{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Loop Chicago","provider_url":"https:\/\/loopchicago.com\/es","author_name":"Kyle Tolie","author_url":"https:\/\/loopchicago.com\/es\/chicago-loop-blog\/author\/kyle\/","title":"What is the Loop? - Loop Chicago","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"fCJjaR3fof\"><a href=\"https:\/\/loopchicago.com\/es\/chicago-loop-blog\/what-is-the-loop\/\">What is the Loop?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/loopchicago.com\/es\/chicago-loop-blog\/what-is-the-loop\/embed\/#?secret=fCJjaR3fof\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;What is the Loop?&#8221; &#8212; Loop Chicago\" data-secret=\"fCJjaR3fof\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/loopchicago.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/loopchicago.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/11__FillWzEyMDAsMTIwMF0.10.21-fall-Loop-shots-14-credit-Maceo-Photography.jpg","thumbnail_width":1200,"thumbnail_height":1200,"description":"2 MIN READ -- Welcome to the Loop, Chicago\u2019s official downtown and everyone's neighborhood. The Loop's neighborhood boundaries are the Chicago River (north and west),\u00a0Ida B. Wells Drive (south), and Lake Michigan (east). The southern boundary goes all the way to Roosevelt Road in context of Chicago\u2019s 77 designated Community areas and census demography, but that definition also includes the neighborhood, which locals refer to as \u201cSouth Loop.\u201d There is also an area known as \u201cWest Loop\u201d west of the river, but neither locals or geographical maps consider that neighborhood to be formerly part of \u201cthe Loop.\u201d"}