Austin, located on the West Side of Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

, Illinois

Illinois

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, is the largest (by population) of the city's 77 officially defined community areas

Community areas of Chicago

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, followed by Lake View. Its eastern boundary is the Belt Railway

Belt Railway of Chicago

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 located just east of Cicero Avenue. Its northernmost border is the Milwaukee District/West Line

Milwaukee District/West Line

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. Its southernmost border is at Roosevelt Road

Roosevelt Road

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 from the Belt Railway west to Austin Boulevard. The northernmost portion, north of North Avenue, extends west to Harlem Avenue, abutting Elmwood Park

Elmwood Park, Illinois

Elmwood Park is a village bordering the northwest side of the City of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 25,405 at the 2000 census. The community has long maintained a large Italian-American population, with a more recent influx of Polish-American and Hispanic...

.