With over two hundred neighborhoods divided into seventy-seven community areas, Chicago offers a dazzling and daunting challenge to ambitious tourists and lifelong citizens. Anyone who's never been to Chicago will be shocked to learn how big it really is. Did you know that Humboldt Park isn't even in Humboldt Park? Confused about the exact boundaries of West Elsdon or curious about the origins of the famous Second City Theater? In a handbook that is both an entertaining adventure and a methodical survey, Mary Zangs tackles all seventy-seven communities, providing maps, points of interest and local perspectives for the many places Chicagoans call home.
Mary was a registered nurse for forty-five years. Upon retirement, her love for the city of Chicago prompted her to explore its communities. She has previously published
"The History of Terminal Island" for the San Pedro, CA historical society. She lives in Chicago with her husband Jim. Her daughter Shannon, who developed all of the maps included in this book, also resides in Chicago. Mary has another daughter, Elizabeth, and a son, Matthew.