The Entire South Side is NOT the Englewood Community

I like Explore Chicago.  In fact, it’s one of my resources for things to do around Chicago.  While researching information about the Englewood community, I ran across some information that pushed a wrong button.

“Other noteworthy community anchors in Englewood include the renovated 1927-vintage New Regal Theater, a new police station, branch library and the AIA award-winning Gary Comer Youth Center.”

While the Chicago news media would have viewers thinking that the Englewood community spans from 35th Street to 95th Street (North to South) and from King Drive to Damen (East to West).  That is NOT right.  While I do not know the actual boundaries of Englewood (orange), I know that those boundaries are wrong.

I also know that the New Regal Theater sits at 1645 East 79th Street in the South Shore Community (yellow).  And the Gary Comer Youth Center is located at 7200 S. Ingleside in Avalon Park (blue-green).  Check out the map below.

Chicago Area Communities

So, to my buddies at Explore Chicago.  While I commend you for attempting to boost the Englewood community, at least report accurate information.  Your audience will appreciate it.

On a sarcastic note:
If it were true that Englewood did have The Regal, library and Gary Youth Center along with the new Kennedy King College, and the powers-that-be were serious about the growth of the community and its residents, would there really be a need for the new police station?  I’m just saying.

Credits: This map was retrieved from Wikipedia via Google.

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  2. Thank you, Jennifer. Your columnist class through the Coffeehouse for Writers and your assistance gave me the confidence I needed to speak up.

  3. I would like to thank Explore Chicago for a prompt response to this message. They have just moved up a couple notches on my Why I Like Explore Chicago list (is that another story?).

    “Dear Ms. Hill,

    Thanks for taking the time to write and to provide those corrections to our Englewood neighborhood description. We appreciate your comments and will update the page to reflect the accurate information immediately.

    We were glad to see that you've enjoyed using ExploreChicago as a resource and hope you'll continue to do so in the future.
    Best,

    Karen

    Karen Vaughan * Chicago Office of Tourism”

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