What is New City, Chicago?
'''New City''' is one of [[Chicago]]'s 77 [[Community areas of Chicago|official community areas]], located on the southwest side of the city in the [[South Side, Chicago|South Side]] district. It contains the neighborhoods of Canaryville and Back of the Yards. The area was home to the famous [[Union Stock Yards]] that were on Chicago's south side until closed in 1971. The '''Canaryville''' neighborhood is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Chicago and, with neighboring [[Bridgeport, Chicago|Bridgeport]].<ref name=encyc>[http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/2476.html Canaryville], ''Encyclopedia of Chicago''</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.bync.org/ Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council] (oldest community organization in the United States, founded by Alinsky in 1939) [[Category:Community areas of Chicago]] {{US-geo-stub}} {{Community areas of Chicago}}