Bucktown/Wicker Park Neighborhood Guide

The Wicker Park and Bucktown neighborhoods of Chicago have blossomed from gritty to gorgeous over the past 20 years. A primarily residential area; Bucktown and Wicker Park offer a mix of new construction with a modern feel and converted industrial lofts, as well as historic single-family home rentals.

Located directly west of the River North and Lincoln Park neighborhoods, Wicker Park and Bucktown offer small town feels in the midst of a big city landscape. Residents can see the imprint of the areas many cultural communities on the architecture in the area, particularly in Wicker Park’s many historic cathedrals.

Another notable community is the arts community, which gravitated to the area starting in the 1980s and has continued to lend the area a distinctly urban, modern attitude.

Here you will find numerous boutique clothing stores, art galleries and coffee shops, a happening local music scene, and some of the hottest bars in the city all rolled into one. The area also boasts an impressive array of restaurants, from edgy fusion concepts to comfort food to ethnic spots of all kinds. Residents have easy access to the Loop via the CTA Blue Line.

Whether you go to work with a briefcase in your hand or a paint brush, this artsy melting pot of a neighborhood has a little something for all of its residents.

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