Wicker Park, West Town

Located within the West Town community area, Wicker Park is a heady mix of popular pastimes. Boutiques, art galleries, theaters, restaurants, nightclubs and coffeehouses thrive amid the influence of the surrounding German, Scandinavian and Eastern European communities in this compact neighborhood. On top of that, beautiful historic mansions built for Chicago’s wealthy 19th century merchants and German beer brewers provide some of the best examples of Victorian architecture anywhere in the city.

Wicker Park, West Town: Artistic Enclave

Written by Alan Solomon, with research assistance from the Chicago Neighborhood Tourism Project.

Wicker Park, the northeastern slice of the West Town community, has never been less than intriguing.

The Ukrainian Village and East Village neighborhoods are also part of West Town and have their own chapters. So does the Humboldt Park neighborhood. (The part of West Town that's west of Western Avenue, because it's culturally as well as physically linked to the rest of Humboldt Park, has been included there.)

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