A reader sent us an
article about the reopening of the American Islamic College at Irving Park and Marine, in the former Immaculata High School. It's been closed for nearly ten years, but has begun offering courses again this week. We're glad to see this
beautiful old Prairie Style building (designed by a protegee of Frank Lloyd Wright) back in use.
And once again, the Tribune proves that it has absolutely no idea what the borders of Uptown are. The rule of thumb seems to be: If it's bad, it happens in Uptown (even if it was in Lakeview), and if it's good, it happens in Lakeview (even if it's Uptown).
In all fairness to the Tribune, every real estate map or even the real estate agents themselves consider everything south of Montrose to be Lakeview.
ReplyDelete"If it's bad, it happens in Uptown (even if it was in Lakeview), and if it's good, it happens in Lakeview (even if it's Uptown)."
ReplyDeleteUnless it's northern Uptown, in which case, it's Andersonville. As seen in this morning's Trib:
"Scott, ... , moved in 2008 to the Andersonville neighborhood, near the Annoyance Theatre"
http://tinyurl.com/3yug4tu
Now, granted, he may actually LIVE further north, in Andersonville. But it sure seems to imply that the Annoyance is now an Andersonville spot.
So, sorry that my neighborhood is implicitly stealing stuff.
Also? That's a beautiful building. Kudos the College for locating there.
You can see an old postcard of it here: Immaculata High School and a photograph of the edge of it, along with an early view of Irving, here: early construction.
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ReplyDeleteNobody actually lives in Uptown, it's all Buena Park or Sheridan Park or whatever park they call it east of Broadway.
Some names do have staying power; a lot of these "neighborhoods" were separate suburbs and villages before they were annexed by the City.
ReplyDeleteLakeview Township, which extends up to Devon, wasn't annexed until 1889; Rogers Park in 1893. Until then, these were independent areas. Ravenswood, Sheridan Park, etc. were all separate villages. Generations of families that lived on the north side, my family included, always referred to these neighborhoods by their old names.
The name Buena Park actually predates Uptown by a number of years; it was developed in the late 1880s when Robert Waller subdivided his land. (His original house is where St. Mary's is now.)
Some names have only recently disappeared. Argyle Park was a village, described in an old Chicago-area guidebook as "a beautiful suburb with wide avenues and macadamized streets."
Joanne,
ReplyDeleteThats pretty interesting stuff. Is there a resource out there that has all the history of Uptown in one place?
@Windy -- there's no central source out there that I'm aware of; I've just been picking up bits and pieces of history over the years, mostly from old newspaper articles, books, etc., and blogging it.
ReplyDeleteThe Edgewater Historical Society has a lot of northside history articles online and a museum; the Sulzer branch of the Chicago Public Library has an extensive collection of northside photos.
In all fairness to the Tribune, every real estate map or even the real estate agents themselves consider everything south of Montrose to be Lakeview.
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