the Loop
Chicago business district
The Loop is the central business district of Chicago, named for the elevated train tracks that encircle it.
The term often stands in for downtown Chicago generally: I'm heading into the Loop for a meeting.
Other cities have adopted the term for their own transit-encircled downtown areas.
- ChicagoMajor Illinois metropolis
- L trainElevated urban transit line
- Willis TowerChicago supertall office building
- OuroborosTail-biting serpent symbol
- time warpDistortion of chronology
endless cycle · city center · iteration · transit hub · déjà vu · feedback · control system · Groundhog Day · recursion · paradox · rumination · cycle · financial district · skyscrapers · self-regulation · code block · algorithm · equilibrium
urban geography
the Loopthe periphery
Outer edge area
the boonies · the sticks · Schaumburg · Naperville · downtown