United Center

The United Center – site of the 1996 Democratic National Convention and home of the Bulls, Blackhawks, concerts, ice shows, circuses and other events – has become the center of its own neighborhood, United Center Park. Just two miles west of the Loop, the United Center has helped generate new restaurants, bars and specialty stores. They, in turn, have attracted new condo and townhouse developments, while some of the older single-family homes in the neighborhood are being renovated. The neighborhood’s revival also has been spurred by the replacement of the nearby Henry Horner Homes public housing development with smaller, low-rise housing – part of the Chicago Housing Authority’s Plan for Transformation. This area is home to Malcolm X College, part of the City Colleges of Chicago, and Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, one of the city’s top public high schools. Just south of the Eisenhower Expressway is the Illinois Medical District, one of the nation’s largest collections of hospitals

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