Editing Chicago Loop (section)

===South Loop===
Most of the area south of Ida B. Wells Drive between Lake Michigan and the [[Chicago River]], excepting Chinatown, is referred to as the South Loop. Perceptions of the southern boundary of the neighborhood have changed as development spread south, and the name is now used as far south as 26th Street.

The neighborhood includes former railyards that have been redeveloped as new-town-in-town such as [[Dearborn Park]] and Central Station. Former warehouses and factory lofts have been converted to residential buildings, while new townhouses and highrises have been developed on vacant or underused land. [[Dearborn Station]] at the south end of [[South Loop Printing House District|Printers Row]], is the oldest train station still standing in Chicago; it has been converted to retail and office space. A major landowner in the South Loop is [[Columbia College Chicago]], a private school that owns 17 buildings.

South Loop is zoned to the following Chicago Schools: South Loop School and [[Phillips Academy High School]]. [[Jones College Prep High School]], which is a selective enrollment [[University-preparatory school|prep school]] drawing students from the entire city, is also located in the South Loop.

The South Loop was historically home to vice districts, including the brothels, bars, burlesque theaters, and arcades. Inexpensive residential hotels on Van Buren and State Street made it one of the city's Skid Rows until the 1970s. One of the largest homeless shelters in the city, the [[Pacific Garden Mission]], was located at State and Balbo from 1923 to 2007, when it moved to 1458 S. Canal St.