Uptown

This ethnically diverse North Side lakefront neighborhood, situated between Lakeview and Edgewater, is the home of the historic Aragon Ballroom and Uptown Theater, the Riviera Theatre and the Green Mill jazz club.

Argyle Street once was home to Essanay Studios where Charlie Chaplin and Chicago native Gloria Swanson made silent films before the movie industry moved to Hollywood. Today Argyle Street is lined with Vietnamese, Laotian, Cambodian, Thai, Chinese and Filipino shops and restaurants.

Bargain hunters should check out the many small stores on Clark Street between Montrose Street and Wilson Avenue for low-cost clothing, jewelry and accessories. The American Indian Center and Truman College, one of the City Colleges of Chicago, are located in Uptown.

Located throughout the city, Chicago Tribute Markers of Distinction commemorate where notable Chicagoans lived and worked. A marker in Uptown honors editor and writer Margaret Anderson.

Read, Learn, Discover at the Chicago Public Library. Search programming and event information at your neighborhood branch (Uptown, Bezazian).