West Ridge, Chicago
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West Ridge or West Rogers Park is a middle to upper middle class neighborhood located on the far north side of Chicago, Illinois. It is bordered on the north by Howard Street, on the east by Ridge Boulevard, Western Avenue, and Ravenswood Avenue, on the south by Bryn Mawr Avenue and Peterson Avenue, and on the west by Kedzie Avenue and the North Shore channel of the Chicago River. At one time joined with neighboring Rogers Park, it separated in the 1890's over a conflict concerning park districts (known as the Cabbage War.) Today West Ridge is one of Chicago's better off communities, filled with thriving multi-ethnic culture lining Devon Avenue, historic mansions lining Ridge and Lunt Avenues, cultural institutions such as St. Scholastica Acadaemy and one of the highest per capita on the Northside of Chicago.
It is home to the Midwest's largest Hasidic community, as well as other Jewish, Irish-American, German-American, Indian, Pakistani, Bangaldeshi, Assyrian, and Korean immigrant communities.
Community Area 02 - West Ridge Location within the city of Chicago |
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ZIP Code | 60645 and parts of 60659 | |
Area | 9.14 km² (3.53 mi²) | |
Population (2000) Density |
73,199 (up 11.97% from 1990) 8,006.3 /km² |
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Demographics | White Black Hispanic Asian Other |
49.7% 6.78% 15.5% 22.3% 5.65% |
Median income | $41,144 USD | |
Source: U.S. Census, Record Information Services |
[edit] Schools
- ABC Academy
- Bethesda Evangelical Lutheran School
- Bnos Rabbeinu High School
- Boone Elementary School
- Cheder Lubavitch Girls High School
- Clinton Elementary School
- Stephen Decatur Classical School
- George Armstrong Elementary School
- Hanna Sacks Bais Yaakov High School
- Ida Crown Jewish Academy
- Jamieson Elementary School
- Joan Dachs Bais Yaakov High School
- Keshet High School
- Mather High School
- NAES College
- Rogers Elementary School
- St. Hilary Elementary School
- St. Margaret Mary School
- St. Philips Evangelical Lutheran School
- St. Scholastica Academy
- Stone Elementary Academy
- Tzemach Tzedek Elementary School
- Vicytor C. Neumann School
- Yeshiva Migdal Torah School
- Yeshiva Shearis Yisroel-Veitzn
[edit] External links
- Chicago Park District: Indian Boundary Park
- Lakeside Community Development Corporation
- Photographs of Devon Avenue by Jordan Bettis
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