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Community Area 53

West Pullman

History of West Pullman

West Pullman is Chicago Community Area 53. Its history reflects Chicago’s transformation from Indigenous homelands and a nineteenth-century trading and transportation center into a major industrial, architectural, and cultural metropolis. Railroads, transit lines, immigration, migration, housing, commerce, schools, parks, faith communities, and neighborhood institutions have all helped shape the area’s identity.

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