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Liz Jurkash

Greektown is a neighborhood in Chicago with a population of 33,172, most of whom are highly educated with 76.5% holding a bachelor's degree or higher. To get to Greektown, one can take the Red Line subway to the UIC-Halsted station, then walk 0.4 miles northeast to the Greektown sign. Greektown originated in the 1840s as Greek immigrants arrived by boat to work on Lake Michigan, gradually establishing the community around Halsted, Blue Island, and Harrison streets that still retains its Greek character today, known for Greek restaurants including the invention of gyros.

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GREEKTOWN Liz Jurkash, Isabella Ramon, Salama Lipdo
Demographics 33,172 people live in Greektown in a total of 17,896 Most of these households do not have children Education 76.5% have a bachelors degree or higher Only 6.3% have no high school or some high school 11.9% have some college 5.2% have an associate degree
Navigation To get to Greektown, we Walked to Granville station Rode the Red Line towards 95th, getting off at Jackson Switched to the Blue Line headed towards Forest Park and got off at the UIC-Halsted station Got out of the station, took a left turn and walked until we reached the renowned Greektown Sign across the street from where we were standing (about .4 mi from the station). It was also across the street from the National Hellenic Museum.
History In 1840 Greek sailors started immigrating to Chicago to work on the thriving Lake Michigan in hopes for a better life As time went on more Greeks started to establish their life in Chicago Greek town started out around Harrison, Blue Island, and Halstead but as time went on the neighborhood around them started to be developed The Eisenhower Express way and the University of Illinois at Chicago disrupted the neighborhood a little ways north but they stuck together to form the Greek town we know today Greek town is known for their restaurants and created the famous Gyros
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Sources Demographic Stats from http://www.point2homes.com/US/Neighborhood/IL/Chicago/Greekt own-Demographics.html http://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/Greektown-Chicago- IL.html Navigation Information Google Maps https://www.google.com/maps/dir/41.9976563,- 87.6568965/Greektown,+Chicago,+IL/@41.9360023,- 87.7134396,12z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m1!4e1!1m5!1 m1!1s0x880e2cc33bc7997d:0xb34e9f2e3c290e42!2m2!1d- 87.6470504!2d41.8785644!2m2!5e1!5e2!3e3 https://www.google.com/maps/vt/data History http://www.greektownchicago.org/about/history http://chicagocooperator.com/articles/399/1/Greektown/Page1.html

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  • 1. GREEKTOWN Liz Jurkash, Isabella Ramon, Salama Lipdo
  • 2. Demographics 33,172 people live in Greektown in a total of 17,896 Most of these households do not have children Education 76.5% have a bachelors degree or higher Only 6.3% have no high school or some high school 11.9% have some college 5.2% have an associate degree
  • 3. Navigation To get to Greektown, we Walked to Granville station Rode the Red Line towards 95th, getting off at Jackson Switched to the Blue Line headed towards Forest Park and got off at the UIC-Halsted station Got out of the station, took a left turn and walked until we reached the renowned Greektown Sign across the street from where we were standing (about .4 mi from the station). It was also across the street from the National Hellenic Museum.
  • 4. History In 1840 Greek sailors started immigrating to Chicago to work on the thriving Lake Michigan in hopes for a better life As time went on more Greeks started to establish their life in Chicago Greek town started out around Harrison, Blue Island, and Halstead but as time went on the neighborhood around them started to be developed The Eisenhower Express way and the University of Illinois at Chicago disrupted the neighborhood a little ways north but they stuck together to form the Greek town we know today Greek town is known for their restaurants and created the famous Gyros
  • 6. Sources Demographic Stats from http://www.point2homes.com/US/Neighborhood/IL/Chicago/Greekt own-Demographics.html http://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/Greektown-Chicago- IL.html Navigation Information Google Maps https://www.google.com/maps/dir/41.9976563,- 87.6568965/Greektown,+Chicago,+IL/@41.9360023,- 87.7134396,12z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m1!4e1!1m5!1 m1!1s0x880e2cc33bc7997d:0xb34e9f2e3c290e42!2m2!1d- 87.6470504!2d41.8785644!2m2!5e1!5e2!3e3 https://www.google.com/maps/vt/data History http://www.greektownchicago.org/about/history http://chicagocooperator.com/articles/399/1/Greektown/Page1.html