River North Gallery District, Near North Side, Chicago
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The River North Gallery District in Chicago is in the Near North Side, Chicago. It hosts the largest concentration of art galleries in the United States outside of Manhattan. Though, like most city neighborhoods, the exact boundaries are debatable a common definition puts the District in the area north of the Merchandise Mart, south of Chicago Avenue, east of Orleans and west of Lasalle. As it has grown, and the area has gentrified, galleries can also now be found west of Orleans and east of Lasalle, though the core area still contains the highest concentration of galleries.
More information on galleries in River North, as well as other districts in and around Chicago, may be found on the Chicago Gallery News site: [1]
Brief, historical information regarding the River North Gallery District fire in 1989 may be found on the Encyclopedia of Chicago's website: [2]
