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Hidden Neighborhoods

WTTW News | July 20, 2010, 7:00 pm

No matter how well you think you know this city, there are always a few surprises around the corner. Geoffrey Baer finds some Chicago neighborhoods that are so hidden, they take even him by surprise.

  • Architecture critic Lee Bey
  • Alta Vista terrace
  • Auburn Park
  • Historic Bridgeport
  • Marktown Historic District in East Chicago, Indiana
  • Old Edgebrook
  • Racine Bluffs, Glencoe
  • U.S. Gypsum's Research Village in Palatine

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