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Ukrainian Village

Ukrainian Village is a Chicago neighborhood located south of Wicker Park. Its boundaries are Division St (1200 N) to the north, Chicago Ave (800 N) to the south, Western Ave (2400 W) to the west, and Damen Ave (2000 W) to the east. Settlement of the neighborhood was largely spurred by the 1895 construction of an elevated train line along Paulina Ave (1700 W); the "L" was decomissioned in 1964 but still partly exists to shuttle trains through the CTA rail system. In past decades, it has been a safe, middle-class neighborhood, populated by older citizens of Eastern European ethnicity, and bordered (and affected) 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 and Ukrainian Catholic congregations. Although Ukrainian village continues to be the center of Chicago's large Ukrainian community, the gentrification of West Town is rapidly changing the demographic. Notable local landmarks include Roberto Clemente High School, St Mary's Hospital, St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, and Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Cathedral, the latter having been commissioned by St. John Kochurov and designed by famed architect Louis Sullivan. In addition, the area includes the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, and the Ukrainian National Museum of Chicago, which contains a large collection of Pysanky, an exhibit on the Ukrainian Pavilion at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, and an exhibit on the Ukrainian Genocide of 1932-1934. In 2002, part of Ukrainian Village was designated a Chicago Landmark District. [4] Much of the film Brother 2, very popular in Russia in the late 1990s, was filmed in Ukrainian Village.  Rent Smart Chicago is your resource for Chicago apartments, lofts, condos and homes in Ukrainian Village.

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