Streeterville houses some of Chicago's tallest skyscrapers and most upscale stores, hotels, restaurants and theaters, as well as Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, School of Continuing Studies, and School of Law. The Magnificent Mile portion of Michigan Avenue is part of Streeterville, as is the number one tourist attraction in Chicago, Navy Pier.Bounded by the river on the south, Michigan Avenue on the west, and Lake Michigan on the north and east.

Along with hundreds of art galleries, the area holds many bars, dance clubs, popular restaurants, and entertainment venues. Bounded by Michigan Avenue to the east, Chicago Avenue to the north, and the Chicago River to the south and west.

River West is a neighborhood in the west section of the Near North community. It is bounded by Chicago Avenue to the north, to I-90/94 to the west, to Ohio Street to the south, and the Chicago River to the east.

Comparable to New York City's Meatpacking District, the West Loop is a former manufacturing corridor turned art-edgy neighborhood. The West Loop is made up primarily of warehouses that are still in use or recently converted to loft condominiums, newly constructed "loftominiums," restaurants, night clubs, a growing number of art galleries, and some retail. Bordered by the Kennedy Expressway to the east, Grand Avenue on the north, the Eisenhower Expressway to the south, and Ashland to the west.

Gold Coast is the wealthiest neighborhood in Chicago and the second wealthiest neighborhood in the United States. Only Manhattan's Central Park East is more affluent.Bounded by south to Oak and west to LaSalle, excluding the Carl Sandburg Village housing development between LaSalle, Dearborn, Division, and North.

The "Gold Coast Historic District" was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 30, 1978.

the second-largest central business district in the United States, after Midtown Manhattan.Bounded on the west and north by the Chicago River, on the east by Lake Michigan, and on the south by Roosevelt Road.

The median sale price for residential real estate was $710,000 in 2005 according to Forbes. The Loop contains a wealth of outdoor sculpture, including works by Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Henry Moore, Marc Chagall, Alexander Calder, and Jean Dubuffet