Exploring Chicago’s Many Neighborhoods

The Pullman neighborhood

Pullman was built as the county’s first planned industrial town. Designed by luxury railcar tycoon George Pullman for his employees, the community included more than 1,500 company-owned houses, a church, a school, and a building that housed offices, stores, a library and a bank. The historic Pullman neighborhood is an intricately preserved time capsule, transporting visitors to 1880s in Chicago. Be sure to visit the A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum, which honors the significant contributions that Black railroad workers made in the U.S. labor movement; stop at the Visitors Center, housed inside the restored clock tower building. For Chicago-style ribs, eat at the Lexington Betty Smokehouse.

Source: Forbes