A Society Directory

The Village.

The Lake to the Kennedy. Division to Diversey. The DePaul corridor included. The Society’s interests also extend into neighboring districts, especially when a Member has found somewhere she wants the others to see.

The Four Quadrants

Illustrated Lincoln Park map: four quadrants between the Chicago River, Lake Michigan, Diversey and Division

The Lake to the River. Diversey to Division. Four quadrants. One Village.

The Greater Territory

Illustrated Greater Territory map: Lincoln Park, Old Town, Logan Square, Bucktown, Wicker Park, West Town and West Loop

The neighborhoods Members visit, discuss, and sometimes claim to have discovered.

The Districts

Four quadrants. One Village.

A working directory of the streets, shops, restaurants, and landmarks Members use. The Standards Committee reviews entries; suggestions often arrive with a receipt.

— District I —

The Clybourn Corridor.

North Avenue, anchored at Clybourn.

Clybourn is where Members go for groceries, household supplies, and purchases that are awkward to carry home on foot.

A short list can become a full trunk here. Caroline may set out for a side table and return considering a lamp; a new Member may be buying the things a first apartment turns out not to include. Both can spend longer than planned.

— District II —

Halsted & Armitage.

The boutique strip. The original village retail.

Armitage and Halsted bring together shopping, coffee, errands, and the walk back to an apartment. For many Members, this is where Lincoln Park first felt like home.

You can meet a friend, look at shoes, and collect several opinions without getting very far. Members remember what they bought here for their first job as clearly as what they saw last week. Looking around remains an entirely acceptable reason to come.

— District III —

North Halsted.

Theater, dining, the late evening.

North Halsted is part of the evening plan: theater, dinner, and deciding whether there is time for one more stop.

Whitney likes a reservation made before everyone leaves home. Jill wants to know who has the tickets. Other Members are still discussing where to eat. The street accommodates all of them, provided someone has allowed enough time.

— District IV —

The DePaul Quadrant.

Fullerton south to Webster. Sheffield west to Halsted.

DePaul brings students, classrooms, libraries, and the daily traffic of people going somewhere with a bag over one shoulder.

This is an easy part of the neighborhood to know through ordinary routines: class, coffee, a workout, a walk home. Younger Members bring new places into the conversation. Established Members remember where they used to live and usually want to point out the window.

Beyond the Village

The computing happens elsewhere.

The Data Center Initiative puts twelve regional locations to work on the Village’s searches, shopping, household cameras and Society correspondence. Meet the Perimeter.

The Annexed Districts

Five territories. Newly official.

The Annexation Initiative adds five neighboring districts to the Society’s survey. Members already visit them for dinners, shops, friends, and apartments; the Committee would now like a more complete list. Read the announcement.

— Annexed District V —

West Loop.

Lake Street to the Eisenhower, respectfully.

Restaurant plans and workdays bring Members to the West Loop. Dinner is often proposed well before anyone knows when work will end.

Whitney has asked Members to send reservation suggestions with an actual date. A photograph of someone else’s dinner does not give her much to book.

— Annexed District VI —

West Town.

Between the annexations, conveniently.

West Town joined the map between several places Members already visit. The coffee stops made the first round of notes.

Members are adding favorite shops and places to eat. Margot would like full addresses; “near the place we went last time” is not sufficient for the directory.

— Annexed District VII —

Wicker Park.

The 606 corridor, western approaches.

Wicker Park appears in the Society’s shopping notes, apartment searches, and weekend plans. The vintage shops merit a look even when one is only accompanying a friend.

One Member recognized a bag very like the one she had donated. She checked the price, then asked the friend not to mention it at dinner.

— Annexed District VIII —

Buck town.

North of the 606, previously "interesting."

Bucktown has long been part of Members’ housing discussions. The Committee’s new designation catches up with several existing friendships and a number of dogs.

Members comparing a house here with one in Lincoln Park tend to bring floor plans to lunch. Margot appreciates advance copies.

— Annexed District IX —

Logan Square.

The boulevards, out to the monument.

Logan Square brings the survey out along the boulevards. Members visit for dinner, friends, and wine recommendations they may or may not agree on.

The journey is discussed almost as much as the reservation. Those already living here would like the others to stop treating it as a weekend away.

— Honorary Citations —

The landmarks.

Parks, cultural institutions, and familiar landmarks that form part of a Lincoln Park day.

Lincoln Park Conservatory
Glass houses, palms, the wisteria-adjacent fern room. The Foundation supports it.
Lincoln Park Zoo
Free, since 1868. The Society's preferred Saturday morning when the weather cooperates.
Wiggly Field Dog Park
Where the doodles convene. Names exchanged before owners' names. Sheffield & Schubert.
Oz Park
The bronze Tin Man, Scarecrow, Lion, and Dorothy. A Society-approved photo backdrop.
The Chicago History Museum
South edge of the village. The Society's source of historical claims.
North Avenue Beach
The eastern terminus. Members go in summer. Members do not swim.

The Society publishes this directory annually. Inclusion is by recognition. Not by application.

Maintained continuously since the 1990s.

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