Lincoln Park, also designated as Community Area 7, is one of the northside Chicago community areas that divide Chicago, Illinois in the United States. Named after Lincoln Park, a vast stretch of park belonging to the Chicago Park District, and therefore named after Abraham Lincoln, the community area is anchored by the Lincoln Park Zoo and DePaul University. Lincoln Park is bordered by the community areas of Lakeview to the north, Logan Square and West Town to the west, and Near North to the south. The city Chicago, Illinois, is divided into seventy-seven community areas. ... Chicago Community Area 07 - Lincoln Park ((pd)) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 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History

The area now known as Lincoln Park in Chicago was still primarily forest with stretches of grassland and occasional quicksand, and was virtually untouched by Europeans as late as the 1820s.

In 1824 the United States Army built a small post near today's Clybourn and Armitage Avenues. Indian settlements existed along Green Bay Trail, now called Clark Street (named after explorer George Rogers Clark), at the current intersection of Halsted Street and Fullerton Avenue. The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... Chicagos Clark Street is occasionally a diagonal, and occasionally a north-south street running near the shore of Lake Michigan from the city limits with Evanston (where it is called Chicago Avenue, and further north, Green Bay Road) south to Cermak Road. ... Clark as painted by Matthew Harris Jouett in 1825 George Rogers Clark (November 19, 1752 – February 13, 1818) was the preeminent American military leader on the northwestern frontier during the American Revolutionary War. ... The sign on Wrigley Field Halsted Street is a major north-south street in Chicago, Illinois. ...

In 1836, land from North to Fullerton and from the lake to Halsted was inexpensive, costing $150 per acre ($0.04 m²). Because the area was considered remote, a small pox hospital and the city cemetery were located in Lincoln Park until the 1860s. Smallpox (also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera) is a highly contagious disease unique to humans. ...

In 1837 Chicago was incorporated as a city, and North Avenue was established as its northern boundary. Settlements increased along Green Bay Trail when (1) the government offered land claims and (2) Green Bay Road was widened.

Neighborhood

Starbucks on the corner of West Belden Avenue and Lincoln Avenue.

Although boundaries are not precisely defined, the Lincoln Park neighborhood is generally considered to be bordered on the north by Diversey Parkway, on the west by Clybourn Avenue, on the south by North Avenue, and on the east by the public park of the same name. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 1369 KB) Summary Starbucks on the corner of West Belden Avenue and Lincoln Avenue, in Chicagos Lincoln Park neighborhood. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 1369 KB) Summary Starbucks on the corner of West Belden Avenue and Lincoln Avenue, in Chicagos Lincoln Park neighborhood. ... Starbucks Corporation is a coffeehouse chain based in the United States. ... Diversey Parkway (2800 N.) is a major east-west street on the North Side of Chicago. ...

The neighborhood population is primarily made up of young professionals, recent college graduates, and young families. However,in the 1950s, '60s, and '70s, it was also home to the first Puerto Rican immigrants to Chicago. Jose (Cha-Cha) Jimenez transformed the local Young Lords gang into human rights activists for Latinos and the poor. They mounted sit-ins and takeovers of institutions and churches at Grant Hospital, Armitage Ave. Methodist Church, and McCormick Theological Seminary. Today few Puerto Ricans reside in Lincoln Park. ^[1] Lincoln Park is home to Lincoln Park High School, Francis W. Parker School, and DePaul University which bought out the McCormick Seminary buildings in 1975, when the seminary moved to Hyde Park. Many students who attend these schools now live in this neighborhood. The Young Lords, later Young Lords Organization and in New York (notably Spanish Harlem), Young Lords Party, was a Puerto Rican Hispanic nationalist group in several United States cities, notably New York City and Chicago. ... Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ... A sit-in or sit-down is a form of direct action that involves one or more persons nonviolently occupying an area for protest, often political, social, or economic change. ... For the Methodist school of ancient Greek medicine, see Methodism (history of medicine) Methodism or the Methodist movement is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity. ... McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago educates ministers of the Presbyterian Church USA. After serving as pastoral intern at Edgewater Presbyterian Church, Mamie Broadhurst receives her Master of Divinity degree on May 7, 2005. ... Lincoln Park High School (LPHS), formerly known as Waller High School, was established in 1899 as the first school on Chicagos north side. ... Francis W. Parker School is an independent day school serving students from junior kindergarten through grade twelve of high school. ... Not to be confused with DePauw University, a school with a similar spelling. ... Hyde Park is a neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, located seven miles south of the Chicago Loop. ...

There are many boutiques, movie theaters, retail stores, restaurants and coffee shops. There are also many bars and clubs in the area, especially along Lincoln Avenue between Diversey and Armitage. A typical multiplex (AMC Promenade 16 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California). ... Drawing of a self-service store. ... Coffeehouse in Damascus // A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or cafe (also spelled as café from the French, Spanish, and Portuguese or caffè from the Italian) shares some of the characteristics of a bar, and some of the characteristics of a restaurant. ...

Lincoln Park (Chicago Park District)

Lincoln Park, for which the neighborhood was named, stretches along the lakefront from Ardmore Avenue (in Edgewater) south to North Avenue. The park contains a zoo, an outdoor theatre, a rowing canal, the Chicago History Museum, the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, ponds, playing fields, and a large statue of General Grant. The famed restaurant, North Pond, is also located in the park. A concert in Lincoln Park circa 1907. ... Chicago Historical Society was founded in 1856. ... The Notebaert Museum as seen from the southwest. ... A playing field is a field used for playing sports or games. ... General Grant may refer to the following: Ulysses S. Grant, a Union general in the American Civil War General Grant tree, the largest Giant Sequoia in the Grant Grove section of Kings Canyon National Park General Grant, a sailing ship This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which...

Transportation

Train stopped at the Fullerton (CTA) station.

The Lincoln Park neighborhood is accessible via mass transit, including the CTA's red, brown, and purple lines at the Fullerton station, the purple and brown lines at Armitage, and Diversey stations, as well as CTA bus service. It is also one of over 20 neighborhoods served by I-GO Cars. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 1553 KB) Summary Train stopped at the Fullerton CTA station, in Lincoln Park (Chicago). ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 1553 KB) Summary Train stopped at the Fullerton CTA station, in Lincoln Park (Chicago). ... Fullerton is a station on the Chicago Transit Authoritys L system, located in the neighborhood of Lincoln Park at 943–947 W. Fullerton Avenue in Chicago, Illinois (directional coordinates 2400 north, 1000 west). ... This page is about Chicago mass transit. ... Chicago Transit Authority, also known as CTA, is the operator of mass transit within the City of Chicago, Illinois. ... The Red Line (Howard-Dan Ryan Service) is a heavy rail line in Chicago, run by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) as part of the Chicago L system. ... The Brown Line (Ravenswood Service) of the Chicago Transit Authority Chicago L rapid transit system, is a 11. ... The Purple Line primarily serves Evanston and Wilmette, running express services to downtown Chicago, sometimes via Wrigley Field in Lake View East. ... Fullerton is a station on the Chicago Transit Authoritys L system, located in the neighborhood of Lincoln Park at 943–947 W. Fullerton Avenue in Chicago, Illinois (directional coordinates 2400 north, 1000 west). ... Armitage is an L station on the CTA Brown Line; Purple Line express trains also stop at the station during weekday peak hours. ... I-GO is a non-profit organization which operates a car sharing service in Chicago. ...

Via car, Lincoln Park can be reached by using Lake Shore Drive or Interstate 94. Lake Shore Drive (LSD) is a mostly freeway-standard expressway running parallel with and next to Lake Michigan through Chicago, Illinois, USA. Except for the northernmost part, it is designated as part of U.S. Highway 41. ... Interstate 94 (abbreviated I-94) is a long interstate highway connecting the Great Lakes and Intermountain region of the United States. ...

External links

Official City of Chicago Lincoln Park Community Map

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