South Deering, Chicago

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South Deering (Chicago, Illinois)

Community Area 51 - South Deering Location within the city of Chicago
Latitude Longitude	41°42.6′N, 87°33.6′W
Neighborhoods	Jeffery Manor South Deering Vets Park
ZIP Code	parts of 60617 and 60633
Area	23.03 km² (8.89 mi²)
Population (2000) Density	16,990 (down 4.31% from 1990) 737.9 /km²
Demographics	White Black Hispanic Asian Other	7.58% 60.8% 30.5% 0.05% 1.08%
Median income	$34,789
Source: U.S. Census, Record Information Services

South Deering, one of the 77 official community areas of the city of Chicago, Illinois, is located on the far south side. It is a very industrial neighborhood, consisting of a small group of homes in the northeast corner and Lake Calumet taking up most of the remainder. It exists in the 10th Ward, what was once the reign of Alderman Edward Vrdolyak, now in private law practice. It was the home of the now defunct Wisconsin Steel Works, whose main doors were once located off 106th and Torrence Ave. Since its close it had gone through an economic depression. South Deering was the home of primarily lower middle class dwellers. Jeffery Manor was once a predominantly Jewish community populated by World War II veterans purchasing their first house. It now is mostly African-American. The community is where Richard Speck murdered 8 student nurses in 1966. Jon Burge was raised in South Deering. Louis Rosen documented the racial transition of this and nearby communities in his 1998 book The South Side: The Racial Transformation of an American Neighborhood.^[1]

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• Official City of Chicago South Deering Community Map
• Northeastern Illinois University community history project
• Lake Calumet region Journey through Calumet, The Field Museum
  • South Deering community area
    • Jeffery Manor neighborhood
    • South Deering neighborhood
    • Vets Park neighborhood

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