WELCOME

Is there a community in Chicago with a wider variety of personalities than the

University Village/Little Italy neighborhood?  From professionals who work

downtown or at one of the nearby medical centers to people whose families

have been in this community for generations, we are a diverse, exciting

community just a ten or fifteen minute walk from downtown Chicago. 

The University Village Association welcomes you to this historic community.

At the heart of the neighborhood are the rich Italian-American traditions of the

Taylor Street area, affectionately known as Chicago's Little Italy.  Next door

are two world class facilities.  One is the University of Illinois at Chicago with

its exciting urban campus, which includes the undergraduate and graduate

schools, its world-class hospital, medical, dental and nursing colleges, and

research institutes among other specialties.  The area is also home to Rush

University Medical Center, one of the country's foremost tertiary care medical

centers and related colleges of medicine, nursing and graduate programs in

health science management.  The Illinois Medical District borders the

community's western edge and is the largest medical district in the country with

its several hospitals, clinics, schools and other health-care related and technology

centers.  (Along with UIC Medical Center, Rush University Medical Center, the

Illinois Medical District is also comprised of the John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital, the

Jesse Brown Veteran's Administration Hospital, and several research institutes).

Combine these premier institutions of learning and health care with historic

century old row houses, some of the best public and private elementary and high

schools in the State of Illinois, successful new townhome and condominium

developments, then toss in blocks and blocks of quintessential Chicago-style two

flats and three flats and last, but not least, add a strong, committed group of

residents and merchants from every part of the community who are dedicated to

bettering their neighborhood and the result is one of the most stable and

heterogeneous communities in Chicago.