Real Estate In Uptown

Bounded by Irving Park Road to the south, Foster Avenue to the north, Clark Avenue to the west, and Lake Michigan to the east, Uptown includes areas such as Buena Park and Sheridan Park.

Built as a luxury lakeside summer resort in the 1890s, it became the center of moviemaking after World War I. Chicago was a major force in film production where Charlie Chaplin shot his first films in 1915. The name Uptown seems to have come from one of the trendy department stores once in the area.

Uptown has a long history as an entertainment center. The namesake Uptown Theater included nearly 4,500 seats. Frank Sinatra sang in the ornate Aragon Ballroom, another landmark. Uptown once was home to Gloria Swanson, Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin. Like other areas of Chicago, Uptown began to deteriorate after World War II and many of its affluent residents fled to the suburbs. With a shortage of more affordable housing, spacious old homes and apartments were converted into rooming houses.

Uptown is today one of Chicago's most ethnically and economically diverse neighborhoods. Its 63,551 population (2000) includes immigrants from Vietnam, Cambodia, Ethiopia and Bosnia and. Argyle Street, with its many ethnic businesses is the commercial heart of Chicago's Southeast Asian. Little Saigon on Argyle Street represents a sampling of Vietnamese culture, including restaurants and stores.

The housing stock of Uptown is eclectic, from mansions along Lake Michigan to abandoned buildings along Broadway Avenue. In between there are upscale, single-family homes and lakefront condominiums, moderately priced private apartments, well-managed subsidized family apartments, and tenant-purchased building. While Uptown has a large percentage of buildings with 50 or more units, it also has smaller scale buildings. Many three flats are being renovated into affordable condominiums. There are many new residential buildings that have recently been completed or proposed. This mixed housing stock allows Uptown to accommodate various groups from different racial, ethnic, economic, and social backgrounds.

New homebuyers are moving to Uptown because the prices are lower than other nearby communities and fewer crowds than Lincoln Park. Its location near both the lake and rapid transit, along with its beautiful architecture, makes it a perfect location for those trying to extend Lincoln Park north along the Lakefront. There is also a growing stock of new homes in Uptown. New residents also like the prices as there are still bargains to be found, but property prices are rising.

Uptown is also home to the Truman City College of Chicago that provides a lot of different community activities.

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Coordinates are: Clark to Kedzie (3200W), Montrose (4400N) to Foster (5200N)
Zip Code(s) include: 60625