Lincoln Square, Chicago

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Lincoln Square
Community area
Community Area 04 - Lincoln Square
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Location within the city of Chicago
Location within the city of Chicago
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Country United States
State Illinois
County Cook
City Chicago
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Area
 • Total 2.57 sq mi (6.66 km2)
Population (2010)
 • Total 39,493
 • Density 15,000/sq mi (5,900/km2)
Demographics 2010 [1]
 • White 63.09%
 • Black 3.77%
 • Hispanic 19.15%
 • Asian 11.14%
 • Other 2.25%
Time zone CST (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP Codes parts of 60625, 60640
Median household income[2] $57,749
Source: U.S. Census, Record Information Services

Lincoln Square, located on the North Side of the city of Chicago, Illinois, is one of 77 well-defined Chicago community areas. Greater Lincoln Square encompasses the smaller neighborhoods of Ravenswood Gardens, Ravenswood, Bowmanville, Budlong Woods and Lincoln Square (neighborhood). Although it is sometimes known by these other names the City of Chicago officially designated it as Lincoln Square in 1925.

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Lincoln Square marquee at Lawrence and Lincoln avenues.
Conrad Sulzer Regional Library
A band performs at the annual Square Roots Festival held by the Old Town School of Folk Music.
The old Meyer Delicatessen where Gene's Sausage Shop now stands.

About 44,000 people live in the neighborhood along with over 1,000 small and medium-sized businesses. It is accessible through the Brown Line of the 'L'. The neighborhood is bounded by Bryn Mawr and Peterson Avenues on the north, Montrose Avenue on the south, Ravenswood Avenue on the east and the Chicago River on the west. Its housing stock consists of private residences and small apartment buildings.

The commercial heart of Lincoln Square is located at the intersection of Lawrence, Western and Lincoln Avenues. Lincoln Avenue south east of this intersection is home to a wide variety of restaurants and shops. Lincoln Square is historically known as a heavily German influenced and populated neighborhood,[3] but now one is just as likely to see shops catering to Thai or Middle Eastern cultures. Still, the neighborhood is home to a number of German businesses, notably the Chicago Brauhaus, Merz Apothecary and Lutz Café & Bakery, and is the home of the Chicago branches of DANK (the German American National Congress) and the Niedersachsen Club. The German-language weekly newspaper Amerika Woche was born in Lincoln Square in 1972, though its original headquarters above the Brauhaus is now only a bureau.

Neighborhoods

  • Bowmanville
  • Budlong Woods
  • Lincoln Square
  • Lincoln Square North
  • Ravenswood
  • Ravenswood Gardens

Points of interest

Hospitals

Schools

Public art

  • Berlin Wall Monument (Western Avenue Brown Line Station), 2008
  • Lincoln/Leland Mural (Lincoln Quality Meat Market), 2007
  • Greater Rockwell Mural (Beans and Bagels), 2005
  • Lincoln/Sunnyside Mural, 1997
  • The Maypole (Leland and Lincoln), 1999
  • Giddings Square Fountain, 1999
  • Lombard Lamp (Giddings Square), 1979
  • The Chicago Lincoln statue (Corner of Western, Lawrence and Lincoln), 1956
  • The Lincoln Square Mural (Lincoln Square Athletic Club), 1991

Businesses

Events

The following events occur within the neighborhood on an annual basis.

  • Ravenswood Run 5K
  • May Fest
  • Lincoln Square Summer Concert Series
  • Square Roots
  • Lincoln Square Poetry Fest
  • German-American Fest
  • Lincoln Square Fall Apple Fest
  • Friends of the Grape Wine Festival
  • Christmas Tree Lighting in the Square

Bordering community areas

References

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External links

 North Park, Chicago West Ridge, Chicago Edgewater, Chicago
Albany Park, Chicago Uptown, Chicago
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Irving Park, Chicago North Center, Chicago Lakeview, Chicago
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