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Kensington is a neighborhood in the Far South Side of
Kensington is a neighborhood in the Far South Side of Chicago
Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of Unite ...
. Founded as the town of Calumet Junction in 1852, it began as a small community of rail-workers servicing the junction of the Illinois Central and Michigan Central railroads. It was nicknamed "Bumtown" by neighbors, though the origin is unclear. When the Pullman Sleeping Car Company established itself nearby, Kensington swelled with workers that could not or would not live in the Pullman company town. The commercial district around Kensington station boomed as Pullman residents escaped the company run stores: the saloons along Front Avenue found particular success in serving the dry town's denizens. The 1894 Pullman strike was headquartered in a Kensington clubhouse. As the Far South Side developed and immigrants came seeking work, Italians moved into Kensington. They were soon the majority, and the neighborhood remained a vibrant Italian enclave until the 1970s. Today, Kensington is a Hispanic enclave centered around a smaller commercial district, and the Front Avenue saloons are gone.
See also
*West Pullman, Chicago
West Pullman is a neighborhood located on the far south side of the city of Chicago, Illinois. It is one of the 77 official community areas of Chicago. The neighborhood was initially inhabited by workers of the Pullman Train Company looking t ...
* Kensington/115th Street station
* Pullman, Chicago
Pullman, one of Chicago's 77 defined community areas, is a neighborhood located on the city's South Side. Twelve miles from the Chicago Loop, Pullman is situated adjacent to Lake Calumet.
The area known as Pullman encompasses a much wider ...
* Roseland, Chicago
Roseland is one of the 77 official community areas of Chicago, Illinois, on the far south side of the city. It includes the neighborhoods of Fernwood, Princeton Park, Lilydale, the southern portion of West Chesterfield, Rosemoor, Sheldon Heights ...
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