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LOOP, THE
LOOP, THE
ScnMaster
the commercial center of
Chicago
,
Illinois
. It gets its name from the elevated railway that forms a
loop
around two
square
miles of the city's
downtown
area
.
—
PDC
2 Approved Glossary
LOOP, THE
ScnTUEU
a
reference
to the
central
business
district in
downtown
Chicago
,
Illinois
, USA. The
area
was so named during the 1800s with the construction of elevated train tracks that encircled it. It has a dense
concentration
of stores, banks,
offices
and
institutions
and trains travel between the
Loop
and
suburbs
on the
edge
of the city.
the commercial center of
Chicago
,
Illinois
. It gets its name from the elevated railway that forms a
loop
around two
square
miles of the city's
downtown
area
.