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LOCATION AND DIRECTIONSNeighborhood: Lincoln ParkModes of Transportation:1.The “L”: Red Line south to Fullerton2.The Bus: CTA bus routes 151 or 1563.Personal Car: located off Lake Shore Drive at the Fullerton Parkway exit, just minutes north of downtown Chicago. From I-94, exit at either Fullerton Parkway or North Avenue and go east (http://www.lpzoo.org/plan-your-visit/hours-location-directions)

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HISTORICAL FACTSThis community is named after Lincoln Park, a vast public park bordering Lake Michigan. That park, in turn, is named after US president Abraham Lincoln. 

The area now known as Lincoln Park in Chicago was primarily forest with stretches of grassland and occasional quicksand until the late 1820s.

In 1824, the United States Army built a small post near today's Clybourn Avenue and Armitage Avenue (formerly Centre Street). Indian settlements existed along Green Bay Trail, now called Clark Street (named after George Rogers Clark)

In 1836, land from North to Fullerton and from the lake to Halsted was relatively inexpensive, costing $150 per acre. Because the area was considered remote, a smallpox hospital and the city cemetery were located in Lincoln Park until the 1860s.

In 1837, Chicago was incorporated as a city, and North Avenue was established as the city's northern boundary.

In 1874, the Lincoln Park Zoo was opened.

On July 22, 1934 John Dillinger was killed by FBI agents outside the Biograph Theater, at 2433 N. Lincoln Ave..

In the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, Lincoln Park became home to the first Puerto Rican immigrants to Chicago

Paral, Rob. "Chicago Community Areas Historical Data". Chicago Community Areas Historical Data..

CURRENT DEMOGRAPHICS

2014 Population: 67,403Population By Age: 55% of Lincoln Park residents are aged 25-54 with an average age of 3577% of Lincoln Park residents have at least a Bachelor’s Degree49% of Lincoln Park households earn $75,000 or more and the average household income is $115,774

ACTIVITIES AND LANDMARKSMCCORMICK BIRD HOUSE

Created by the first director of the zoo, Cyrus Devry, this home has 10 different habitats that are suppose to replicate dense jungle-like terrain.(http://www.lpzoo.org/magazine/articles/brick-and-mortar-history)

HELEN BRACH PRIMATE HOUSE

All sorts of primate species reside here, including the black howler monkey and white-cheeked gibbon. Create in 1927, this building contains 9 different exhibits. (http://www.lpzoo.org/helen-brach-primate-house)

LINCOLN PARK ZOOFounded in 1868, the first residents at the park were a pair of very popular swans! The swans were a gift from New York Central Park commisioners. (http://www.lpzoo.org/interactives/int_timeline.html)

Primates of all shapes, sizes and colors can be seen swinging and bounding through the trees inside the Helen Brach Primate House. Originally opened in 1927, the historic Primate House once was lined with small, sterile cages typical of the first zoos. However, a two-year renovation of the building’s interior, completed in 1992, created eight, naturalistic exhibits that replicate the native habitats of the primates that make their home here. A large outdoor habitat provides additional play space for white-cheeked gibbons during warmer months

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