West Town, Chicago
West Town is a neighborhood located on the west side of Chicago, Illinois.
Neighborhoods
Wicker Park
Wicker Park is a Chicago neighborhood northwest of the Loop, near Bucktown. The neighborhood has its roots in the Chicago artists community, however gentrification has recently brought some of the yuppie population into the area. Nonetheless the neighborhood is still quite diverse and full of local character. The most abundant crowd however would have to be the hipster.
The borders of the neighborhood are generally accepted to be Ashland to the east (at 1600 W.), North Ave. to the north (at 1600 N.), Division to the south (at 1200 N.), and Western to the west (at 2400 W.). These boundaries are not hard and fast, and may change slightly over time. Both the East Village and Ukrainian Village are to the south, Humboldt Park is to the west, and Bucktown is to the north.
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| Geography
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| Chicago River | I&M Canal | Lake Michigan | Sanitary and Ship Canal
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| History
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| Capone and Prohibition | First Foreign Settler | Fort Dearborn | Great Fire | Mayors | 1968 DNC
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| Places & Landmarks
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| Adler Planetarium | Aon Center | Auditorium Building | Bell Shore Apt. Hotel | Brooks Building | Buckingham Fountain | Daley Center | Dearborn Station | Drake Hotel | Field Museum | Hull House | John Hancock Building | Magnificent Mile | Midway Airport | Millennium Park | MCA | Museum of Sci. & Ind. | Navy Pier | O'Hare Airport | Sears Tower | 2nd Leiter Building | Shedd Aquarium | Tribune Tower | Union Station | Water Tower | Wrigley Building
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| Schools
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| Art Institute | Chicago State | DePaul | Loyola | IIT | John Marshall | North Park | Northeastern | Northwestern | Rush | St. Xavier | U of C | UIC
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| Sports
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| Allstate Arena | Bears (Football) | Blackhawks (Hockey) | Bulls (Basketball) | Chicago Marathon | Chicago Stadium | Comiskey Park | Cubs (Baseball) | Rivalry | Rush (Arena Football) | Fire (Soccer) | Soldier Field | U.S. Cellular Field | United Center | White Sox (Baseball) | Wolves (Hockey) | Wrigley Field
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| Community Areas
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| Albany Park | Archer Heights | Armour Square | Ashburn | Auburn Gresham | Austin | Avalon Park | Avondale | Belmont Cragin | Beverly | Bridgeport | Brighton Park | Burnside | Calumet Heights | Chatham | Chicago Lawn | Clearing | Douglas | Dunning | East Garfield Park | East Side | Edison Park | Edgewater | Englewood | Forest Glen | Fuller Park | Gage Park | Garfield Ridge | Grand Boulevard | Greater Grand Crossing | Hegewisch | Hermosa | Humboldt Park | Hyde Park | Irving Park | Jefferson Park | Kenwood | Lakeview | Lincoln Park | Lincoln Square | Logan Square | Loop | Lower West Side | McKinley Park | Montclare | Morgan Park | Mount Greenwood | Near North Side | Near South Side | Near West Side | New City | North Lawndale | North Center | North Park | Norwood Park | Oakland | O'Hare | Portage Park | Pullman | Riverdale | Rogers Park | Roseland | South Chicago | South Deering | South Lawndale | South Shore | Uptown | Washington Heights | Washington Park | West Elsdon | West Englewood | West Garfield Park | West Lawn | West Pullman | West Ridge | West Town | Woodlawn
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| Neighborhoods
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| Andersonville | Back of the Yards | Bronzeville | Budlong Woods | Buena Park | Cabrini-Green | Chinatown | East Lakeview | Gold Coast | Goose Island | Little Italy | Little Village | New Chinatown | Old Irving Park | Pilsen | Printer's Row | River North | Streeterville | Wrigleyville
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| Counties in Chicagoland
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| Cook, IL | DuPage, IL | Kane, IL | Kendall, IL | Kenosha, WI | Lake, IL | Lake, IN | McHenry, IL | Porter, IN | Will, IL
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See also: West Town, Chicago, 1968 Democratic National Convention, 1990, 2000, Adler Planetarium, Al Capone
