Lincoln Square, Chicago

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**Lincoln Square, Chicago, Illinois**

Community Area 04 - Lincoln Square Location within the city of Chicago
Latitude Longitude	41°58.2′N 87°41.4′W
Neighborhoods	Bowmanville Budlong Woods Lincoln Square Ravenswood Ravenswood Gardens
ZIP Code	parts of 60625, 60640
Area	6.66 km² (2.57 mi²)
Population (2000) Density	44,574 (down 0.71% from 1990) 6,696.5 /km²
Demographics	White Black Hispanic Asian Other	53.2% 3.01% 26.5% 13.3% 3.96%
Median income	$48,333 USD
Source: U.S. Census, Record Information Services

Lincoln Square is a neighborhood located on the North Side of Chicago. Greater Lincoln Square encompasses the smaller neighborhoods of Ravenswood Gardens, Ravenswood Manor, Bowmanville and Budlong Woods. Although it is sometimes known by these other names the City of Chicago officially designated it as Lincoln Square in 1925. 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'. It is also one of over 20 neighborhoods served by I-GO Cars. It is bounded by Peterson Avenue and Bryn Mawr Avenue on the north, Montrose Avenue on the south, Ravenswood Avenue on the east and the Chicago River on the west. It is somewhat trendy and 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, 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, Meyer's Delicatessen, Merz Apothecary and Lutz Continental Café, 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.

1 Neighborhoods
- 1.1 Budlong Woods
- 1.2 Ravenswood
2 Points of interest
3 Events
4 See also
5 External links

Budlong Woods is a neighborhood of the Lincoln Square community area. It is named after the Budlong farming family of Chicago, who owned the Budlong Pickle Company. Its green spaces, with the Chicago River running through it with minimal city congestion makes it a popular neighborhood.[1]

Ravenswood is a neighborhood encompassing Lincoln Square along with a portion of the Uptown community area, between Ravenswood Avenue and either Ashland Avenue or Clark Street, depending on the source. It is bounded on the south by Montrose Avenue and on the north by Foster Avenue; historically it ended at Western Avenue, the Lake View township line. Immediately to the west are Ravenswood Gardens (between Western and the Chicago River) and Ravenswood Manor (between the River and Sacramento Avenue). Ravenswood Manor is part of the Albany Park community area.

Ravenswood was developed with the intention of becoming an exclusive commuter suburb, but between 1868 and 1906, it was a sparsely populated area of the city largely occupied by farms and small homesteads. A development boom followed the construction of the Ravenswood elevated train line in 1906 and 1907, and the area filled up with small houses, two-flats and apartment buildings. Lincoln Square began to form as a commercial community in the heart of Ravenswood shortly after World War II. In the 1920s, the entire Ravenswood/Lincoln Square area was designated by the city as the "Lincoln Square" community area. By the 1990s, the name "Lincoln Square" had acquired the cachet of gentrification, while "Ravenswood" had come to be associated with late 20th century blight. As a result, even those parts of the area that are not in Lincoln Square proper are often referred to in real estate advertising as "Lincoln Square," and there is no longer a clear consensus on what "Ravenswood" comprises: to some it now refers specifically to Ravenswood Gardens and Ravenswood Manor, west of Lincoln Square proper, while to others it refers to the area around Ravenswood Avenue, east of Lincoln Square, where the Ravenswood Metra station (formerly the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad) is located.

The Ravenswood Chamber of Commerce defines Ravenswood's boundaries as Montrose, Foster, Clark, and Leavitt streets.

Lincoln Square marquee at Lawrence and Lincoln avenues.

Lawrence Hall Youth Services
Rosehill Cemetery
Sulzer Regional Library

Kindred North Hospital
Methodist Chicago Hospital
Swedish Covenant Hospital
- Galter Life Center

Adler Schools
Amundsen High School
Budlong Elementary School
Chappell Elementary School
McPherson Elementary School
North Shore Junior Academy
Queen of Angels Elementary School
St. Matthias/Transfiguration Elementary School
Waters Elementary School
North Park Elementary School

Lincoln/Sunnyside Mural, 1997
The Maypole, 1999
Giddings Square Fountain, 1999
Lombard Lamp, 1979
Lincoln Statue, 1956
The Lincoln Square Mural, 1991

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

Ravenswood Run 5K
May Fest
Lincoln Square Summer Concert Series
Folk & Roots Festival
Lincoln Square Sidewalk Sale
Lincoln Square Garden Walk
Lincoln Square Classic Car Show & Pinewood Derby
Lincoln Square Poetry Fest
German-American Fest
Lincoln Square Fall Apple Fest
Christmas Tree Lighting in the Square

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