Percent of use in terms of acreage for township sections in which Bridgeport is located (a) | |||||
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Type use | Section 28 |
Section 29 | Section 32 | Section 33 |
Chicago average |
Purely Residential | 21.8 | 12.3 | 12.9 | 24.4 | n.a. |
Residential w/business | 6.3 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 6.3 | n.a. |
All Residential (b) | 28.1 | 14.8 | 16.9 | 30.7 | 24.1 |
Purely Commercial (c) | 3.4 | 1.8 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.6 |
Purely Industrial | 11.0 | 34.2 | 29.4 | 9.3 | 6.9 |
Mixed Ind'l and Comm'l | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -- | n.a. |
Railroads and Waterways | 10.7 | 16.6 | 10.7 | 8.0 | 10.3 |
Streets and Alleys | 32.8 | 19.4 | 18.7 | 28.8 | 24.6 |
Public and Institutional | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Parks and Playgrounds | 1.2 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 4.8 |
Vacant or unused | 10.6 | 10.4 | 16.1 | 13.1 | 21.4 |
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_______________ Notes: a. Sections include parts of other areas, such as McKinley Park and Armour Square. Northwest Bridgeport is in Section 29; northeast Bridgeport is in Section 28; southwest Bridgeport is in Section 32; and southeast Bridgeport is in Section 33. b. All residential includes residential and residential with business categories; this particular category must be removed to reach 100 percent useage figures. c. Does not include the residential with business category. Source: U.S. Works Project Administration, Land Use in Chicago, (1940), pp. II (frontispiece), 218, 220, 232, 234. See bibliography for publication information.