As one of Northside Chicago’s oldest community areas, Lakeview is also one of the most diverse. There you can participate in an active religious life at a synagogue or a historical Methodist church in Lakeview East, latch on to a raucous Cubs after-party in Wrigleyville, enjoy a few cocktails at a boisterous drag club in Boystown, or enjoy a thin [...]
A riddle: Where can you find Rod Blagojevich’s home, the best hummus in Chicago, and a great banana milkshake? At the end of the Brown Line at the Kimball and Lawrence stops, you’ll find an eclectic mix of ethnic restaurants in Albany Park, just eight miles northwest of the Loop. AP was originally settled by farmers in the late 1860s. [...]
Back to the 1850s, Lincoln Square was mostly rural. Farmers lived undisturbed until the city’s streetcar system was extended to into the neighborhood at the Turn of the Century. In 1925, the City of Chicago officially annexed the area. By then, the farms had been replaced by homes and shops. In 1956, the Chamber of Commerce erected a statue of [...]
