Lower West Side

Lower West Side located on the west side of Chicago, Illinois, is one of 77 well-defined Chicago community areas. The United States Postal Service operates the Pilsen Post Office at 1859 South Ashland Avenue. Heart of Chicago is a neighborhood located in the southwest corner of the Lower West Side community area and has an Italian restaurant strip on Oakley. Pilsen is a neighborhood made up of the residential sections of the Lower West Side community area of Chicago. In the late 19th century Pilsen was inhabited by Czech immigrants who named the district after Plzeň, the fourth largest city in what is now the Czech Republic. The population also included in smaller numbers other ethnic groups from the Austro-Hungarian Empire including...