The approximate street boundaries of Andersonville are North Glenwood Avenue to the east, North Ravenswood Avenue to the west, West Winnemac Avenue to the south, and North Ridge Avenue to the north.
The main shopping street is North Clark Street, which runs roughly north-south. The stretch of North Clark Street south of West Foster Avenue is undergoing some gentle development and is sometimes called South Foster, or even more ironically SoFo.
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Andersonville Chamber of Commerce (http://www.andersonville.org/)
Andersonville's roots as a community extend well back into the 19th century, when immigrant Swedish farmers started moving north into what was then a distant suburb of Chicago.
The neighborhood's first school, the Andersonville School, was built in 1854 at the corner of those two thoroughfares, and served as the area's primary school until 1908.
On October 17, 1964 Andersonville was rededicated in a ceremony attended by Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley and Illinois Governor Otto Kerner.
Uptown's population declined in the 1950s as Chicago's suburbs were developed and opened, absorbing Chicago's middle and upper classes.
The approximate street boundaries of Andersonville are Magnolia Avenue to the east, Ravenswood Avenue to the west, Winnemac Avenue to the south, and Victoria Avenue to the north.
The heart of the Andersonville commercial district is the corner of Clark and Foster (5200 North Clark).
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