West Ridge

West Ridge is one of the 77 community areas of in Illinois, United States. It is historically a middle-class neighborhood located on the far North Side of the City of .
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  • Type: Suburb with 77,100 residents
  • Description: community area in Chicago, Illinois
  • Also known as: “West Ridge, Chicago”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Leather Archives & Museum and Rogers Park station.

Museum
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The Leather Archives & Museum is a community archives, library, and museum located in the Rogers Park neighborhood of , Illinois. Founded by Chuck Renslow and Tony DeBlase in 1991, its mission is making “leather, kink, BDSM, and fetish accessible…

Railway station
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Rogers Park is a commuter railroad station in the neighborhood on the north side of . It is located at 7000 North Ravenswood Avenue, between West Greenleaf Avenue and West Lunt Avenue.

Library
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is a library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rogers Park and North Lincoln.

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is the northern border of — the wild-eyed inheritor of uninhibited lakefront, swamps become beaches, and the beauty of Chicago bricks.

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is a collection of neighborhoods on the north side of through which Lincoln Avenue wanders, remembering treasures and curiosities of the last century in Chicago life, moving along, and forgetting them all over again.

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is a city in the region of along the shores of . has many identities: college town, dining destination, cultural center and gateway to the wealthy North Shore, although the city itself is anything but homogeneous in regards to economic status, culture and race.

West Ridge

Latitude
42.0035° or 42° 0′ 13″ north
Longitude
-87.6962° or 87° 41′ 47″ west
Population
77,100
Elevation
597 feet (182 metres)
Open location code
86JJ2833+CG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153681659
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
4916079
Wiki­data ID
Q2746759
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From French to Urdu—“West Ridge” goes by many names.
  • French: “West Ridge”
  • Italian: “West Ridge”
  • Japanese: “ウェスト・リッジ”
  • Japanese: “ウエスト・リッジ”
  • Russian: “Вест Ридж”
  • Serbian: “Vest Ridž”
  • Serbian: “Вест Риџ”
  • South Azerbaijani: “وزت ریدج، چیکاقو”
  • Turkish: “West Ridge”
  • Urdu: “ویسٹ رج، شکاگو”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Congregation Kins of West Rogers Park and Agudath Israel of West Rogers Park.

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