Ukrainian VillageMax, Danielle, Sara, Evelyn

Location● West and Near

West Side● Wicker Park● Humboldt Park

● Streets○ Division St.○ Chicago Av.○ Western Av.○ Damen Av.

Public Transportation

● Red Line:○ Loyola to Jackson

● Underground tunnel to Blue line

● Blue Line○ Jackson to Division

Demographic● Median Household income: $61,375● Total Population: 52,131● Total Households: 24,268

o Family: 9,949o Non-family: 14,319

● Ukrainian immigrants: 15,000● Median Age: 30.75

History● The land was settled by Ukrainians after the first wave of

Ukrainian immigrants to the US between 1870 and 1914 because of their familiarity with Poles whole lived and continue to live in Polish Downtown, a nearby neighborhood.

● The area became heavily populated after a train station was established along Paulina ave in 1895. It was decommissioned in the 1964.

● Over the past half century it has remained a middle class neighborhood, mainly inhabited by older Eastern European people and their families.

● It remains the center of the Chicagoland Ukrainian community and political efforts to end the Russian invasion of Ukraine because of strong ethnic nationalism and religiosity amongst Ukrainian-Americans.

Sts. Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church

Sts. Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church

Attractions!● Sts. Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian

Catholic Church

Attractions!● Kokorokoko- A thrift shop!

Attractions!● Phil’s Last Stand

Attractions!● Ukrainian National Museum of History

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