| Kenwood | |
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| — Community area — | |
| Community Area 39 - Kenwood | |
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| Location within the city of Chicago | |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Cook |
| City | Chicago |
| Neighborhoods | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.1 sq mi (2.82 km2) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 18,363 |
| • Density | 16,865.2/sq mi (6,511.7/km2) |
| population up 1.02% from 1990 | |
| Demographics | |
| • White | 15.9% |
| • Black | 75.7% |
| • Hispanic | 1.64% |
| • Asian | 4.27% |
| • Other | 2.52% |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP Codes | parts of 60615 and 60653 |
| Median income | $43,728 |
| Source: U.S. Census, Record Information Services | |
Kenwood, located on the South Side of the City of Chicago, Illinois, is one of the 77 well-defined Chicago community areas.
Kenwood was part of Hyde Park Township, which was annexed by the City of Chicago in 1889.
Kenwood was once one of the most elite neighborhoods in Chicago and contains some of the largest homes in the city. It includes two Chicago Landmark districts, Kenwood and North Kenwood. Burnham Park runs along Kenwood's lakefront. A large part of the southern part of this region is in the Hyde Park-Kenwood Historic District.
Kenwood is bisected by 47th Street, which marks a dramatic sociocultural and architectural boundary. North Kenwood suffered significant depopulation and attendant decline of the housing stock and retail base, bottoming out around 1990, although the area has been gradually redeveloping since then. South Kenwood fared this period rather better, and did not experience the same middle-class flight in the 1970s. In the real estate boom of the mid-2000s, houses sold for in excess of two million dollars, and long-vacant lots were redeveloped with high-end luxury houses.
South Kenwood includes the Kenwood Landmark District as well as Madison Park, one of only three remaining private parks in the City of Chicago.
The southeast portion of Kenwood includes the Indian Village neighborhood, which features the Chicago Landmark Powhatan Apartments and the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)-designated Narragansett. The NRHP site of the former Chicago Beach Hotel, now Regents Park, is also in the neighborhood.[1] The tallest building in Kenwood is the South Tower of Regents Park.
The 1902 Blackstone Library is another well-known landmark in the neighborhood. It continues to be part of the Chicago Public Library system.
The recently reopened Hyde Park Art Center, located on Cornell Avenue just north of 51st Street and East Hyde Park Boulevard, is Chicago's oldest alternative exhibition space, with an on-site school and studio and an extensive outreach program.
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Chicago Public Schools in Kenwood include Kenwood Academy, Canter Middle School, and Shoesmith. Private Schools in Kenwood include the Ancona Montessori School, the Cambridge School of Chicago, and Hales Franciscan High School.
The area including both the Hyde Park neighborhood and South Kenwood (the part of Kenwood south of 47th Street) are sometimes collectively referred to as Hyde Park,[2] Hyde Park-Kenwood,[3] or Hyde Park-South Kenwood.[4]
Notable Kenwood residents have included:
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