LINCOLN PARK
North Boundary: 2800 N Diversey South Boundary: 1600 N North Ave. East Boundary: ~200 W Lake Michigan West Boundary: ~800-1600 W Clybourn
Includes: CLYBOURN CORRIDOR DEPAUL LINCOLN PARK MID NORTH OLD TOWN TRIANGLE PARK WEST RANCH TRIANGLE SHEFFIELD NEIGHBORS WEST DEPAUL WRIGHTWOOD NEIGHBORS
Lincoln Park Facts
Lincoln Park is one the city’s most popular neighborhoods; it gets its name from the 1,200 acre park that runs along Lake Michigan. With an abundance of bars, restaurants and boutiques, this neighborhood is often considered the nucleus of Chicago’s north side. This neighborhood promotes outdoor activity as a major pastime. The park is filled with joggers, tennis players, golfers, cyclists, ballplayers and visitors to the zoo, conservatory, beaches and marinas.
Lincoln Park’s Real Estate
Lincoln Park offers quiet tree-lined residential streets with some of Chicago’s finest and most expensive housing. The south end of Lincoln Park, is known as Old Town. The area is home to the Old Town Triangle, a neighborhood packed with cottages, rowhouses and townhouses of both brick and frame construction. Further north are the Wrightwood and Sheffield neighborhoods with a mix of mansions, two-flats, apartments, condos and frame homes. DePaul neighborhood is west of Sheffield Avenue. DePaul University’s campus is the focal point of this area. The real estate in this area includes majestic single-family, multiple-unit, and original Chicago row houses. There are also attractively renovated greystones and newer homes designed by the world’s finest architects.
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