Near South
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Open Territory
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Territory Claimed by: | None |
Sphere: | Neutral |
Location Value: | 35 |
Specialty: | Football (Athletics) |
Cost Reductions: | Iron Stamina, Library (Any), Encyclopedic Knowledge (Any) |
Unique Bonus: | Once a week, succeed on a social roll (difficulty 2) to gain access to any museum in the neighborhood after hours for an evening and gain +2 to social rolls while there. |
Travel Code: | CE |
Description
The Near South Side is one of the most dynamic of Chicago's communities. It has undergone a metamorphosis from a Native American homeland to a blue collar settlement, to an elite socialite residential district, to a center for vice, to a slum, to a public housing and warehouse district, and finally to the home of a newly gentrified residential district.
Along Lake Shore Drive, the Near South Side includes some of Chicago's best-known structures: Soldier Field, home of the NFL's Chicago Bears; McCormick Place, Chicago's primary convention center; the Museum Campus, which contains the Field Museum, the Shedd Aquarium, and the Adler Planetarium; and Northerly Island. The area is currently undergoing a major residential and mixed-use redevelopment.