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{{Short description|Community area in Chicago, Illinois}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Lincoln Park
| official_name      = Community Area 07 – Lincoln Park
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| subdivision_type   = Country
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| subdivision_name1  = Illinois
| subdivision_type2  = County
| subdivision_name2  = [[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
| subdivision_type3  = City
| subdivision_name3  = Chicago
| named_for          = [[Lincoln Park]]
| parts_type         = [[Neighborhoods of Chicago|Neighborhoods]]
| parts_style        = list
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| p2                 = [[Old Town, Chicago|Old Town Triangle]]
| p3                 = [[#Park West|Park West]]
| p4                 = [[#Lincoln Park|Lincoln Park]]
| p5                 = [[#RANCH Triangle|RANCH Triangle]]
| p6                 = [[#Sheffield Neighborhoood|Sheffield Neighbors]]
| p7                 = Wrightwood Neighbors
| p8                 = [[#Julia C. Lathrop Homes|Julia C. Lathrop Homes]]
| p9                 = [[Lincoln Central, Chicago|Lincoln Central]]
| p10                = [[Mid-North District|Mid-North]]
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| area_footnotes     = 
| area_total_km2     = 8.21
| population_as_of   = 2020
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 70,492<ref name="cmap">{{cite web|title=Community Data Snapshot – Lincoln Park|url=https://www.cmap.illinois.gov/documents/10180/126764/Lincoln+Park.pdf|website=cmap.illinois.gov|publisher=MetroPulse|access-date=November 17, 2023}}</ref>
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| population_density_km2 = 8,409.8
| demographics_type1 = [[Demographics]] 2021<ref name="cmap" />
| demographics1_footnotes = 
| demographics1_title1 = [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|White]]
| demographics1_info1 = 79.7%
| demographics1_title2 = Black
| demographics1_info2 = 3.8%
| demographics1_title3 = Hispanic
| demographics1_info3 = 6.3%
| demographics1_title4 = Asian
| demographics1_info4 = 7.2%
| demographics1_title5 = Other
| demographics1_info5 = 3.00%
| demographics_type2 = [[Educational attainment in the United States|Educational Attainment]] 2021 <ref name="cmap" />
| demographis2_footnotes = 
| demographics2_title1 = High School Diploma or Higher
| demographics2_info1 = 97.7%
| demographics2_title2 = Bachelor's Degree or Higher
| demographics2_info2 = 85.6%
| timezone           = [[Central Time Zone (North America)|CST]]
| utc_offset         = -6
| timezone_DST       = [[Central Time Zone (North America)|CDT]]
| utc_offset_DST     = -5
| coordinates        = {{coord|41|55.2|N|87|39|W|region:US|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[Zip code|ZIP Codes]]
| postal_code        = parts of 60614
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| blank_name         = [[Household income in the United States|Median household income]] 2021
| blank_info         = $123,044<ref name="cmap" />
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| footnotes          = Source: U.S. Census, Record Information Services
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'''Lincoln Park''' is a designated [[community areas of Chicago|community area]] on the [[North Side, Chicago|North Side]] of [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. It is located west of [[Lincoln Park]].

== History ==
[[File:655 Wrightwood Avenue Circa 1880, Lincoln Park Chicago Illinois.jpg|thumb|upright|1880s photo in a Lincoln Park neighborhood]]
[[File:BiographFBI1934.jpg|thumb|1934 FBI photograph of the Biograph, soon after the shooting of [[John Dillinger]]]]

In 1824, the [[United States Army]] built a small post near today's Clybourn Avenue and Armitage Avenue (formerly Centre Street). Native American settlements existed along Green Bay Trail, now called [[Clark Street (Chicago)|Clark Street]] (named after [[George Rogers Clark]]), at the current intersection of [[Halsted Street]] and Fullerton Avenue. Before Green Bay Trail became Clark Street, it stretched as far as [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]], including [[Sheridan Road]], and was part of what still is Green Bay Road in [[Milwaukee County]], Wisconsin.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.edgewaterhistory.org/articles/index.html?v10-1-1.html|title= Green Bay Road}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://packerland.blogspot.com/2008/01/historic-green-bay-road-to-chicago.html|title= Green Bay Road 2|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100822153050/http://packerland.blogspot.com/2008/01/historic-green-bay-road-to-chicago.html|archive-date= August 22, 2010|df= mdy-all}}</ref>

Federally owned land in what is now Lincoln Park was ceded to the State of Illinois in 1828.<ref name="LPC1899">{{cite report |author=The Commissioners of Lincoln Park |year=1899 |place=Chicago, Illinois |editor-last1=Bryan |editor-first1=I. J. |title=Report of the Commissioners and a History of Lincoln Park |url=https://archive.org/download/reportofcommissi1899chic/reportofcommissi1899chic.pdf |access-date=April 14, 2025 }}</ref> In 1837, the same year that Chicago was incorporated as a city, the state granted permission for residents of the Chicago to use the area north of its border at North Avenue for a cemetery.<ref name="LPC1899" /><ref>{{Cite book|title=History of Cook County, Illinois: Being a General Survey of Cook County History, Including a Condensed History of Chicago and Special Account of Districts Outside the City Limits; from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Volume 2|last=Goodspeed|first=Weston Arthur|publisher=Goodspeed Historical Association|year=1909|location=Chicago|pages=381–382|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VtwSAAAAYAAJ}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hiddentruths.northwestern.edu/city_cemetery/city_cem60_64.html|title=Hidden Truths: Chicago City Cemetery|website=hiddentruths.northwestern.edu|access-date=2016-10-08}}</ref> Later, in response to a cholera epidemic, several more acres were purchased for a hospital and quarantine area.<ref name="LPC1899" /> Settlements increased along Green Bay Trail when the government offered land claims and Green Bay Road was widened. The area was incorporated as [[Lake View, Chicago#History|Lake View]] Township, which would remain a separate administrative district until being formally annexed by the City of Chicago in 1898.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Lake View Saga|last=Clark|first=Stephen Bedell|year=1971|location=Chicago|pages=3|url=http://www.ravenswoodhistorical.com/the-lake-view-saga/}}</ref> Physicians and citizens complained that having a burial ground in close proximity to a growing residential area was unsanitary. In 1860, they petitioned the Chicago Common Council to repurpose its properties in Lake View as a public park.<ref name="LPC1899" /> The sale of burial plots ceased, and small improvements began to be made. In 1865, following the end of the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] and the assassination of [[Abraham Lincoln]], the name was changed from "Lake Park" to "[[Lincoln Park]]."<ref name="LPC1899" /> As with many other [[Community areas in Chicago|Chicago neighborhoods]], the name of the park eventually came to refer to the broader area surrounding it.

In the postwar years, the area around Southport and Clybourn became home to a community of [[Kashubian diaspora|Kashubian immigrants]]. Arriving from what is now north-eastern [[Poland]], Chicago's [[Kashubians]] brought their own distinct culture and [[Kashubian language|language]], influenced by their rustic traditions, and by their close contact with their [[Germans|German]] neighbors. In 1882, [[St. Josaphat's in Chicago|St. Josaphat's]] [[Roman Catholic]] parish was established specifically for the Kashubian community. The resulting nicknames of "Jozafatowo" (Polish for "Josaphat's Town") as well as "Kaszubowo" (Polish for "Cassubian Town") made the neighborhood one of Chicago's [[Polish Patches]]. The current [[Romanesque Revival]] church building was completed in 1902. A [[Pomeranian Griffin]] Crest visible on the school south of the church is a nod to the parish that once anchored one of the communities in Chicago dubbed ''Little Cassubia."

From 1896 to 1903, the original [[Ferris Wheel (1893)|Ferris Wheel]] was located at a small amusement park near Clark St. and Wrightwood Ave.<ref>"Paradises Lost" by Stan Barker in Chicago History March 1993, p.32)</ref> The site was from 2619 to 2665 N. Clark St., which is now the location of a McDonald's and a high-rise residential building.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hydeparkhistory.org/ferrisfollowup.html |title=Hyde Park Historical Society Ferris Wheel Follow-up |website=hydeparkhistory.org |access-date=2012-05-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514092030/http://www.hydeparkhistory.org/ferrisfollowup.html |archive-date=May 14, 2012 }}</ref> On February 14, 1929, seven [[American Mafia|mob]] associates and a mechanic were [[Saint Valentine's Day Massacre|shot to death in an automobile garage]] at 2122 N. Clark St.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/chi-chicagodays-valentinesmassacre-story-story.html|title=The St. Valentine's Day Massacre|last=Tribune|first=Chicago|newspaper=chicagotribune.com|access-date=2016-10-08|archive-date=November 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122140057/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/chi-chicagodays-valentinesmassacre-story-story.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

During the [[Great Depression]], many buildings in Lincoln Park fell into disrepair.<ref name="Encyclopedia">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Seligman |first=Amanda |title=Lincoln Park |url=http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/746.html |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Chicago |publisher=Chicago Historical Society |access-date=October 27, 2019}}</ref> In 1954 the Lincoln Park Conservation Association was founded to prevent deterioration of housing in the neighborhood and by 1956 Lincoln Park received urban renewal funds to renovate and restore old buildings and schools.<ref name="articles.chicagotribune.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1998/01/20/its-hard-to-tell-today-but-lincoln/|title=It's hard to tell today, but Lincoln Park once was an ...|work=tribunedigital-chicagotribune|date=January 20, 1998 }}</ref>

In 1968, a violent confrontation between demonstrators and police in Lincoln Park occurred during the week of the [[1968 Democratic National Convention protest activity|1968 Democratic National Convention]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.chicagohistory.org/index.php/2011/06/yippies-in-lincoln-park-1968/|title=Yippier in Lincoln Park, 1968|website=blog.chicagohistory.org|access-date=2014-08-06|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073042/http://blog.chicagohistory.org/index.php/2011/06/yippies-in-lincoln-park-1968/|archive-date=March 4, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

{{blockquote|I pointed out that it was in the best interests of the City to have us in Lincoln Park [[1968 Democratic National Convention protest activity|ten miles away]] from the Convention hall. I said we had no intention of marching on the Convention hall, that I didn't particularly think that politics in America could be changed by marches and rallies, that what we were presenting was an alternative life style, and we hoped that people of Chicago would come up, and mingle in Lincoln Park and see what we were about.|''[[Abbie Hoffman]] from the [[Chicago 7]] trial''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Chicago7/Hoffman.html|title=Abbie Hoffman's testimony at the Chicago 7 trial|website=law.umkc.edu|access-date=2012-05-26|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110114071619/http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Chicago7/Hoffman.html|archive-date=January 14, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref>}}

Amidst the confrontation, the Church of Our Saviour opened its doors to provide shelter to young people fleeing the violence,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Serve {{!}} Serve the City |url=https://www.chicagocos.org/serve-the-city |access-date=2025-09-11 |website=chicagocos |language=en}}</ref> beginning a decades long tradition of services that would eventually see the creation of [[Care for Friends]] as a nonprofit organization who opened a separate community center behind the church building in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chilukuri |first=Siri |date=2024-03-21 |title=Care For Friends Opening Community Center For Unhoused On Lincoln Park Church Campus |url=https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/03/21/care-for-friends-opening-community-center-for-unhoused-on-lincoln-park-church-campus/ |access-date=2025-09-11 |website=Block Club Chicago |language=en-US}}</ref> 

In the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, Lincoln Park became home to the first [[Puerto Rican American|Puerto Rican]] immigrants to Chicago. [[Jose Cha Cha Jimenez]] transformed the local [[Young Lords]] gang into human rights activists for Latinos and the poor.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Reader, vol. 4, no. 18 :: Young Lords Newspaper Collection|url = http://digicol.lib.depaul.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/younglords/id/171|website = digicol.lib.depaul.edu|access-date = 2015-09-27}}</ref> They published newspapers,<ref>{{Cite web|title = Young Lords Newspaper Collection|url = http://digicol.lib.depaul.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/younglords|website = digicol.lib.depaul.edu|access-date = 2015-09-27}}</ref> mounted [[sit-in]]s and takeovers of institutions and churches at Grant Hospital, Armitage Ave. [[Methodism|Methodist Church]], and [[McCormick Theological Seminary]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = It's hard to tell today, but Lincoln Park once was an ...| website=[[Chicago Tribune]] | date=January 20, 1998 |url = https://www.chicagotribune.com/1998/01/20/its-hard-to-tell-today-but-lincoln/|access-date = 2015-09-27}}</ref>
In 1969, members of the Puerto Rican [[Young Lords]] and residents and activists mounted gigantic demonstrations and protested the displacement of Puerto Ricans and the poor including the demolition of buildings on the corner of Halsted and Armitage streets, by occupying the space and some administration buildings at McCormick Theological Seminary.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fourteeneastmag.com/index.php/2018/09/28/50-years-later-lessons-in-activism-from-the-young-lords-of-lincoln-park/|title=50 Years Later: Lessons in Activism from the Young Lords of Lincoln Park – Fourteen East}}</ref> There were civil rights arrests and martyrs including the unsolved murders of United Methodist Rev. Bruce Johnson and his wife Eugenia Ransier Johnson who were strong supporters of the poor. Today their history is archived at DePaul University's Richardson Library and at Special Collections at Grand Valley State University.

On [[2003 Chicago balcony collapse|June 29, 2003, a porch collapse]] occurred during a party at 713 W. Wrightwood Ave. The disaster was the deadliest [[porch collapse]] in U.S. history; 13 people were killed and 57 seriously injured.

As of 2015, the neighborhood is primarily made up of [[Yuppie|young urban professionals]], recent college graduates, and young families.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}} The slang terms [[Trixie (slang)|Trixie]] and [[Chad (slang)|Chad]] have their origins in Lincoln Park.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=36R4gwCBwh0C&dq=chad+chicago+slang&pg=PT15 |title=New in Town Chicago: The resourceful, streetwise, savvy new resident's guide to moving in, getting around, and building a new life in the Windy City. |date=2012-12-01 |publisher=New in Town Chicago |language=en}}</ref>

==Geography==
Lincoln Park's boundaries are precisely defined in the city's list of official [[Chicago community areas|community areas]]. It is bordered on the north by [[Diversey Parkway (Chicago)|Diversey Parkway]], on the west by the [[Chicago River]], on the south by [[North Avenue (Chicago)|North Avenue]], and on the east by [[Lake Michigan]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Community Area 7 – Lincoln Park |url=http://egov.cityofchicago.org/webportal/COCWebPortal/COC_EDITORIAL/Lincoln_Park.pdf |year=2003 |publisher=City of Chicago – Department of Planning and Development |access-date=August 28, 2009 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

It encompasses a number of neighborhoods, including Lincoln Central, Mid-North, [[Old Town, Chicago|Old Town Triangle]], Park West, [[RANCH Triangle]], Sheffield, and Wrightwood Neighbors. The area also includes most of the [[Clybourn Corridor]] retail district, which continues into the Near North Side.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1910=92887
|1920=94247
|1930=97873
|1940=100826
|1950=102396
|1960=88836
|1970=67718
|1980=57146
|1990=61092
|2000=64323
|2010=64116
|2020=70492
|estyear= 2021
|estimate= 69641
|footnote=<ref name="cmap" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Paral |first=Rob |title=Chicago Community Areas Historical Data |url=http://www.robparal.com/downloads/ACS0509/HistoricalData/Chicago%20Community%20Areas%20Historical%20Data.htm |access-date=30 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318055428/http://www.robparal.com/downloads/ACS0509/HistoricalData/Chicago%20Community%20Areas%20Historical%20Data.htm |archive-date=March 18, 2013 }}</ref>
}}

==Economy==
[[A. Finkl & Sons Steel]] operated on the west side of Lincoln park along an approximately 22-acre lot by the Chicago River for 113 years. It is now  the site of the planned [[Foundry Park]] residential community project.

==Arts and culture==
===Public libraries===
[[Chicago Public Library]] operates the Lincoln Park Branch.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.chipublib.org/locations/48/ |title = Manning}}</ref>

===Cuisine===
[[File:Wieners Circle IMG 2083.jpg|thumb|upright|[[The Wieners Circle]]]]

Lincoln Park has a three-[[Michelin star]] restaurant,  [[Alinea (restaurant)|Alinea]], and Galit, a one-Michelin star restaurant. The [[Lettuce Entertain You]] restaurant company started at R.J. Grunts, and featured the first [[salad bar]]s.<ref>Schmidt, Kate. (October 13, 2011) [http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/Content?category=3691079 Sixteen venerable Chicago restaurants still ticking, Chicago Reader]. Chicagoreader.com. Retrieved on 2012-05-26.</ref> [[The Wieners Circle]] is a fast food restaurant known for [[Polish sausage]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/33/a-night-at-the-wiener-circle|title=A Night at the Wiener Circle |work=This American Life|date=August 23, 1996}}</ref> [[Demon Dogs]] was a  hot dog restaurant that stood under the Fullerton 'L' station from 1983 until 2006. The first [[Potbelly Sandwich Works]] opened in 1977 on [[Lincoln Avenue (Chicago)|Lincoln Avenue]] in Lincoln Park. [[Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinder Company]] is a restaurant on [[Clark Street (Chicago)|Clark Street]].

=== Community Services ===
[[Care for Friends]] is a non-profit that provides meal programs, health clinics, and other support services to people experiencing homelessness and [[Food insecurity and hunger in the United States|food insecurity]] in Lincoln Park, [[Edgewater, Chicago|Edgewater]], and [[South Loop, Chicago|South Loop]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2020-10-08 |title=Programs - Care For Friends |url=https://careforfriends.org/programs/ |access-date=2025-09-06 |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Music===
[[The 3-Penny Cinema|Lincoln Hall]] is a music venue located here.

Jelly Roll Morton recorded early jazz work in 1926 at the Webster Hotel ballroom (now Webster House).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doctorjazz.co.uk/page15.html |title= Jelly Roll Morton Recordings and Discography |website=Doctorjazz.co.uk |access-date=2012-05-26}}</ref>

===Churches===
Lincoln Park is also home to five architecturally significant churches: St. Vincent de Paul Parish, [[Saint Clement Catholic Church, Chicago|St. Clement Church]], [[St. Josaphat's in Chicago|St. Josaphat's]] (one of the many so-called '[[Polish Cathedral]]s' in Chicago), St. James Lutheran Church and [[St. Michael's Church, Old Town, Chicago|St. Michael's Church]] in the [[Old Town, Chicago|Old Town Triangle]] area of Lincoln Park.

==Parks and recreation==
[[File:20100801 Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool from southsoutheast-2 cropped.jpg|thumb|[[Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool]] in [[Lincoln Park]] is a [[List of National Historic Landmarks in Illinois|National Historic Landmark listing]].]]
{{main|Lincoln Park}}
Lincoln Park, for which the neighborhood was named, now stretches miles past the neighborhood of Lincoln Park. The park lies along the lakefront from Ohio Street Beach in the Streeterville neighborhood, northward to Ardmore Avenue in [[Edgewater, Chicago|Edgewater]]. The section of the park adjacent to the Lincoln Park neighborhood contains [[Lincoln Park Zoo]], [[Lincoln Park Conservatory]], an outdoor theatre, a rowing canal, the [[Chicago Historical Society|Chicago History Museum]], the [[Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum]], the Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool, the North Pond Nature Sanctuary, [[North Avenue Beach]], [[playing field]]s, a very prominent statue of General [[Ulysses S. Grant]], as well as a famous statue of [[Standing Lincoln|Abraham Lincoln]] (and many other statues).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.niu.edu/1995/ihy951213.html|title=The Statues of Chicago's Lincoln Park|website=lib.niu.edu|access-date=2012-05-26|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616212106/http://www.lib.niu.edu/1995/ihy951213.html|archive-date=June 16, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Many smaller parks, such as [[Oz Park]], [[Bauler Park]] (named for [['Paddy' Bauler]], former Alderman of the 43rd ward), [[Wiggly Field]], and [[Jonquil Park]] are scattered throughout the Lincoln Park community area.

The [[YMCA]] opened the New City YMCA in 1981.<ref name=Timetomoveon>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2007/06/29/for-ymca-time-to-move-on/|title=For YMCA, time to move on |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=2007-06-29|access-date=2024-04-07}}</ref> The YMCA's clientele included people in Lincoln Park and in [[Cabrini-Green]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2007/06/29/new-city-ymca-closes-its-doors-after-54m-sale/|title=New City YMCA closes its doors after $54M sale |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=2007-06-29|access-date=2024-04-07}}</ref> As the YMCA was located in the latter,  it was built windowless so it would not suffer from stray bullets, a product of crime in that neighborhood.<ref name=Timetomoveon/> [[CBS]] Chicago 2 stated that the facility was "once credited with breaking down a barrier between families from" different socioeconomic communities.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/New.City.YMCA.2.337995.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100721122351/https://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/New.City.YMCA.2.337995.html|title=YMCA That Served Cabrini-Green Residents To Close|publisher=[[CBS]] 2 Chicago|date=2007-06-29|archive-date=2010-07-21|access-date=2024-04-07}}</ref> In 2007, the YMCA closed, with the land sold, as Cabrini Green's impoverished community moved away. The YMCA shifted its focus and planned to open a new facility in Kelly Hall of the [[Our Lady of the Angels School (Illinois)|Mission of Our Lady of the Angels]]  in [[Humboldt Park, Chicago|Humboldt Park]].<ref name=Timetomoveon/>

==Government==
[[File:Chicago Pride Parade 1985 028.jpg|thumb|[[:commons:Category:Chicago Pride Parade 1985|Chicago Pride Parade in Lincoln Park in 1985]] on Clark Street]]

===Local===
Most of Lincoln Park is currently part of the 43rd ward of the [[Chicago City Council]], represented by [[Timmy Knudsen]]. The extreme south and extreme western sections of the neighborhood are part of the 2nd and 32nd wards, represented respectively by [[Brian K. Hopkins|Brian Hopkins]] and [[Scott Waguespack]]. All three aldermen are [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]].

===State===
In the [[Illinois House of Representatives]], the lakefront portion of the neighborhood is part of the 12th district, represented by [[Margaret Croke]]. Central Lincoln Park is part of [[Ann Williams (politician)|Ann Williams]]' 11th District, and the [[North Branch Chicago River|riverside]] portion of the neighborhood is represented by [[Jaime Andrade Jr.|Jaime Andrade]] in the 40th district. The Sheffield Neighbors area is part of [[Jawaharial Williams]]'s 10th district, and a small southern portion of the neighborhood is represented by [[Lakesia Collins]]. All representatives are [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]].

In the [[Illinois Senate]], most of the area is part of District 6, represented by Democrat [[Sara Feigenholtz]], while the southwest quarter is part of District 5, represented by Democrat [[Patricia Van Pelt]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Illinois Senate | url=https://www.illinoispolicy.org/maps/illinois-senate/# }}</ref>

===Federal===
In the [[United States House of Representatives]], the vast majority of the area is in [[Illinois's 5th congressional district]], represented by Democrat [[Mike Quigley]]. A minuscule portion in the south is part of [[Illinois's 7th congressional district]], represented by Democrat [[Danny K. Davis]].

The Lincoln Park community area has supported the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] in the past two presidential elections. In the [[United States presidential election in Illinois, 2016|2016 presidential election]], Lincoln Park cast 24,197 votes for [[Hillary Clinton]] and cast 5,072 votes for [[Donald Trump]] (77.31% to 16.20%).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/numbers/president-vice-president-every-neighborhood-map-election-results-voting-general-primary-illinois/|last=Ali|first=Tanveer|title=How Every Chicago Neighborhood Voted In The 2016 Presidential Election|newspaper=[[DNAInfo]]|date=November 9, 2016|access-date=October 4, 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924090904/https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/numbers/president-vice-president-every-neighborhood-map-election-results-voting-general-primary-illinois/|archive-date=September 24, 2019}}</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in Illinois, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Lincoln Park cast 19,268 votes for [[Barack Obama]] and cast 9,592 votes for [[Mitt Romney]] (65.37% to 32.54%).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/numbers/obama-romney-president-vice-president-every-neighborhood-map-2012-election-results-voting-general-primary-illinois/|last=Ali|first=Tanveer|title=How Every Chicago Neighborhood Voted In The 2012 Presidential Election|newspaper=[[DNAInfo]]|date=November 9, 2012|access-date=October 4, 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203045330/https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/numbers/obama-romney-president-vice-president-every-neighborhood-map-2012-election-results-voting-general-primary-illinois/|archive-date=February 3, 2019}}</ref>

== Education ==
===Public schools===
[[Image:Lincoln Park High School.jpg|thumb|[[Lincoln Park High School (Illinois)|Lincoln Park High School]]]]

Lincoln Park residents are served by [[Chicago Public Schools]].

[[Lincoln Park High School (Illinois)|Lincoln Park High School]] serves as the sole neighborhood secondary education institution.

Additionally, two zoned elementary schools (grades K-8), Abraham Lincoln Elementary School<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lincoln.cps.k12.il.us/|title=Abraham Lincoln Elementary School|website=lincoln.cps.k12.il.us|access-date=2012-05-26|archive-date=April 24, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070424204842/http://www.lincoln.cps.k12.il.us/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Louisa May Alcott School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://alcottschool.net |title=Alcott School|website=alcottschool.net |access-date=2013-05-28}}</ref> are found in the neighborhood. LaSalle Language Academy, Oscar Mayer Elementary School,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mayer.cps.k12.il.us/ |title=Oscar Mayer Magnet – Home|website=mayer.cps.k12.il.us |date=May 28, 2013|access-date=2013-05-28}}</ref> and the Newberry Math and Science Academy, all magnet schools, serve the neighborhood.

Melanie Ann Apel, author of ''Lincoln Park, Chicago'', described Lincoln School as "the school most often associated with Lincoln Park".<ref>{{cite book|author=Apel, Melanie Ann |chapter=Chapter 3: Off to School|title=Lincoln Park, Chicago (Images of America) |publisher=[[Arcadia Publishing]] |year=2002 |isbn=9780738520162 |pages=29| chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lQ1A-GjBFtwC&pg=PA29}}</ref>

=== Private schools ===
The [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago]] operates the [[Saint Clement Catholic Church, Chicago#St. Clement School|Saint Clement School]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://public.stclementschool.org/|title=Saint Clement School]|website=public.stclementschool.org|access-date=2012-05-26|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403151910/http://public.stclementschool.org/|archive-date=April 3, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> a K-8 school, in the Lincoln Park area.

Saint James Lutheran School, a K-8 school, and [[Francis W. Parker School (Chicago)|Francis W. Parker School]], a K-12 school, are located here.

===University===
*[[DePaul University]]

==Infrastructure==
===Transportation===
[[Image:Fullerton CTA 20100912.jpg|thumb|right|Fullerton station]]
The Lincoln Park neighborhood is accessible via [[Mass transit in Chicago|mass transit]] operated by the [[Chicago Transit Authority|CTA]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0205/feature7/fulltext.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111128071918/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0205/feature7/fulltext.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 28, 2011|title=ZipUSA: 60614 @ National Geographic Magazine}}</ref> These include the [[Chicago "L"]]'s [[Red Line (Chicago Transit Authority)|Red]], [[Brown Line (Chicago Transit Authority)|Brown]] and [[Purple Line (Chicago Transit Authority)|Purple]] lines at [[Fullerton station (CTA)|Fullerton station]] and the Purple and Brown lines at {{stn|Armitage}} and [[Diversey station]]s, as well as CTA bus service.

[[Metra]]'s [[Union Pacific North Line|Union Pacific North]] and [[Union Pacific Northwest Line|Union Pacific Northwest]] lines have a stop at [[Clybourn station]].

==Notable people==
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* [[J. J. Bittenbinder]] (1942–2023), police officer, television host, and author. He was a childhood resident of the DePaul neighborhood in Lincoln Park.<ref>{{cite news|title=The J.J. Bittenbinder Show: From church basements to TV, a Chicago cop gets top billing with his tips on stayin' alive|last=Lyon|first=Jeff|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=May 2, 1993|page=SM22|quote=growing up in the DePaul neighborhood|id={{ProQuest|<!-- add ProQuest data here}} -->}}}}</ref>
* [[Roger Brown (artist)|Roger Brown]], an important Chicago Imagist painter, lived at 1926 N. Halsted St. The house is now site to the Art Institute of Chicago's Roger Brown study center.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saic.edu/webspaces/rogerbrown/brown/rbsc/about.html |title=Roger Brown Study Collection – Roger Brown Resources at SAIC |website= saic.edu |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805115643/http://www.saic.edu/webspaces/rogerbrown/brown/rbsc/about.html |archive-date=August 5, 2012 |access-date=2012-05-26}}</ref>
* [[Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini]], the first American saint, lived at 2520 N. Lakeview Ave.<ref name="chicagotribute1">{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribute.org/Name/name.htm|title=Name}}</ref>  This address was part of the Columbus Hospital site which is now a high-rise condominium development.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lincolnpark2520.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513071216/http://www.lincolnpark2520.com/ |title=Lincoln Park 2520 / Homes by Architect Lucien Lagrange / 2520 N. Lakeview Ave., Chicago, IL|archive-date=May 13, 2012 |website=lincolnpark2520.com|url-status=dead}}</ref>  The [[National Shrine of Saint Francis Xavier Cabrini]], the former chapel of [[Columbus Hospital]], is adjacent to the newer development.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cabrinishrinechicago.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424230443/http://www.cabrinishrinechicago.com/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 24, 2012|title=The National Shrine of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini}}</ref>
* [[Henry Darger]], the outsider artist, lived at 851 W. Webster Ave.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.art.org/collection/henry-darger/ |title=Henry Darger Room |work=Intuit |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110223002607/http://www.art.org/collection/henry-darger/ |archive-date=February 23, 2011 }}</ref> and worked as a janitor at Children's Memorial Hospital.
* [[Henry Gerber]], the founder of the first homosexual rights organization in the US, lived at 1710 N. Crilly Court.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/landmarksweb/web/landmarkdetails.htm?lanId=1313&counter=145|title=COC – Landmarks web – Landmark Details}}</ref>
* [[Bruce Graham]], the famous [[Skidmore, Owings and Merrill]] architect, lived in a house he himself designed in 1969.<ref>AIA Guide to Chicago, page 187 (1993 edition)</ref>  
* [[Richard Hunt (sculptor)|Richard Hunt]], the famous sculptor, has his studio at 1017 W. Lill Avenue, a decommissioned [[electrical substation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapduh.com/richardhuntsculptures/place/richard-hunt-studio/ |title=Richard Hunt Sculpture Map |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230232535/http://mapduh.com/richardhuntsculptures/place/richard-hunt-studio/ |archive-date=December 30, 2013 |website=Mapduh.com |access-date=2012-05-26}}</ref>
* [[Bruce Heyman]], 30th [[United States Ambassador to Canada]]. Heyman is a resident of Lincoln Park.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kapos|first=Shia|title=Ambassador to Canada, Bruce Heyman, returning to Chicago|date=January 17, 2017|newspaper=Shia Kapos Online|access-date=March 19, 2019|url=https://shiakapos.com/chicago-businessman-serving-as-ambassador-to-canada-returning-to-chicago/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170515150838/http://shiakapos.com/chicago-businessman-serving-as-ambassador-to-canada-returning-to-chicago/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=May 15, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Jose Cha Cha Jimenez|Jose "Cha Cha" Jimenez]], founder of the [[Young Lords]] who fought the forced displacement of Puerto Ricans and the poor from Lincoln Park.
* [[Kelly Loeffler]] (born 1970), [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] and businesswoman. She lived in Lincoln Park while studying at [[Kellstadt Graduate School of Business]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Sweet|first=Lynn|title=Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler's ties to downstate Illinois, Chicago run deep|date=January 4, 2021|newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|access-date=January 6, 2021|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/1/4/22214376/georgia-runoff-sen-kelly-loeffler-university-of-illinois-depaul-university-grad-lived-chicago}}</ref>
* [[László Moholy-Nagy]], the Bauhaus and IIT designer, lived at 2622 N. Lakeview Ave.<ref name="chicagotribute1"/>
* [[John Mulaney]], comedian, was raised in Lincoln Park and attended [[Saint Clement Catholic Church, Chicago|St. Clement school]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = An interview with John Mulaney|url = http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2012/01/27/an-interview-with-john-mulaney|website = Chicago Reader|date = January 27, 2012|access-date = 2015-10-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = John Mulaney's new double life|url = http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-john-mulaney-chicago-standup-20141106-column.html|website = chicagotribune.com| date=November 7, 2014 |access-date = 2015-10-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Comedian John Mulaney is the throwback kid|url = http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ae-1005-john-mulaney-20141004-column.html|website = chicagotribune.com| date=October 4, 2014 |access-date = 2015-10-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = John Mulaney on Twitter|url = https://twitter.com/mulaney/status/580014523190366208|website = Twitter|access-date = 2015-10-25}}</ref>
* [[Walter Netsch]], an architect, and his wife [[Dawn Clark Netsch]], the 4th [[Illinois Comptroller]], lived at 1700 N. Hudson Ave. The house was designed by Walter in 1974.<ref>AIA Guide to Chicago, p. 177 (1993 edition)</ref>  
* [[Albert Parsons]] and [[Lucy Parsons]], the prominent union organizers and socialist leaders, lived at 1908 N. Mohawk St.<ref name="chicagotribute1"/>
* [[Gene Siskel]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genesiskel.com/biography/|title=Biography – The Official Web Site of Gene Siskel}}</ref> and [[Roger Ebert]], film critics,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.celebrityhousepictures.com/roger-ebert.php|title=Roger Ebert|website=celebrityhousepictures.com}}</ref> both lived in Lincoln Park.
* [[Sargent Shriver]] and [[Eunice Kennedy]]. They moved to Lincoln Park from the Near North Side shortly after Shriver was appointed [[President of the Chicago Board of Education]].<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--None-->|title=Robert S. Shriver, 39, Heads School Board: Mart Executive Plans Visit to Mayor Daley|date=October 27, 1955|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|page=3|id={{ProQuest|<!-- add ProQuest data here}} -->}}}}</ref>
* [[Ruth Ann Steinhagen]], typist notable for attempting to murder [[Eddie Waitkus]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/145523645:2442|title=Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940 |date=April 1940|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |via=ancestry.com |url-access=subscription |accessdate=August 29, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Charlie Trotter]], chef.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20110326/ISSUE03/303269987/the-celebrity-next-door-famous-neighbors-mean-bragging-rights-extra-security|title=Subscription Center|date=March 26, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Luis Vicente Gutiérrez]], politician, grew up in Lincoln Park until the age of 13.
* [[George Kirke Spoor]], film pioneer, lived in [[Old Town, Chicago|Old Town]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1967/12/04/page/21/article/old-town-gold-rush-in-a-cabbage-patch|title=Chicago Tribune: Chicago news, sports, weather, entertainment|date=September 5, 2023 }}</ref>
* [[Jonathan Toews]], NHL hockey player
* [[Melvin Alvah Traylor]] (1878–1934), lawyer and banker. He resided in Lincoln Park at his time of death.<ref>{{cite news|title=Melvin A. Traylor, Banker, Dead After Five Weeks' Illness|date=February 15, 1934|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref>
* [[Penny Pritzker]]
* [[Fred Eychaner]]
* [[Joe Mansueto]]

== References ==
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* {{cite web|url=https://www.lincolnparkchamber.com/ |title=Lincoln Park Chamber of Commerce |website=lincolnparkchamber.com}}

{{Geographic Location
| Center = Lincoln Park, Chicago
| North = [[Lakeview, Chicago]]
| East = [[Lake Michigan]]
| South = [[Near North Side, Chicago]]
| Southwest = [[West Town, Chicago]]
| West = [[Logan Square, Chicago]]
| Northwest = [[North Center, Chicago]]
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