The Gap, IL Real Estate

Median Income $31,705

Median Age 28.09

Population 96,125

	Median Temperature
	January	HI 32°	LO 18°	July	HI 84°	LO 66°

	School Test Scores
	Elementary: Catalyst Charter - Howland Pilsen Community Academy Whittier Cooper Dual Lang Academy Branch Everett Mccormick Williams Armour Branch Cardenas Legacy Charter Pershing East Magnet Cooper Dual Language Academy Healy Branch Josefa Ortiz De Dominiguez Es Perez Annex Cardenas Branch Johnson Child Parent Center Mason Child Parent Center		Middle: North Lawndale College Preparatory High Armour Elementary Bartolome De Las Charter Chalmers Elementary Corkery Elementary Crown Community Academy De La Cruz Academy Doolittle Elementary Drake Elementary Dvorak Math Science Tech Academy Eli Whitney Elementary Gary Elementary Gladstone Elementary Haines Elementary Healy Elementary Henson Elementary Herzl Elementary Holden Elementary Hughes Elementary J Ward Elementary John Spry Community Johnson Elementary Jungman Elementary Kanoon Magnet Lathrop Elementary Lawndale Community Academy Little Village Academy Madero Manuel Perez Elementary Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy Mason Elementary Medill Elementary National Teachers Academy Orozco Community Academy Paderewski Elementary Penn Elementary Pershing Magnet West Pickard Elementary Plamondon Elementary Pope Elementary Rosario Castellanos Elementary Ruiz Elementary Sheridan Math & Science Academy Smyth Elementary Telpochcalli Elementary Walsh Elementary William F Finkl Academy Williams Preparatory Academy Zapata Academy Hammond Elementary		High: Big Picture - Williams Complex Consuela B York Alternative Dunbar Vocational Career Academy Farragut Career Academy George Collins Jane Addams Alternative Juarez Academy Mckinley - Lakeside Alternative North Lawndale Charter Perspectives Charter Simpson Academy For Young Women Spry Community Links Young Women's Leadership Cs Youth Connection Charter Infinity Math Science Tech Of Social Justice Austin Business & Ent Academy Multicultural Arts World Language
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The Gap community is on Chicago's Near South Side and has a population of approximately 3,511. It is a section of the larger Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago, that once was a mecca for African American literature, entrepreneurship and jazz and blues, and where Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole and many others once performed. The community is located about three miles south of downtown Chicago and just east of U.S. Cellular Field, home of the Chicago White Sox baseball team. It is bounded by 31st Street, 35th Street, Michigan Avenue, and Martin Luther King Drive. Another prominent landmark in the neighborhood is the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), which comprises about ten city blocks. A private university with programs in engineering, science, psychology, architecture, business communications, journalism, design, and the law, IIT features more than one-dozen buildings designed by famed architect Mies Van der Rohe, who headed the school's school of architecture from 1938-1958. Still another well-known institution in the community was the Pilgrim Baptist Church, which was first used as a synagogue. Designed in 1890 by famed Chicago architects Adler and Sullivan, and considered the birthplace of gospel music where many prominent musicians performed, the historic building on South Indiana Avenue was located in the heart of the Bronzeville neighborhood. Unfortunately, Pilgrim Baptist Church burned down on January 6, 2006, in the midst of an extensive rehabilitation project. Prices for residential real estate are much lower in the Gap community than in many other Chicago neighborhoods. In recent years, there has been an increased interest in the region as numerous public housing buildings have been torn down. In addition, many of the large, vintage mansions in the area have undergone rehab work. In addition, Michigan Place townhomes and condominiums have been built at 3115 South Michigan Avenue near the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. Designed primarily for IIT faculty and staff, the development features one, two and three-bedroom condominiums, and two, three and four-bedroom townhomes.

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