Collection of Chicago (North Lawndale) maps

By tom / August 24, 2020

I’m working on a series of maps of Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood. I’m just going to drop a bunch of drafts into this post to share with the team.

North Lawndale, situated in Burgess’ concentric rings city development map

Gangster cartoon map. Not to scale.

“Chicago’s Gangland”, Frederic M. Thrasher, 1926

FHA 1940 redlining map. Data from Mapping Inequality

Bus and rail lines and stations

Chicago L stations by average weekday boardings

North Lawndale and the Loop transit by average weekday

Chicago non-white population, %

Bicycle mode share by census tract

Median income by census tract

Divvy bike stations

Divvy trips to/from North Lawndale. (Routes simulated)

Schools

Libraries

Hospitals

Groceries

Sidewalk coverage