With a Zoo, a Park, Clubs, Restaurants and Theater, You Have It All in Lincoln Park neighborhood, Chicago

With a Zoo, a Park, Clubs, Restaurants and Theater, You Have It All in Lincoln Park neighborhood, Chicago

From fitness clubs to dance clubs to boat clubs - it can be found in the Lincoln Park, neighborhood, Chicago. Undoubtedly this area, located on the north side of town, is among Chicago's most happening night time areas with a wide variety of restaurants including international cuisine and international music. Lincoln Park neighborhood is also home to a gorgeous green park of the same name and the Lincoln Park Zoo, making it an area of the Windy City perfect for night life or family life. It is only 2.5-miles away from the main business district.

Lincoln Park is seated on what was once a swamp, once home to scattered Native American settlements and a U.S. Army post established in 1824. It was not until after the City of Chicago was founded in 1837 that the population of the area began to establish itself.

The park itself, sits to the east of the neighborhood, along Lake Michigan. It was built on land once occupied for a smallpox hospital and cemetery. Today, tennis courts, a rowing canal, a nature museum, an outdoor theater and a permanent series of activities and events fitting to any major city park can all be found there. The Lincoln Park Zoo has a wide variety of animals and is one of the only zoological parks in the United States that does not charge admission.

Wandering the streets in the Lincoln Park, neighborhood, Chicago, both large boutiques and small specialty stores can both be found. And not only material needs but intellectual and artistic needs are also catered to here. Various theatrical venues as well as bookstores can be found as well as the DePaul University campus, home to 1,700 students. Families in Lincoln Park can choose to send their children to one of the various public magnet schools in the area, a private school, or the neighborhood public school.

The tree-lined residential streets offer a pleasant stroll to take in the 19th century-style houses. In some areas the homes are of more recent designs, the result of the reconstruction after the Great Fire of Chicago in 1871. Many of the homes built after the fire, were wooden structures that were replaced with sturdier, more permanent houses some fifty years later (in the 1920s).

There is little doubt why this area is a favorite spot for Chicago residents and visitors alike. It has developed into an area of non-stop diverse activity for the inhabitants that wish to take advantage of it. Either by day or by night, Lincoln Park is a neighborhood of Chicago with lots of places to go and plenty of things to do.