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4 Garfield Park
To sample Lakeview’s architec-
tural heritage, visit Alta Vista Conservatory
Terrace, between Grace and 300 North Central Park Ave. Tel (312)
Byron Streets. This block 746-5100. q Conservatory-Central
of turn-of-the-century row Park Dr. (Green Line). Open 9am–5pm
houses was designed by (to 8pm Wed) daily. 8 available to
Samuel Gross, who wished members. = 7 h
to replicate the row houses ∑ garfieldconservatory.org
he had seen in London after
a trip to Europe. Designed by Jens Jensen, (who
Hawthorne Place, north of was known as “the dean of
Belmont Avenue, east of Prairie landscapes”) in 1906,
Broadway, is a rare surviving the spectacular Garfield Park
Victorian-era residential design Conservatory is a large,
that is typical of the area’s enclosed garden which houses
Wrigley Field baseball stadium, home of early development. the world’s largest public
the famous Chicago Cubs Beautiful tombstones mark horticultural collection under
2 Lakeview and the resting places of Chicago’s glass. Children are well catered
notables in Graceland Cemetery for at the Elizabeth Morse
Wrigleyville (4001 North Clark Street), just Genius Children’s Garden, with
north of Lake view. Buried here exhibits showing how plants
West of Lake Michigan to Ashland
Ave., from Diversey Ave. to W Irving are Louis Sullivan (see p32) and grow and reproduce. Although
Park Rd. q Belmont (Red, Brown, George Pullman (see p121), the conservatory was greatly
Purple Lines). @ 9, 22, 36. _ See among others. A site map is damaged in a hail storm in
Entertainment: p159. available at the cemetery’s office. 2011, rebuilding is nearly done.
Lakeview and Wrigleyville are
two of Chicago’s most colorful 5 Oak Park
neighborhoods. Now a cultural Bounded by N North Ave, S Roosevelt
melting pot, the area was Rd., E Austin Blvd. & W Harlem Ave.
settled by German immigrants n (708) 524-7800. q Oak Park
in the 1830s. Farms dotted (Green Line); Harlem/Lake (Green
the landscape until the mid- Line). £ Oak Park (Union Pacific/West
1800s, when the area began Line). Visitors’ center: 1010 Lake St.
to develop as a residential Open 10am–5pm daily. Closed Jan 1,
neighborhood of working- Thanksgiving, Dec 25. 8 9 Frank
class Swedish immigrants. Lloyd Wright Information Center: 209
After annexation by the S LaSalle St. Tel (312) 994-4000. 8
City in 1889, a spurt of ∑ gowright.org
development established
the area as one of the liveliest Rapp House, one of Wicker Park’s In 1889, Frank Lloyd Wright
in Chicago – a distinction it architectural gems moved to Oak Park, at the
continues to hold today. age of 22. During the next 20
Wrigleyville, the northern 3 Wicker Park years here, he created many
half of Lakeview, is named after Bounded by North Ave., Milwaukee, groundbreaking buildings as his
Wrigley Field, home of the Leavitt, and Division sts. q Damen legendary Prairie School style
famous Chicago Cubs baseball (Blue Line). @ 56. _ Around the evolved. This community is
team. This charming stadium, Coyote (Sep). home to 25 Wright buildings –
designed by Zachary Taylor the largest grouping of his work
Davis in 1914, is the oldest If you are looking for the trendy anywhere. Oak Park is also
National League ballpark. The area of Chicago, Wicker Park,
community resisted electric brimming with galleries,
lighting of the stadium into boutiques, coffeehouses,
the late 1980s. restaurants, and nightclubs is it.
Lakeview hosts a thriving In the late 1800s, Scandinavian
theater scene as well as and German immigrants built
excellent restaurants, mansions here and many of
coffeehouses, bars, specialty them remain, making this a
shops, and bookshops. Vintage great area for an architectural
boutiques line Belmont Avenue tour. Of interest are John Rapp
between Halsted and Sheffield House (1407 North Hoyne
Streets. The Boystown region in Avenue) and Holy Trinity
Lakeview is also the heart of Cathedral (1121 Leavitt Street), Frank Lloyd Wright’s Home and Studio, his
Chicago’s gay community. designed by Louis Sullivan. residence for 20 years

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