Roscoe Village was originally developed in the early 1900s to accommodate visitors to a large nearby amusement park. Over time, crime became an issue in the late 1970s but a community group helped improve safety. Today, Roscoe Village is a neighborhood located between Addison St, Ravenswood Ave, Belmont Ave and the Chicago River, with a population of around 16,000 people that is racially diverse and has a median income of $92,000.

1. ROSCOE VILLAGE
JORDAN PHILLIPS
COLLEEN MURRAY
DYLAN ZERNICH

2. HISTORY • Land originally bought to
build the “World’s largest
amusement park” which
opened in 1903
• Restaurants and bars were
built to accommodate the
hundreds of thousands of
visitors
(Hadley)

3. HISTORY
• 1977 – crime became a problem
with a series of garage fires
• A group was formed to improve the
safety of the community, it was
successful
• The neighborhood was restored
(Hadley)

4. Things to do…
o Park
o Restaurants
o Beat Kitchen
o Clothing stores
o Bars
o More Bars
FACTS

5. LOCATION OF ROSCOE VILLAGE
• The neighborhood boundaries are Addison Street to the north,
Ravenswood Avenue to the east, Belmont Avenue
to the south, and the Chicago River to the west
• The streets had a lot of trees growing along it
• There were a lot of playgrounds on every other block
• The houses were cute too!
• How to get there?? Take the Red Line to the Belmont
stop and take the bus to the intersection Belmont
and Leavitt

6. DEMOGRAPHICS
• Overall, Roscoe Village takes up .925 square miles
• The total population is 16,244 people*
• The racial diversity is 56% white, 26% Hispanic, 11.4% African
American, 4% Asian, 2% mixed and .6% other*
• 10.4% of the people are attending college at this time*
• Median income is $92,000*
• The percent below the poverty line is 8.7% (all from the US
Census, website: city-data.com)
* As of 2011