Ukrainian Village, Chicago

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Ukrainian Village is a Chicago neighborhood located on the west side of the Chicago downtown. Its boundaries are Division Street to the north, Chicago Avenue to the south, Western Avenue to the west, and Damen Avenue to the east. It is one of the neighborhoods in the West Town community area.

In past decades, Ukrainian Village has been a safe middle-class neighborhood, populated by older citizens of Eastern European ethnicity, and bordered on many sides by more dangerous areas. It was insulated somewhat from surrounding socioeconomic change by large industrial areas on its south and west borders, and by the staying power of the Orthodox churches. However, gentrification of West Town is rapidly changing the demographic.

Notable local landmarks include Ss. Volodymyr and Olga Ukrainian Catholic Church, St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, Roberto Clemente High School, St Mary's Hospital, and Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Cathedral, the latter having been commissioned by St. John Kochurov and designed by famed architect Louis Sullivan.

In 2002, part of Ukrainian Village was designated a Chicago Landmark District.

"West Ukrainian Village" and "Smith Park" are both terms used to describe the small section of Ukrainian Village that lies west of Western Avenue, between Grand Avenue and Chicago Avenue.

Saint Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral

Saint Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral

Ukrainian National Museum in Chicago, IL

A restaurant in Ukrainian Village neighborhood

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[edit] See also

• Slavic Village in Cleveland, Ohio