South Deering | |
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| Community Area 51 - South Deering | |
 Boxcars in the area | |
 Location within the city of Chicago | |
| Coordinates: 41°42.6′N 87°33.6′W / 41.7100°N 87.5600°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Cook |
| City | Chicago |
| Neighborhoods | list
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| Area | |
• Total | 10.70 sq mi (27.71 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 14,105 |
| • Density | 1,300/sq mi (510/km2) |
| Demographics 2020[1] | |
| • White | 5.0% |
| • Black | 63.7% |
| • Hispanic | 31.0% |
| • Asian | 0.0% |
| • Other | 0.4% |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Codes | parts of 60617 and 60633 |
| Median household income | $35,056[1] |
| Source: U.S. Census, Record Information Services | |
South Deering, located on Chicago's far South Side, is the largest of the 77 official community areas of that city. Primarily an industrial area, a small residential neighborhood exists in the northeast corner and Lake Calumet takes up a large portion of the area. 80% of the community area is zoned as industrial, natural wetlands, or parks. The remaining 20% is zoned for residential and small-scale commercial uses. It is part of the 10th Ward, once under the control of former Richard J. Daley ally Alderman Edward Vrdolyak.
The neighborhood is named for Charles Deering, an executive in the Deering Harvester Company that would later form a major part of International Harvester. International Harvester owned Wisconsin Steel, which was originally established in 1875 and was located along Torrence Avenue south of 106th Street to 109th Street.[2]
It is the location of Calumet Fisheries, a historic seafood restaurant that opened in 1928 and has been featured on Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. The original Calumet Bakery store, a South Side favorite since 1935, is located at 2510 E 106th St, Chicago, IL 60617. It was also the location of the Wisconsin Steel Works, originally the Joseph H. Brown Iron and Steel Company, which opened in 1875 and closed in 1980. Since the closing of the steel mill, the neighborhood has remained economically depressed.
Louis Rosen documented the racial transition of this and nearby communities in his 1998 book The South Side: The Racial Transformation of an American Neighborhood.[3]
- ^ a b "Community Data Snapshot - South Deering" (PDF). cmap.illinois.gov. MetroPulse. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
- ^ "Southeast Side History - Slideshow" (PDF). Chicago State University. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
- ^ Rosen, Louis (1998). The South Side : the racial transformation of an American neighborhood. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee. ISBN 1-56663-190-4.