| Lincoln Park,
also designated as Community Area 7, is one of the North
side community areas of Chicago, Illinois, USA. Named
after Lincoln Park, a vast stretch of park belonging
to the Chicago Park District, the community area is
anchored by the Lincoln Park Zoo and DePaul University.
Lincoln Park is bordered by the community areas of Lakeview
and North Center to the north, Logan Square (Bucktown
neighborhood) and West Town to the west, and Near North
to the south. In its striking affluence, Lincoln Park
— along with the neighboring Gold Coast —
is often compared to the Upper East Side of New York
City.
The area now
known as Lincoln Park in Chicago was primarily forest
with stretches of grassland and occasional quicksand
until the late 1820s when the Europeans arrived.
In 1824 the United
States Army built a small post near today's Clybourn
Avenue and Armitage Avenue (formerly Centre Street).
Indian settlements existed along Green Bay Trail, now
called Clark Street (named after George Rogers Clark),
at the current intersection of Halsted Street and Fullerton
Avenue.
n 1836, land
from North to Fullerton and from the lake to Halsted
was relatively inexpensive, costing $150 per acre ($0.04
m²).
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