Uptown Square Historic District

The Uptown Square Historic District is a commercial historic district encompassing parts of Broadway and Lawrence Avenue in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.

Type: Neighborhood
Description: historic district in Chicago, Illinois
Also known as: “Uptown Square”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Riviera Theatre and Green Mill Cocktail Lounge.

Riviera Theatre

Theater building

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The Riviera Theatre is a concert venue located in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Green Mill Cocktail Lounge

Bar

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The Green Mill Cocktail Lounge is a bar and entertainment venue on Broadway in Uptown, Chicago. The Green Mill's origins can be traced to the late 1890s.

Lawrence station

Metro station

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Lawrence is an 'L' station on the Chicago Transit Authority's Red Line. It is an elevated station located at 1117 West Lawrence Avenue in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Uptown Chicago and Argyle Street.

Uptown is a scruffy, jazz-inflected neighborhood on the north side of Chicago. Within its boundaries, off to the side of the action, are the residential areas of Sheridan Park and Buena Park, and an exciting Southeast Asian community based around Argyle Street.

Argyle Street

Neighborhood

Argyle Street is a neighborhood located in the Uptown community area on the Far Northeast side of Chicago, Illinois. The neighborhood is roughly bounded by Foster Avenue to the north, Glenwood Avenue to the east, Ainslie Street to the south, and Sheridan Road to the west.