat Greek Wedding," which was actually filmed
mostly in Toronto.
The neighborhood is known for
its plethora of excellent Greek restaurants, including
the famous Parthenon, and its 24 hour foodspots.
Often called just "the West
Loop," West Loop Gate makes up the north central
area of the Near West Side, west of Chicago's Loop.
It is bordered by the Kennedy Expressway to the east,
Grand Avenue on the north, the Eisenhower Expressway
to the south, and Ashland to the west. The neighborhood
also extends to the Chicago River south of Madison Street.
A former manufacturing corridor
turned art-edgy neighborhood, the area is made up primarily
of warehouses that are still in use or have been converted
to loft condominiums, "loftominiums," restaurants,
night clubs, a growing number of art galleries and some
retail.
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