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Lincoln Park
Description:
Some of Chicago's most expensive housing can be found in this highly
sought-after area north of downtown. Lincoln Park is also home to a
myriad of fine restaurants, night spots, boutiques and theaters. The
park itself stretches along the lakefront from the Gold Coast north to
Edgewater. With its miles of stunning lake views, beaches, greenery,
lagoons and paths, the park welcomes joggers, tennis players, golfers,
cyclists, and softball players, as well as visitors to Lincoln Park
Zoo, the adjacent Lincoln Park Conservatory, and the park's nature
preserves and marinas.
Just
northwest of the corner of Wells Street and North Avenue is the
charming Lincoln Park enclave known as the Old Town Triangle. The
neighborhood has quaint narrow streets-some paved with bricks-and
historic cottages, row homes and townhouses. Northwest along Lincoln
Avenue at Fullerton, the Lincoln Park community of DePaul takes its
name from century-old DePaul University, whose campus is the
neighborhood's focal point. DePaul offers stately single-family and
multiple-unit housing, including original Chicago row homes with
ornamented Victorian facades. The neighborhood has restored graystones
and newer homes designed by top Chicago architects.
As adaptive
reuse architecture has transformed old schools, churches, warehouses
and factories into desirable living spaces, Lincoln Park's boundaries
have pushed farther west. Nearby are Wrightwood and Sheffield, two
areas that share many of the same characteristics and housing stock.
Southwest is Ranch Triangle, an area adjacent to Clybourn Avenue.
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