HOW TO GET TO WICKER PARK FROM LOYOLA

● RED LINE TO NORTH AND CLYBOURN, BUS 72 TOWARDS

MILWAUKEE AVEOR

● RED LINE TO LAKE, THEN WALK TO THE WASHINGTON BLUE

LINE TO DIVISION

THE “L” STOPS

CAN YOU SPOT WICKER PARK?Wicker Park in 1837:

• Developing neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois.

• Industrial growth, housing many prominent members of society.

• Furthest northwest point in the city

Wicker Park Today:

• Encompassing Area:

• North Avenue

• Division

• Ashland

• Western

DINNER REVIEWANTIQUE TACO

WICKER PARK

CHICAGO

ILLINOIS

SALAD

REVIEW:

BY: MEGAN

• SALAD:

• FRESH & INVENTIVE

• SERVICE:

• EASY TO ORDER

• RECEIVED FOOD FAST

• I WOULD GO BACK IF I WAS IN THE AREA, BUT I WOULDN’T

MAKE A SPECIAL TRIP TO WICKER PARK

BY: SARA

● A COMFORTABLE RESTAURANT, INCLUDED MANY

OF THE COMFORTS OF HOME

● VERY CASUAL AND A GREAT PLACE TO GO WITH A

GROUP

● INTRODUCES NEW FLAVORS TO THE CLASSIC

TACO, INCLUDING SWEET POTATO, RIBEYE, AND

FRESH AND LOCAL PRODUCE

● LOCATED ON MILWAUKEE AVE, THE MAIN STREET

AND HEART OF WICKER PARK

OUR MEAL!

SHOPS & FOOD

THE BAZAAR

SHOPPING:

JEWELRY AND ACCESSORIES

HANDPICKED FROM

SOUTHEAST ASIA

DIVISION STREET CROSS FIT

GET STARTED TODAY!

MILK & HONEY CAFECHECK OUT THEIR WEBSITE:

WWW.MILK&HONEY.COM

BREAKFAST

LUNCH

RECIPIES

LANDMARKS• One of the main

streets of Wicker

Park. N.

Milwaukee

Avenue

• Epicenter of

shopping and

most of the more

interesting

artistic places of

the area

DEMOGRAPHICS

TODAY,

WICKER PARK IS HOME TO MAINLY COLLEGE GRADUATES WHO

COMMUTE TO DOWNTOWN WORK. WICKER PARK’S EASY ACCESS TO

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND THE LOOP MAKES IT APPEALING.

ARCHITECTURE • Some

Victorian

Style but

very much

modernized

for the most

part

• Most

buildings

include this

sort of flare

and style as

you walk

down the

main street

GALLERIES• Art galleries

are a large

part of

Wicker park

because of

the area

being known

as a haven for

“up and

coming”

artists of all

kinds

NEIGHBORHOOD FESTIVALS AND EVENTS

WICKER PARK FEST-

“CHICAGOS BEST STREET FESTIVAL OF THE SUMMER”-CHICAGO TRIBUNE

CUTTING EDGE MUSIC, CELEBRATED LOCAL RESTAURANTS AND UNBEATABLE CULTUR

THE FESTIVAL TAKES PLACE ALONG MILWAUKEE AVENUE FROM NORTH AVENUE TO PAULINA STREET

ROUGHLY 60,000 PEOPLE ATTEND EACH YEAR!

GRAFFITI?… OR STREET ART.

WHY WICKER PARK??

WE WANTED TO GO TO A NEIGHBORHOOD

THAT WAS LESS COMMERCIAL THAN DOWNTOWN

CHICAGO AND HAD MANY LOCAL AND INDEPENDENT

BUSINESSES.

WORKS CITED

HTTP://WWW.TIMEOUT.COM/CHICAGO/WICKER-PARK-BUCKTOWN/ART-IN-WICKER-

PARK-BUCKTOWN

HTTP://WWW.WICKERPARKBUCKTOWN.COM/EVENTS/FESTIVALS#WPF

HTTP://WWW.ANTIQUETACO.COM