OUR TRIP TO

LINCOLN PARKBY MICHELLE MARIN, ALEXANDREA STONE, AND MINE

(WIZARD KELLY) DAFIAGHOR

LOCATION

• LINCOLN PARK IS LOCATED

APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES SOUTH

OUR LAKESHORE CAMPUS AND IS

THE 7TH NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY

OF NEIGHBORHOODS.

DIRECTIONS

• WE DECIDED TO TAKE THE “EL” AT THE LOYOLA STOP AND GET OFF AT THE

SHERIDAN STOP.

THE HISTORY OF LINCOLN PARK

LINCOLN PARK WAS ONCE AN INDIAN TERRITORY NEAR PRESENT DAY NORTH

AND CLYBOURNE AVE. THEN IN 1824, THE UNITED STATES MILITARY TOOK IT

OVER AS A POST.

THE DEMOGRAPHICS

• FOLLOWING THE CIVIL WAR,

THE AREA HAD A LARGE

AMOUNT OF POLISH AND

GERMAN INFLUENCE. TOWARDS

THE END OF THE 1960’S, THERE

BECAME A LARGE INCREASE OF

PUERTO RICAN IMMIGRANTS .

Demographics 2010[1] • White 82.88% • Black 4.29% • Hispanic 5.57% • Asian 5.14% • Other 2.12%

LAND MARKS• One of the most known landmarks is the Abraham

Lincoln Statue• There is also a statue of William Shakespeare in the

Lincoln Park Conservatory• However you cant visit Lincoln park during the day

without going to its most famous zoo.

ALEX’S REFLECTION

• HAVING BEEN TO LINCOLN PARK NUMEROUS TIMES, THIS EXPERIENCE ONLY

MADE MY FONDNESS OF THE AREA EVEN STRONGER.

MICHELLE’S REFLECTION

• LINCOLN PARK WAS A REALLY UNIQUE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I ENJOYED

VISITING.

WIZARD KELLY’S REFLECTION

• W WENT AT THE RIGHT TIME TO REALLY ENJOY THE ARCHITECTURE DURING

THE WARM WEATHER AND SEEING ALL THE DOGS WAS AN ADDED BONUS.

DA KREW

WORKS CITED

• "LOYOLA UNIVERSITY LAKESHORE CAMPUS STORE, NORTH SHERIDAN ROAD, CHICAGO, IL TO LINCOLN PARK, CHICAGO, IL - GOOGLE MAPS." LOYOLA

UNIVERSITY LAKESHORE CAMPUS STORE, NORTH SHERIDAN ROAD, CHICAGO, IL TO LINCOLN PARK, CHICAGO, IL - GOOGLE MAPS. GOOGLE, N.D. WEB.

13 MAR. 2015.

• "LINCOLN PARK, CHICAGO." WIKIPEDIA. WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION, N.D. WEB. 13 MAR. 2015.