North Park, Chicago

Neighborhood

Originally a Swedish community and later a stronghold of Orthodox Jews, it is generally a broadly mixed community of various backgrounds. It is part of the 60625 and 60659 zip codes.

North Park received its name from North Park University which built its Old Main building in 1894 along Foster Avenue west of Kedzie, on the north bank of the river. Further west is the campus of Northeastern Illinois University, which opened in 1961. Other major land uses include two large cemeteries, LaBagh Woods Forest Preserve, Peterson Pulaski Industrial Park, and North Park Village, which includes housing, park facilities, and a nature center.

The Good Counsel Province of the Polish Felician Sisters is headquartered in this neighborhood, as is Chicago's PBS station, WTTW, in the Chicago Production Center. Two universities – North Park University and Northeastern Illinois University – and a Yeshiva make for concentrated educational resources. The closest CTA 'L' station is the Brown Line terminal.

North Park is in Jefferson Township, which was annexed into Chicago in 1889.

Economy

The Korean-American Chamber of Commerce is located at 5601 North Spaulding Avenue.

The education section of the Consulate-General of the People's Republic of China in Chicago is located at 3322 West Peterson Avenue, several blocks away from the rest of the consulate at 4747 West Peterson Avenue.

Politics

The North Park community area has overwhelmingly supported the Democratic Party in recent presidential elections. In the 2016 presidential election, North Park cast 4,897 votes (70.02%) for Hillary Clinton and cast 1,799 votes (25.72%) for Donald Trump. In the 2012 presidential election, North Park cast 4,563 votes (66.40%) for Barack Obama and cast 2,199 votes for Mitt Romney (32.00%).

Notable people

• Seymour Simon (1915–2006), politician who served as President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners and a Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court. He resided in the Hollywood Park neighborhood for many years.

Schools

Public

Elementary

• Mary G Peterson Elementary School
• Hannah G Solomon Elementary School

High school

• CICS Northtown Academy
• Northside Learning Center
• Northside College Prep
• Von Steuben Metropolitan High School

Private

Elementary

• St Bernadette School
• Joan Dachs Bais Yaakov
• Wonder Montessori School

High school

• Bais Yaakov High School
• Telshe High School

Higher education

• North Park University
• North Park Theological Seminary
• Northeastern Illinois University
• Telshe Yeshiva

Library

• Albany Park Library

References

References

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