Pullman, one of Chicago's 77 defined community areas, is a neighborhood located on the city's South Side.

Twelve miles from the Chicago Loop, Pullman is situated adjacent to Lake Calumet.

He established behavioral standards that workers had to meet to live in the area and charged them rent.

Pullman's architect, Solon Spencer Beman, was said to be extremely proud that he had met all the workers' needs within the neighborhood he designed.

The distinctive rowhouses were comfortable by standards of the day, and contained such amenities as indoor plumbing, gas, and sewers.

Workers initiated the Pullman Strike in 1894, and it lasted for 2 months, eventually leading to intervention by the US government and military.

[3] The Strike Commission, set up in 1894, ruled that the aesthetic features admired by visitors had little monetary value for employees.

After the strike, Pullman gradually was absorbed as a regular Chicago neighborhood, defined by distinguishing Victorian architecture.

In 1960 the original Town of Pullman, approximately between 103rd and 115th Streets, was threatened with total demolition for an industrial park.

[6] Forming the Pullman Civic Organization, the residents lobbied the city and saved their community.

Harrison Ford was featured in a local bar, next running down an alley, and over the tops of several Pullman rowhouses.

In April 2007, Universal Studios filmed The Express: The Ernie Davis Story, which also featured several scenes in Pullman.

In the Presidential Election of 2020, Joe Biden won the Pullman District with 445 votes, with 21 cast for Donald Trump and five for third party candidates.