What is South Deering, Chicago?
'''South Deering''', located on [[Chicago]]'s far [[South Side, Chicago|South Side]], is the largest of the 77 official community areas of that city. It is part of the 10th Ward, once under the control of former [[Richard J. Daley]] ally Alderman [[Edward Vrdolyak]]. It is an industrial neighborhood, a small group of homes exists in the northeast corner and [[Lake Calumet]] takes up a large portion of the area. 80% of the community is zoned as industrial, natural wetlands, or parks. The remaining 20% is zoned for residential and small-scale commercial uses. 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''.<ref>{{cite book |author=Rosen, Louis |year=1998 |title=The South Side : the racial transformation of an American neighborhood |url=https://archive.org/details/southsideracialt00rose |location=Chicago |publisher=Ivan R. Dee |isbn=1-56663-190-4}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.cityofchicago.org/content/dam/city/depts/doit/general/GIS/Chicago_Maps/Community_Areas/CA_SOUTH_DEERING.pdf Official City of Chicago South Deering Community Map] *[http://www.neiu.edu/~reseller/sdwelcome.html Northeastern Illinois University community history project] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070706031329/http://www.neiu.edu/~reseller/sdwelcome.html |date=2007-07-06 }} *[http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/calumet/place.html Lake Calumet region] [http://www.fieldmuseum.org/calumet Journey through Calumet], [[Field Museum of Natural History|The Field Museum]] {{Community areas of Chicago}} [[Category:Community areas of Chicago]] {{US-geo-stub}}