North Park, Chicago - Definition and Overview

North Park is a Chicago neighborhood north of Albany Park and below Sauganash. It is bordered by the North Shore Channel on the east, the Chicago River's North Branch and Foster Avenue on the south, Cicero Avenue on the west and Devon Avenue on the north. Originally a Swedish community and later a stronghold of Orthodox Jews, it more recently has been adopted by American newcomers, from Latinos to Middle Easterners and Eastern Europeans.

The closest El stop is the Kimball station on the Brown Line.

North Park University, North Park Theological Seminary and Northeastern Illinois University are located in North Park.

External links

• Maps and aerial photos
  • Street map from Mapquest (http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=41.975000&longitude=-87.709167&zoom=7)
  • Topographic map from Topozone (http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=41.975000&lon=-87.709167&s=50&size=m)
  • Aerial photograph from Microsoft Terraserver (http://terraserver.microsoft.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=13&lon=-87.709167&lat=41.975000&w=600&h=400)