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{{Short description|Community area in Chicago, Illinois}}
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| name               = Logan Square
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| p1                 = [[#Logan Square|Logan Square]]
| p2                 = [[#Bucktown|Bucktown]]
| p3                 = [[#Palmer Square|Palmer Square]]
| p4                 = [[#Belmont Gardens|Belmont Gardens]]
| p5                 = [[#Kosciuszko Park|Kosciuszko Park]]
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| demographics1_title1 = [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|White]]
| demographics1_info1 = 51.2%
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'''Logan Square''' is an official community area, historical neighborhood, and [[town square|public square]] on the northwest side of the City of [[Chicago]]. The Logan Square community area is one of the 77 city-designated [[Community areas of Chicago|community areas]] established for planning purposes. The Logan Square neighborhood, located within the Logan Square community area, is centered on the public square that serves as its namesake, located at the three-way intersection of [[Milwaukee Avenue (Chicago)|Milwaukee Avenue]], Logan Boulevard and [[Kedzie Avenue|Kedzie Boulevard]].

Logan Square is, in general, bounded by [[Metra]]'s [[Milwaukee District North Line]] on the west, the North Branch of the [[Chicago River]] on the east, [[Diversey Parkway]] on the north, and the [[Bloomingdale Trail]] (also known as "The 606") on the south.<ref>[https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/doit/general/GIS/Chicago_Maps/Community_Areas/CA_LOGAN_SQUARE.pdf Logan Square] chicago.gov</ref> The area is characterized by the prominent historical [[boulevard]]s, stately [[Greystone (architecture)|greystones]] and large [[bungalow]]-style homes.

==History==
[[File:Logan Square, Chicago circa 1909 (front).png|thumb|right|200px|Logan Square circa 1909]]

===Name and Centennial Monument===
Logan Square is named after General [[John A. Logan]], an American soldier and political leader. The square itself is a large public green space (designed by architect [[William Le Baron Jenney]], landscape architect [[Jens Jensen (landscape architect)|Jens Jensen]] and others) formed as the grand northwest terminus of the [[Chicago park and boulevard system|Chicago Boulevard System]] and the junction of Kedzie and Logan Boulevards and Milwaukee Avenue. At the center of the square is the [[Illinois Centennial Monument]], built in 1918 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of [[Illinois]]'s statehood (geographic coordinates as shown above for this article). The monument, designed by [[Henry Bacon]], architect of the [[Lincoln Memorial]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], and sculpted by [[Evelyn Beatrice Longman]], is a single 70-foot (25-meter) tall [[Tennessee marble|"Tennessee-pink" marble]] [[Doric order|Doric column]], based upon the same proportions as the columns of the [[Parthenon]] in Ancient Greece, and topped by an eagle, in reference to the [[Flag and seal of Illinois|state flag]] and symbol of the state and the nation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/logansquare/architecture/|title=Between the Boulevards: An architectural tour|access-date=March 18, 2009|date=August 10, 2007|work=[[Chicago Reader]]|author=Becker, Lynn}}</ref> The monument was funded by the [[Benjamin F. Ferguson|Benjamin Ferguson]] Fund.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://quickproxy4.chipublib.org/imrjL168/url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CSTB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0EB37362D33E53CF&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=C23BE832E46446E3AEC1CCAEBDEAF5AE|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725164615/http://quickproxy4.chipublib.org/imrjL168/url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CSTB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0EB37362D33E53CF&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=C23BE832E46446E3AEC1CCAEBDEAF5AE|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 25, 2011|title=Public statues are lumberman's legacy to city|access-date=March 18, 2009|date=August 9, 1991|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|author=Hermann, Andrew}}</ref> [[Relief]]s surrounding the base depict allegorical figures of [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]], explorers, [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] missionaries, farmers, and laborers intended to represent Illinois contributions to the nation through transportation as a railroad crossroads for passengers and freight (represented by a train extending across the arm of one of the figures), education, commerce, grain and commodities, religion and exploration, along with the "pioneering spirit" during the state's [[History of Illinois|first century]].

===Development===
Originally developed by early settlers like Martin Kimbell (of Kimball Avenue fame) in the 1830s, forming around the towns of "Jefferson", "Maplewood", and "Avondale", the area was annexed into the city of [[Chicago]] in 1889 and renamed Logan Square. Many of its early residents were English or Scandinavian origin, mostly Norwegians and Danes, along with both a significant [[Poland|Polish]] and [[Jews|Jewish]] population that followed.

Milwaukee Avenue, which spans the community, is one of the oldest roads in the area and remains both a cultural and commercial artery. The road traces its origins prior to 1830 as a Native American trail and became known as "Northwest Plank Road" when it was constructed with wooden boards in 1849. In 1892, a streetcar line was extended along Milwaukee Avenue and, in 1895, the electrified [[Chicago "L"|elevated rail line]] (today's [[Blue Line (CTA)|Blue Line]]) was built alongside the road up to Logan Square itself, stimulating a new building boom. Milwaukee Avenue was finally paved in 1911 to accommodate motor cars. A baseball stadium at the corner of Milwaukee and Diversey hosted the Logan Square Baseball Club, which defeated both the [[Chicago Cubs]] and [[Chicago White Sox|White Sox]], who had just played each other in the crosstown [[1906 World Series]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pillarsandporticos.org/history|title=History of Logan Square|website=Pillars & Porticos|accessdate=June 28, 2023}}</ref>

{{US Census population
|1930=114174
|1940=110010
|1950=106763
|1960=94799
|1970=88462
|1980=84768
|1990=82605
|2000=82685
|2010=73595
|2020=71665
|footnote=<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=August 30, 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> 
}}

=== 21st century ===
The neighborhood is home to a diverse population including an established [[Latinos|Latino]] community (primarily Mexican and Puerto Rican, with some Cuban), a number of ethnicities from [[Eastern Europe]] (mostly Poles), and a growing number of [[millennials]], due to [[gentrification]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://statisticalatlas.com/neighborhood/Illinois/Chicago/Logan-Square/Race-and-Ethnicity|title=The Demographic Statistical Atlas of the United States - Statistical Atlas|website=statisticalatlas.com|accessdate=June 28, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wbez.org/stories/longtime-latino-stronghold-logan-square-is-now-majority-white-new-data-shows/80f2b464-6ff9-49e6-90f5-48bd517248c2|title = Longtime Latino Stronghold Logan Square is Now Majority White, New Data Show|date = December 10, 2020}}</ref> Known as the "Logan Square Boulevards District", the area was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 and became a protected Chicago Landmark in 2005.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

==Churches==
[[File:Norwegian church, Logan Square, Chicago 1993 (6503942).jpg|thumb|right|200px| Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church, 1993]]
Logan Square has churches along its boulevards including [[Minnekirken]], a Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church, and [[St. Mary of the Angels in Chicago|St. Mary of the Angels]].

== Neighborhoods ==

=== Belmont Gardens ===
Belmont Gardens spans the Chicago Community Areas of Logan Square and [[Avondale, Chicago|Avondale]] like neighboring Kosciuszko Park, located within its northwest portion, where the [[Pulaski Road (Chicago)|Pulaski]] Industrial Corridor abuts these residential areas. The boundaries of Belmont Gardens are generally held to be Pulaski Road to the East, the [[Milwaukee District North Line|Milwaukee District North]] rail line to the West, [[Belmont Avenue (Chicago)|Belmont Avenue]] to the North, and [[Fullerton Avenue (Chicago)|Fullerton Avenue]] to the South.

Most of the land between Fullerton Avenue and Diversey Avenue as well as Kimball to the Milwaukee North rail line was empty as late as the 1880s, mostly consisting of the rural "truck farms" that peppered much of [[Jefferson Township, Cook County, Illinois|Jefferson Township]]. This began to change with the annexation of this rustic hinterland to the city in 1889 in anticipation of the [[World's Columbian Exposition]] that would focus the country's eyes on Chicago just a few years later in 1893.

Belmont Gardens' first urban development began thanks to Homer Pennock, who founded the industrial village of Pennock, Illinois. Centered on Wrightwood Avenue, which was originally laid out as "Pennock Boulevard", the area was planned to be a hefty industrial and residential district. The development was so renowned that the village was highlighted in a "History of Cook County, Illinois" authored by Weston Arthur Goodspee and Daniel David Healy.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Goodspeed |first1=Weston Arthur |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=odQpAAAAYAAJ |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 |last2=Healy |first2=Daniel David |date=1909 |publisher=Goodspeed historical association |isbn=978-0-608-36893-1 |language=en}}</ref> Thwarted by circumstances as well as the decline of Homer Pennock's fortune, this district declined to the point that the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' wrote about the neighborhood in an article titled "A Deserted Village in Chicago" in 1903.<ref>{{cite book | last1=Jacob Kaplan | first1=D.P.R.R.E.A. | last2=Pacyga | first2=D. | title=Avondale and Chicago's Polish Village | publisher=Arcadia Publishing| year=2014 | isbn=978-1-4671-1118-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z1PGAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA13| page=13}}</ref> The original name of [[Healy station]], "Pennock", was named after this now lost settlement.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=The Milwaukee Road Magazine |magazine=The Milwaukee Road Magazine |year=1949 |volume=37 |page=9 |url={{Google books|nBITAAAAIAAJ|pg=9 |plainurl=y}}}}</ref>

While Homer Pennock's [[industrial suburb]] failed, Chicago's rapid expansion transformed the area's farms into clusters of factories and homes. At the turn of the 20th century as settlement was booming, Belmont Gardens and Avondale were at the northwestern edge of the [[Milwaukee Avenue (Chicago)#Chicago's Polish Corridor|Milwaukee Avenue Polish Corridor]] – a contiguous stretch of Polish settlement which spanned this thoroughfare all the way from the southern tip of [[Wicker Park, Chicago|Wicker Park]]'s [[Polonia Triangle]] at the intersection of [[Division station (CTA Blue Line)|Milwaukee, Division Street and Ashland Avenue]], north to [[Irving Park Road (Chicago)|Irving Park Road]].

Belmont Gardens offered more than just a less congested setting for its new residents. Due to its proximity to rail along the [[Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad]], the area developed a plethora of [[Industrial sector|industry]] that still survives in the city's Pulaski Industrial Corridor. It was adjacent to his own factory that Walter E. Olson built what the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' put at the top of its list of the "Seven Lost Wonders of Chicago".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-08-29 |title=Chicago's Seven Lost Wonders |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2005/08/29/chicagos-seven-lost-wonders/ |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=Chicago Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref>

The [[Olson Park and Waterfall]] was a 22-acre garden and waterfall complex remembered by Chicagoans citywide as the place they fondly reminisce heading out to for family trips on the weekend. The ambitious project took 200 workers more than six months to fashion it out of 800 tons of stone and 800 yards of soil.

[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Latino]] settlement in the neighborhood began in the 1980s. Today the area still retains its [[blue collar]] feel as much of surrounding Logan Square and Avondale undergo increased gentrification.

=== Bucktown ===
[[File:St Mary of the Angels interior 090307.jpg|thumb|upright|[[St. Mary of the Angels in Chicago|St. Mary of the Angels]] is one of the three "[[Polish Cathedral style|Polish Cathedrals]]" located in Bucktown.]]

Bucktown is a neighborhood located in the east of the Logan Square community area in Chicago, directly north of [[Wicker Park, Chicago|Wicker Park]], and northwest of the [[Loop (Chicago)|Loop]]. Bucktown gets its name from the large number of [[goat]]s raised in the neighborhood during the 19th century when it was an integral part of the city's famed [[Polish Downtown (Chicago)|Polish Downtown]]. The original Polish term for the neighborhood was ''Kozie Prery'' (Goat [[Prairie]]). Its boundaries are Fullerton Avenue to the north, Western Avenue to the west, Bloomingdale or North Avenue<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chicagocityscape.com/maps/index.php?place=neighborhood-bucktown|title=Chicago Cityscape - Map of building projects, properties, and businesses in Bucktown - Chicago neighborhood|website=www.chicagocityscape.com|accessdate=June 28, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bucktown.org/about/history/|title = History – Bucktown Community Org}}</ref> to the south, and the Kennedy Expressway to the east. Bucktown's original boundaries were Fullerton Avenue, Damen Avenue (formerly Robey Street), Armitage Avenue and Western Avenue.

Bucktown is primarily residential, with a mix of older single family homes, new builds with edgy architecture, and converted industrial loft spaces. [[Horween Leather Company]] has been on North [[Elston Avenue]] in Bucktown since 1920.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/23/cogs-in-the-machine-insid_n_883128.html |title=Cogs In The Machine: Inside Horween Leather in Bucktown |work=[[The Huffington Post]] |date=2011-06-23 |access-date=2013-08-15}}</ref> The neighborhood's origins are rooted in the Polish working class, which first began to settle in the area in the 1830s.<ref name="Nwchicagohistory.org">{{cite web|url=http://nwchicagohistory.org/nwch_bucktown.html |title=Northwest Chicago Historical Society - Bucktown |publisher=Nwchicagohistory.org |access-date=2013-08-15}}</ref> A large influx of [[Germans]] began in 1848 and in 1854 led to the establishment of the town of [[Holstein]], which was eventually annexed into Chicago in 1863. In the 1890s and 1900s, immigration from Poland, the annexation of [[Jefferson Township, Cook County, Illinois|Jefferson Township]] into Chicago and the completion of the Logan Square Branch of the Metropolitan Elevated Lines contributed to the rapid increase in Bucktown's population density. Three of the city's most opulent churches designed in the so-called "[[Polish cathedral style]]" – [[St. Hedwig's Church (Chicago)|St. Hedwig's Church]], the former Cathedral of All Saints (now [[Covenant Presbyterian Church (Chicago, Illinois)|Covenant Presbyterian Church]]) and [[St. Mary of the Angels (Chicago)|St. Mary of the Angels]] – date from this era.

The early Polish settlers had originally designated many of Bucktown's streets with names significant to their people – Kosciusko, Sobieski, Pulaski and Leipzig (after the [[Battle of Leipzig]]). [[Chicago City Council|Chicago's City Council]], prompted by a Bucktown-based German contingent with political clout, changed these Polish-sounding names in 1895 and 1913. In its place the new names for these thoroughfares bore a distinct [[German people|Teutonic]] hue – Hamburg, Frankfort, Berlin and Holstein. [[Anti-German sentiment#United States|Anti-German sentiment during World War I]] brought about another name-change that left today's very Anglo-Saxon sounding names: McLean, Shakespeare, Charleston, and Palmer.<ref name="Nwchicagohistory.org"/>

Polish immigration into the area accelerated during and after [[World War II]] when as many as 150,000 Poles are estimated to have arrived in [[Polish Downtown (Chicago)|Polish Downtown]] between 1939 and 1959 as [[Displaced Persons]].<ref>[http://www1.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/ukv/history/ Ukrainian Village & East Village Neighborhood Guide: A Tale of Two Villages.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006113902/http://www1.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/ukv/history/ |date=October 6, 2014 }} Martha Bayne, [[Chicago Reader]], May 8, 2008.</ref> Like the Ukrainians in nearby [[Ukrainian Village, Chicago|Ukrainian Village]], they clustered in established ethnic enclaves like this one that offered shops, restaurants, and banks where people spoke their language. Milwaukee Avenue was the anchor of the city's "Polish Corridor", a contiguous area of Polish settlement that extended from [[Polonia Triangle]] to [[Chicago's Polish Village|Avondale's Polish Village]]. Additional population influxes into the area at this time included [[European Jews]] and [[Belarusian American|Belarusians]].

[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Latino]] migration to the area began in the 1960s with the arrival of [[Cuban American|Cuban]], [[Puerto Rican American|Puerto Rican]], and later [[Mexican American|Mexican]] immigrants. Puerto Ricans in particular concentrated in the areas along Damen and Milwaukee Avenues through the 1980s after being displaced by the gentrification of [[Lincoln Park, Chicago|Lincoln Park]] that started in the 1960s. The local Puerto Rican community lent heavy support for the [[Young Lords]] and other groups that participated in [[Harold Washington]]'s victorious mayoral campaign. In the last quarter of the 20th century, a growing artists' community led directly to widespread [[gentrification]], which brought in a large population of [[yuppies|young professionals]]. In recent years, many trendy taverns and restaurants have opened in the neighborhood. There also have been a considerable number of "teardowns" of older housing stock, often followed by the construction of larger, upscale residential buildings.

Bucktown has a significant shopping district on Damen Avenue, extending north from North Avenue (in Wicker Park) to Webster Avenue. The neighborhood is readily accessible via the [[Blue Line (Chicago Transit Authority)|Blue Line]] and has multiple access points to the elevated [[Bloomingdale Trail]], also known as the 606.

=== Kosciuszko Park ===
{{About|the neighborhood|the park|Kosciuszko Park (Chicago)}}
[[File:KosciuszkoPark001.jpg|thumb|300px|Kosciuszko Park is located by the intersection of [[Diversey Parkway (Chicago)|Diversey]] and Pulaski.]]

Kosciuszko Park spans the Chicago Community Areas of Logan Square and Avondale like neighboring Belmont Gardens, located within its northwest portion, where the Pulaski Industrial Corridor abuts these residential areas. It is known by locals as "Koz Park", or sometimes the "Land of Koz".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/55060/how-chicagos-neighborhoods-got-their-names |first=Nick |last=Greene |title=How Chicago's Neighborhoods Got Their Names |date=March 7, 2014 |work=[[Mental Floss]]}}</ref>

Adjacent to Kosciuszko Park's border with Avondale proper near the intersection of George Street and Lawndale Avenue is [[St. Hyacinth Basilica]].

Dedicated in 1916, Kosciuszko Park is named for [[Tadeusz Kościuszko]] who fought in the [[American Revolution]].

=== Logan Square ===

Logan Square is a neighborhood located in the north-central portion of the Logan Square community area in Chicago. The neighborhood boundaries of Logan Square were originally held to be [[Kimball Avenue]] on the west, California Avenue to the east, [[Diversey Parkway]] on the north, and [[Fullerton Avenue]] to the south. However, as memory of the village and later neighborhood of [[Maplewood (Chicago)|Maplewood]] has receded, the boundaries have grown beyond these streets, with eastern boundary has now shifted to the North Branch of the [[Chicago River]], western boundary to approximately Pulaski Rd, southern border past Armitage Ave, and the northern border past [[Diversey Avenue]].

The area is characterized by the prominent historical [[boulevard]]s and large [[bungalow]]-style homes. At one time, Logan Square boasted a large [[Norwegian-American]] population, centered along the historic boulevards. With relatively inexpensive housing and rent available, this neighborhood was a favorite for immigrants and working-class citizens. Logan Square was the site of the [[Norwegian-American]] cultural center, [[Chicago Norske Klub]]. Many elaborate, stylish, and expensive houses and mansions line historic Logan and Kedzie Boulevards where the club was once situated. [[Minnekirken|Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church]] (Norwegian: ''Den Norske Lutherske Minnekirke''), also known as Minnekirken, is also located on Kedzie Boulevard in Logan Square.<ref>[http://www.torskeklub.com/history/NorskeKlub.pdf ''Chicago Norske Klub'' (Norwegian-American Immigration Commission 1825–1925)]</ref>

=== Palmer Square ===
[[Image:Palmer Square Park.JPG|left|thumb|Palmer Square Park]]

The Palmer Square neighborhood of Chicago is a [[pocket neighborhood]] located within the Logan Square community, directly west of [[Logan Square, Chicago#Bucktown|Bucktown]], north of [[Humboldt Park, Chicago|Humboldt Park]], and northwest of [[West Town, Chicago#Wicker Park|Wicker Park]]. Although there is no clear consensus on this neighborhood's exact boundaries, the City of Chicago Neighborhoods Map shows that it is generally bound by Fullerton Avenue (2400 N) to the north, Armitage Avenue (2000 N) to the south, Kedzie Boulevard (3200 W) to the west, and Milwaukee Avenue to the east.<ref>[https://theillpres.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/city_neighborhoods_old-map.jpg City neighborhoods. Old map]</ref>

The neighborhood takes it name from the {{convert|7.68|acre|m2|adj=on}} Palmer Square Park (pictured to the left) that sits near the western edge of the neighborhood and is the namesake of [[John M. Palmer (politician)|John McAuley Palmer]] (1817–1900), a lawyer and Civil War General who served as the 15th Governor of Illinois, a United States Senator, and at age 79, was a candidate for president in 1896. Palmer was an avowed [[abolitionist]], friend and supporter of [[Abraham Lincoln]], and, as the Military Governor of [[Kentucky]] in 1865–1866, aggressively commanded Federal forces to root out the remnants of slavery in that state.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://qconline.com/life/john-m-palmer-was-civil-war-leader-political-legend/article_30914b6d-43da-5dd9-b54f-e5e65923bd54.html|title = John M. Palmer was Civil War leader, political legend| date=May 12, 2012 }}</ref>

As the bicycle craze swept Chicago beginning in the mid-1880s, the then-called Palmer Place oval became a popular track for bicycle-riding "wheelmen", also known as "scorchers", who competed with pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages. [[Ignaz Schwinn]] (1860–1948), founder of the [[Schwinn Bicycle Company]], lived at the corner of W. Palmer St. and N. Humboldt Blvd.<ref name="chicagoparkdistrict.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks-facilities/palmer-john-mcauley-square-park|title=Palmer (John McAuley) Square Park &#124; Chicago Park District|website=www.chicagoparkdistrict.com|accessdate=June 28, 2023}}</ref>

The City of Chicago in 2005 received a matching grant from the [[Illinois Department of Natural Resources]] to develop a children's play space, walking trails, soft surface jogging trail, open lawn areas, lighting, seating, and landscaping in Palmer Square. After extensive community input and prolonged design and construction periods, the [[Chicago Park District]] (CPD) finished construction of the park and opened it to the public in July 2009.

A series of live music performances in Palmer Square Park takes place each Sunday during the summer of 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blockclubchicago.org/2021/06/08/sergio-castro-logan-square-concerts-coronavirus-front-yard-palmer-square-park|title=Front Porch Jazz Shows Helped Logan Square Neighbors Through 2020 Lockdown. Now, They're Weekly Concerts in Palmer Square Park|date=June 8, 2021}}</ref>

==Public libraries==
[[File:Logan Square (7979593889).jpg|left|thumb|Logan Square branch of the Chicago Public Library]]
The [[Chicago Public Library]] operates one branch located in the Logan Square community area, the Logan Square Branch at 3030 W. Fullerton. The branch in [[Kosciuszko Park (Chicago)|Kosciuszko Park]], one of the system's most utilized branches, was closed by the 1950s.

==Cultural organizations==
[[File:Congress_Theater_Chicago.jpg|thumb|left|[[Congress Theater]] on Milwaukee Ave. (2008)]]
Logan Square has a number of diverse cultural centers, such as The Comfort Station, an art gallery and event space, and AnySquared Projects, a nonprofit art collective;<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://anysquared.com/|title=AnySquared Projects|website=anysquared.com|accessdate=June 28, 2023}}</ref> [[St. Hedwig's Church (Chicago)|St. Hedwig's Church]], a strong cultural and civic institution for Chicago's multi-ethnic [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] community; the [[Hairpin Arts Center]], managed by the Logan Square Chamber of Arts, located in nearby Avondale; as well as [[Chicago's Polish Village]]. The Lincoln Lodge on Milwaukee Avenue presents live comedy most nights of the week.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelincolnlodge.com/calendar|title = Calendar}}</ref> Next door is the office of ''[[In These Times (magazine)|In These Times]]'', an independent magazine founded in 1976 which focuses on [[social justice]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://inthesetimes.com/about|title=In These Times|website=In These Times|accessdate=June 28, 2023}}</ref>

Media organizations making their home in Logan Square include the Community TV Network – a youth media organization – and the [[Independent Media Center|Chicago Independent Media Center]]. The neighborhood is covered by a number of neighborhood news blogs, including LoganSquarist.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://logansquarist.com/|title=Home|website=LoganSquarist|accessdate=June 28, 2023}}</ref>

A comprehensive redevelopment of the historic [[Congress Theater]] was approved by the [[Chicago City Council]] in March, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chicago.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3844320&GUID=6F7432C3-998A-4DB0-B252-618431D8AD36|title = Office of the City Clerk - Record #: SO2019-1050}}</ref> On June 28, 2021, David Baum announced that [[Baum Revision]] had taken over the project and planned to redevelop the landmark theater, the surrounding apartments, and retail space, using the already approved plan (although excluding the associated 72-unit apartment building).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blockclubchicago.org/2021/06/29/with-new-developer-on-board-long-vacant-congress-theater-could-reopen-in-2023/|title = Long-Vacant Congress Theater Could Reopen in 2023 with New Developer on Board|date = June 29, 2021}}</ref> On June 9, 2022, the project was approved by the city's Permit Review Committee.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://chicago.urbanize.city/post/landmarks-approves-congress-theater-redevelopment | title=Landmarks approves Congress Theater redevelopment | date=June 14, 2022 }}</ref>
{{clear}} In early December 2024, the Commission on Chicago Landmarks approved $6.2 million in Class L tax incentives for the first 12 years of project. Assuming approval by the full City Council, construction is slated to begin the first quarter of 2025 with completion by the end of 2026. The following week workmen began installing safety fencing on the roof in preparation for the first stage of restoration work to begin. Final plans call for a full restoration of the 3,500 seat theater as a performance venue, 13,000 square feet of restored retail spaces on the ground floor, and 16 affordable apartments on the upper levels.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Timeline Revealed For Congress Theater Redevelopment As Tax Incentives Are Approved - Chicago YIMBY | url=https://chicagoyimby.com/2024/12/timeline-revealed-for-congress-theater-redevelopment-as-tax-incentives-are-approved.html | access-date=2025-09-30 | website=chicagoyimby.com}}</ref>

==Government and infrastructure==
The [[Roberto Clemente]] Post Office is located in Logan Square.<ref>"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/roberto-clemente-2339-n-california-ave-chicago-il-1379544 Post Office™ Location – ROBERTO CLEMENTE] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100710131747/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/roberto-clemente-2339-n-california-ave-chicago-il-1379544 |date=July 10, 2010 }}". [[United States Postal Service]]. Retrieved on January 23, 2011.</ref>

Logan Square is served by three stops on the [[Chicago Transit Authority]] (CTA)'s [[Blue Line (CTA)|Blue Line]]: [[Western station (CTA Blue Line O'Hare branch)|Western]], [[California station (CTA Blue Line)|California]], and [[Logan Square station|Logan Square]]. All three stations provide 24/7 service to [[O'Hare International Airport]], downtown, and [[Forest Park, Illinois|Forest Park]].

==Education==
Residents are zoned to [[Chicago Public Schools]].

==Politics==
In the [[United States presidential election in Illinois, 2016|2016 presidential election]], Logan Square cast 27,987 votes for [[Hillary Clinton]] and cast 2,435 votes for [[Donald Trump]] (86.99% to 7.57%).<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]], Logan Square cast 22,608 votes for [[Barack Obama]] and cast 3,362 votes for [[Mitt Romney]] (83.88% to 12.47%).<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>

==Notable people==
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* [[Jessica Camacho]] (born 1982), actress (''[[The Flash (2014 TV series)|The Flash]]'', ''[[Taken (2017 TV series)|Taken]]'', and ''[[Watchmen (TV series)|Watchmen]]''), was a childhood resident of Logan Square<ref>{{cite news|last=Delany|first=Beth|title=Living the Dream|date=December 19, 2019|access-date=October 15, 2019|newspaper=Splash|url=https://www.chicagosplash.com/2019/12/19/living-the-dream}}</ref>
* [[Morris Childs]] (1902–1991), [[double agent]] for the [[F.B.I.]] against the [[Soviet Union]], was a childhood resident of 3264 West Fullerton Avenue<ref>United States Census Records Found via Heritage Quest Online. Use last name Chilovsky to find.</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=West|first=Nigel|title=Historical Dictionary of International Intelligence|page=64|date=May 21, 2015|publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield Publishers]]|location=[[Lanham, Maryland]]|isbn=9781442249578|access-date=November 29, 2021|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s3eiCQAAQBAJ}}</ref>
* [[Eve Ewing]] (born 1986), sociologist, author, poet, and visual artist, was a childhood resident of Logan Square<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.chicagomag.com/arts-culture/August-2017/Afrofuturism/ |title=The Next Generation of Chicago Afrofuturism |last=Morgan |first=Adam |date=August 17, 2017 |work=Chicago Magazine|access-date=September 5, 2017|language=en}}</ref>
* [[John Guzlowski]] (born 1948), [[Polish-American]] author and poet was a childhood resident of Logan Square<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dixon |first1=Lauren |title=Refugees of Logan Square |url=https://logansquarist.com/2017/06/refugees-logan-square/ |website=LoganSquarist |date=June 20, 2017 |access-date=12 July 2020}}</ref>
* [[Lori Lightfoot]] (born 1962), 56th [[Mayor of Chicago]] (2019–2023), resides in Logan Square with her wife and daughter<ref>{{cite news |title=Lori Lightfoot On Why She Chose To Live In Logan Square And How Living There Shaped Her Worldview |url=https://blockclubchicago.org/2019/03/29/lori-lightfoot-on-why-she-chose-to-live-in-logan-square-and-how-living-there-shaped-her-worldview/ |access-date=1 June 2019 |work=Block Club Chicago}}</ref>
* [[Adam Lizakowski]] (born 1956), a Polish poet, translator, and photographer, former resident, he founded the ''Unpaid Rent'' group, a collective of Polish language poets who were based out of his former home in Logan Square<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bauer |first1=Mark |title=Magnetic Pole |url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/magnetic-pole/Content?oid=912092 |access-date=12 July 2020 |publisher=Chicago Reader |date=May 15, 2003}}</ref>
* [[Richard Nickel]] (1928–1972), photographer and preservationist, was a childhood resident of Logan Square<ref>{{cite book|last=Cahan|first=Richard|title=They All Fall Down: Richard Nickel's Struggle to Save America's Architecture|year=1994|page=32|publisher=[[Wiley (publisher)|Wiley]]|isbn=978-0471144267}}</ref>
* [[Knute Rockne]] (1888–1931), football coach, was a childhood resident of Logan Square<ref>{{cite news |title=Death of Rockne |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741372,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081215025951/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741372,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 15, 2008 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time Magazine]] |date=April 6, 1931 |access-date=23 January 2009 }}</ref> He grew up in the Logan Square area of Chicago, on the northwest side of the city.<ref>{{cite book|last=Cutler|first=Irving|title=Chicago, Metropolis of the Mid-continent|year=2006|publisher=SIU Press|page=75|isbn=9780809387953|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TbLkURD3SesC&q=Knute+Rockne+Logan+Square%2C+Chicago&pg=PA75}}</ref>
* [[William A. Redmond]] (1908–1992), 64th [[List of Speakers of the Illinois House of Representatives|Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives]] (1975–1981), was a childhood resident of Logan Square<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/uis/id/3406|title=William A. Redmond Memoir |publisher=Illinois Legislative Research Unit|year=1982|access-date=2016-07-11}}</ref>
* [[Mike Royko]] (1932–1997), author and [[Pulitzer Prize for Commentary|Pulitzer Prize]] winning newspaper columnist, was a childhood resident of Logan Square living at 2122 North Milwaukee Avenue<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20130510/logan-square/mike-royko-street-honor-right-idea-group-says|title=Mike Royko Street Honor the Right Idea, Group Says|website=DNAinfo Chicago|access-date=2019-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829025022/https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20130510/logan-square/mike-royko-street-honor-right-idea-group-says/|archive-date=August 29, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Ignaz Schwinn]] (1860–1948), a designer, a founder, and the eventual sole owner of the Schwinn Bicycle Company<ref name="chicagoparkdistrict.com"/>
* [[Shel Silverstein]] (1930–1999), author and poet, was a childhood resident of Logan Square<ref>{{cite news|last=Alessio|first=Carolyn|title=A Poet with Heart and Edge|date=May 11, 1999|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=December 21, 2018|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1999-05-11-9905110060-story.html}}</ref>
* [[Jacob Winchester]] (born 1987), writer, voice actor, and composer worked in a Logan Square warehouse<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jacob Winchester |url=https://www.jacobwinchester.com/ |access-date=2024-10-09 |website=Jacob Winchester |language=en-US}}</ref>

==See also==
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* [[Norwegian Americans]]
* [[Polish Americans]]
* [[Polish Cathedral style]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{wikivoyage|Chicago/Logan-Bucktown|Logan-Bucktown}}
* [http://www.cityofchicago.org/content/dam/city/depts/doit/general/GIS/Chicago_Maps/Community_Areas/CA_LOGAN_SQUARE.pdf Official City of Chicago Logan Square Community Map]
* [http://www.bucktown.org Bucktown Community Organization]
* [http://nwchicagohistory.org/nwch_bucktown.html The Northwest Chicago Historical Society's history of Bucktown]
* [http://www.logansquarepreservation.org/ Logan Square Preservation]
* [http://www.loganchamber.org/ Logan Square Chamber of Commerce]
* [http://www.lsna.net/ Logan Square Neighborhood Association]
* [http://www.wickerparkbucktown.com/ Wicker Park & Bucktown Chamber of Commerce]
* [http://www.gapersblock.com/airbags/archives/palmer_square/ Palmer Square]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101201140850/http://chicagopc.info/Chicago%20postcards/entertainment/clubs/chicago%20norske%20club%20ext.JPG Chicago Norske Klub]

{{Geographic Location
| Center = Logan Square, Chicago
| Northwest = [[Portage Park, Chicago]]
| North = [[Avondale, Chicago]]
| Northeast = [[North Center, Chicago]]
| East = [[Lincoln Park, Chicago]]
| Southeast = [[Near North Side, Chicago]]
| South = [[West Town, Chicago]]
| Southwest = [[Humboldt Park, Chicago]]
| West = [[Hermosa, Chicago]]
}}
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