Loop

E17325

central business district downtown neighborhood neighborhood of Chicago

The Loop is Chicago’s central business district and downtown core, known for its dense cluster of skyscrapers, cultural institutions, and historic elevated train system.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Loop Elevated	1
Loop Post Office	1
Loop elevated	1

Statements (102)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	central business district ⓘ downtown neighborhood ⓘ neighborhood of Chicago ⓘ
borderedBy	Chicago River ⓘ Lake Michigan ⓘ
borderedByStreet	Lake Street ⓘ North Michigan Avenue ⓘ surface form: Michigan Avenue Roosevelt Road ⓘ Wacker Drive ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasAreaType	high-density urban core ⓘ
hasCoordinateRegion	Downtown Chicago area ⓘ surface form: Downtown Chicago
hasCulturalInstitution	Art Institute of Chicago ⓘ Chicago Cultural Center ⓘ Chicago Symphony Orchestra ⓘ Goodman Theatre ⓘ Lyric Opera of Chicago ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution	Columbia College Chicago (downtown campus) ⓘ DePaul University ⓘ surface form: DePaul University Loop Campus Robert Morris University Illinois (former) ⓘ Roosevelt University ⓘ
hasFunction	cultural center ⓘ financial center ⓘ government center ⓘ tourist destination ⓘ transportation hub ⓘ
hasGovernmentBody	Chicago City Hall ⓘ surface form: City Hall of Chicago Cook County Building ⓘ Dirksen Federal Building ⓘ Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse ⓘ Richard J. Daley Center ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict	Loop Retail Historic District ⓘ Printers Row ⓘ
hasLandmark	Art Institute of Chicago ⓘ Auditorium Building ⓘ Buckingham Fountain ⓘ Chicago Board of Trade Building (original) ⓘ surface form: Chicago Board of Trade Building Chicago Cultural Center ⓘ Chicago Riverwalk ⓘ Chicago Theatre ⓘ Daley Plaza ⓘ Federal Center Plaza ⓘ Grant Park ⓘ Harold Washington Library Center ⓘ Marquette Building ⓘ Merchandise Mart ⓘ Michigan Avenue streetwall ⓘ Millennium Park ⓘ State Street ⓘ The Rookery Building ⓘ Willis Tower ⓘ
hasMajorStation	Adams/Wabash station ⓘ Chicago Union Station ⓘ surface form: Chicago Union Station (adjacent) Washington/Wabash station ⓘ surface form: Clark/Lake station Jackson station ⓘ LaSalle Street Station ⓘ LaSalle/Van Buren station ⓘ Lake station ⓘ Millennium Station ⓘ Monroe station ⓘ Ogilvie Transportation Center (adjacent) ⓘ Quincy Center station ⓘ surface form: Quincy station State/Lake station ⓘ Van Buren Street Metra station ⓘ Washington station ⓘ Washington/Wabash station ⓘ
hasPark	Grant Park ⓘ Millennium Park ⓘ
hasPublicArt	Cloud Gate ⓘ Crown Fountain ⓘ Jay Pritzker Pavilion ⓘ Picasso sculpture at Daley Plaza ⓘ
hasSkyscraper	150 North Riverside (adjacent area) ⓘ 200 South Wacker Drive ⓘ 311 South Wacker Drive ⓘ Aon Center ⓘ Chase Tower ⓘ Federal Center Plaza ⓘ surface form: Franklin Center One Prudential Plaza ⓘ Two Prudential Plaza ⓘ Willis Tower ⓘ
hasTransportationSystem	CTA Blue Line ⓘ CTA Brown Line ⓘ CTA Green Line ⓘ Orange Line ⓘ surface form: CTA Orange Line CTA Pink Line ⓘ CTA Red Line ⓘ Chicago "L" ⓘ Loop elevated ⓘ
isDowntownCoreOf	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago
knownFor	cultural institutions ⓘ dense cluster of skyscrapers ⓘ historic architecture ⓘ historic elevated train system ⓘ
locatedIn	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago
locatedInAdministrativeEntity	Cook County, Illinois ⓘ surface form: Cook County Illinois ⓘ
namedAfter	elevated railway loop ⓘ
partOf	Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
UTCOffset	UTC−06:00 ⓘ
UTCOffsetDST	UTC−05:00 ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Near North Side → borderedBy → Loop ⓘ

Near West Side → borders → Loop ⓘ

Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse → complexIncludes → Loop ⓘ

this entity surface form: Loop Post Office

Federal Center Plaza → district → Loop ⓘ

Chicago community areas → includeExample → Loop ⓘ

Clinton station (Green and Pink Lines) → locatedInNeighborhood → Loop ⓘ

Grant Park → locatedInNeighborhood → Loop ⓘ

Harold Washington Library Center → locatedInNeighborhood → Loop ⓘ

Lake → locatedInNeighborhood → Loop ⓘ

Aon Center → neighborhood → Loop ⓘ

Loop Retail Historic District → neighborhood → Loop ⓘ

Willis Tower → neighborhood → Loop ⓘ

Chicago "L" → notableStructure → Loop ⓘ

this entity surface form: Loop elevated

CTA Brown Line → terminus → Loop ⓘ

CTA Orange Line → terminus → Loop ⓘ

CTA Pink Line → terminus → Loop ⓘ

Orange Line → terminus → Loop ⓘ

subject surface form: Orange Line (CTA)

Pink Line → usesInfrastructureOf → Loop ⓘ

this entity surface form: Loop Elevated