What’s in a name? Discover how Chicago’s 77 community areas came to be and their relationship to Chicago neighborhoods.
Join Peter T. Alter in an exploration of the intellectual and social history of the community areas and neighborhood naming during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Peter T. Alter is Chief Historian and Director of the Studs Terkel Center for Oral History Chicago and a member of the Chicago History Museum Curatorial Staff.
Registrants will be emailed the link to attend within two hours of the program. This program will not be recorded.
From the south: Go north on Green Bay Road. Turn left on Wilmette Ave. Turn right on Park Ave. Library is located on the corner of Wilmette Ave. and Park Ave. Parking lot is on the north side of the building.
From the north: Go south on Green Bay Road. Turn right on Wilmette Ave. Turn right on Park Ave. Library is located on the corner of Wilmette Ave. and Park Ave. Parking lot is on the north side of the building.
From I-94 (Edens Expressway):from the South - exit at Lake Ave. East. Go east on Lake Ave. a little over 2 miles. Turn right on Park Ave. • from the North - exit at Rt. 41/Skokie Blvd. Turn left (east) on Lake Ave. Go east on Lake Ave. a little over 2 miles. Turn right on Park Ave.
Mass transit options include CTA, Metra, and Pace.
