Little Italy Alyssa, Suzanne, Colleen, Annby

How to Get There (1 hour 7 minutes) 1. Get on the the Granville or Loyola Red Line towards 95th/Dan Ryan2. Get off at Roosevelt/State3. Take bus 12 headed towards Central/Harrison (West)4. Get off at Roosevelt/Throop5. Head north to Taylor Street and voila!

Getting Back6. Go to Roosevelt and Loomis and take bus 12 headed towards 15th/Indiana (East)7. Get off at Roosevelt/State8. Get on the Red Line towards Howard9. Get off at Loyola or Granville stop (whichever you prefer)

You made it!

History★ Strong Italian influence in the 19th and 20th centuries★ Most popular ethnic cuisine in America by the 1920s:

Italian ○ Many of the bakeries/shops in Italian neighborhoods

★ Largest Italian neighborhood: Taylor Street area of Little Italy

★ Previously home to public housing (Jane Addams Homes)

★ UIC and the Eisenhower Expressway replaced much of Little Italy

Places to Go-Coffee Alley: With a four out of five rating on Yelp, we made sure to swing by the coffee shop, and we ended up being extremely glad we did. Their coconut chai was delicious, and a drink that

I haven’t seen anywhere else. While we weren’t hungry for dinner, we also stopped and got Fro-Yo at Yogen Fruz, which while not Italian, was delicious. We ended up wandering around the neighborhood until sunset, window shopping and sitting in the grass.

Demographics

★ Total Population: 15,668

★ 4,898 of the population is 20-29 year olds, the largest

age bracket.

★ Male to female ratio: 7,340:8,327

★ Median Household Income: $52,079

★ Median Age: 30 years

Sources

Chicago Historical Society. "Foodways."Foodways. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Sept. 2014. <http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/470.html>"Living in University Village - Little Italy, Chicago, IL." Realtor.com. National Association of Realtors, 1 Jan. 2014. Web. 26 Sept. 2014. <http://www.realtor.com/local/University-Village-Little-Italy_Chicago_IL/lifestyle>.