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Pill Hill, Chicago

Neighborhood in Calumet Heights, Chicago

Pill Hill, Chicago
Summary

Neighborhood in Calumet Heights, Chicago

community area

Pill Hill is a neighborhood in the Calumet Heights community area on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its name refers to the many doctors who used to live in the neighborhood.

Geography

The [[Bronzeville Children's Museum]] is located at 9301 South [[Stony Island Avenue]].

According to The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago, the neighborhood is the more affluent portion of the Stony Island Heights neighborhood that occupies the eastern two-thirds of Calumet Heights. Other sources including one co-published by MSNBC, clearly depict it as a rectangular neighborhood running for eight blocks bounded by East 91st or East 92nd Street and East 94th or East 95th Street to the north and south, respectively, and South Paxton Avenue and South Cregier Avenue to the east and west, respectively.

History

The neighborhood was first settled by farmers who quickly became disappointed in the region's swampy nature. Pill Hill has above-average affluence compared to the rest of the community area according to the Encyclopedia. The moniker is attributed to the preponderance of doctors employed at the nearby South Chicago Community Hospital who reside in the grand homes situated atop the Stony Island ridge. A play by Yale School of Drama graduate Sam Kelley entitled Pill Hill was set in this neighborhood. It debuted at the Yale Repertory Theatre has been produced in many venues in recent decades. Pill Hill is credited by one Chicago Sun-Times author as one of the few communities to host civil rights activists such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Jesse Jackson during the 1960s.

Notes

References

  1. "IL > Cook County > Chicago > Pill Hill / Calument Heights Homes for Sale". Redfin.
  2. "Pill Hill Real Estate and Neighborhood Information". Dream Town Realty.
  3. "Pill Hill". Chicago City & Neighborhood Guide.
  4. "Pill Hill (Calumet Heights) neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois (IL), 60617, 60619 detailed profile". Urban Mapping, Inc./Advameg, Inc..
  5. Patterson, Elizabeth A.. (2005). "Calumet Heights". [[Chicago Historical Society]].
  6. "Neighborhood Bookshelf". Local Initiatives Support Corporation/Chicago.
  7. Klein, Alvin. (November 22, 1992). "Theater; Life in One Chicago Neighborhood". [[The New York Times]].
  8. Beer, John. (July 2–8, 2009). "Theater review: Pill Hill". [[Time Out (company).
  9. Konkol, Mark. (May 5, 2007). "Pill Hill: Soul Queen on Stony Island". [[Chicago Sun-Times]].
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