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Lake View

Lakeview or Lake View is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago, . Lakeview is located on the city's North Side and is bordered by West Diversey Parkway on the south, West Irving Park Road and West Montrose Ave on the north, North Ravenswood Avenue on the west, and the shore of on the east.
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  • Type: Suburb with 103,000 residents
  • Description: community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Lake View community area”, “Lake View neighborhood”, “Lake View, Chicago”, “Lakeview”, “Lakeview community area”, “Lakeview neighborhood”, and “Lakeview, Chicago”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vautravers Building and Addison station.

Residential building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
The is a historic apartment building at 947 W Newport in the Lake View neighborhood of . It was relocated in 2021 to preserve it as part of the reconstruction of the CTA Red Line elevated rail structure.

Metro station
Photo: Gerald Farinas, CC BY 2.5.
Addison is a station on the Red Line. It is located in the Wrigleyville area of the Lakeview neighborhood of , , at 940 West Addison Street with city block coordinates at 3600 North at 940 West.

Theater building
is a continuously operating non-profit theater in dedicated to Modern Theatrical Improvisation, a form of theater invented in the city.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Boystown and Lincoln Park-Old Town.

Neighborhood
Photo: Simulcra, Public domain.
Lakeview or Lake View is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago, . Lakeview is located on the city's North Side and is bordered by West Diversey Parkway on the south, West Irving Park Road and West Montrose Ave on the north, North Ravenswood Avenue on the west, and the shore of on the east.

Photo: AndrewHorne, CC BY-SA 3.0.
In Lincoln Park, collegians mix with freshly-minted lawyers and barrel-chested brokers. All come to seek their good fortune in beer gardens on the north side of , a short walk from miles of beautiful parks and the fabulous Lincoln Park Zoo.

Photo: Niklas Hellerstedt, CC BY 2.0.
Lakeview has the lion's share of 's nightlife, starting with Wrigleyville, home of the Chicago Cubs and major players in the city's theater and music scenes, and Boystown, one of the largest and most vibrant LGBT communities in the United States.

Lake View

Latitude
41.94424° or 41° 56′ 39″ north
Longitude
-87.65417° or 87° 39′ 15″ west
Population
103,000
Elevation
620 feet (189 metres)
Open location code
86HJW8VW+M8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6027647426
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
11807141
Wiki­data ID
Q3216469
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Satellite Map

Discover Lake View from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Urdu—“Lake View” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Laket View”
  • Catalan: “Lake View”
  • Chinese: “湖景區 (芝加哥)”
  • French: “Lake View”
  • French: “Lakeview (Chicago)”
  • French: “Lakeview”
  • Japanese: “レイク・ビュー (シカゴ)”
  • Japanese: “レイク・ビュー”
  • Portuguese: “Lake View”
  • Spanish: “Lake View”
  • Turkish: “Lake View”
  • Urdu: “لیک ویو، شکاگو”

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Localities in the Area

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lake View”. Photo: Raymonst, CC BY-SA 3.0.