Printers Row,[1] also known as Printing House Row, is a neighborhood located in the south of the Chicago downtown area known as the Loop. The heart of Printers Row is generally defined by Ida B. Wells Drive on the north, Polk Street on the south, Plymouth Court on the east, and the Chicago River on the west.[2] This neighborhood overlaps significantly with the officially designated landmark Printing House Row District to the north of Ida B Wells Drive and the South Loop Printing House District to the south of the Drive. The neighborhood includes Dearborn Station, which is also on the National Register of Historic Places.
Many of the buildings in this area were used by printing and publishing businesses. Today, the buildings have mainly been converted into residential lofts with the last remaining printer, Palmer Printing, Inc., near the corner of Clark and Polk streets, selling to residential developers in early 2018.
Dupli Group, a family owned printer since after the Second World War, continues to operate a print shop in Printer's Row, having recently occupied an industrial loft space in the neighborhood.
- ^ "Printers Row neighborhood guide". 27 June 2018.
- ^ "Printer's Row". The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago. Chicago Historical Society. 2005.