1. WICKER PARK
A “Connection to Loyola” assignment by Marlena Gondek, Paige Hesson, Sadie Lipe, and
James Moran

2. FUN FACTS ABOUT WICKER
PARK
 Facts adhere to: Area: 0.958 square miles – 60622 to 60647 detailed profile
 Population: 25,008
 Median income: $77,214
 Source: http://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/Wicker-Park-Chicago-
IL.html

3. HISTORY
 Wicker Park is a Chicago neighborhood northwest of the Loop, south of
Bucktown, and west of Pulaski Park within West Town.
 Founded 1868 – idea was to build a neighborhood/park lying west of
Milwaukee Ave and south of North Ave
 Charles Wicker, who, with his brother Joel, purchased 80 acres of land along
Milwaukee Ave in 1870 and laid out a subdivision with a mix of lot sizes
 The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 spurred the first wave of development, as
homeless Chicagoans looked to build new houses
 Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicker_Park,_Chicago

4. HOW TO GET THERE
Getting There Getting Back
• From the Loyola or Granville
Red Line stop, you head south
towards 95th/Dan Ryan
• Take 95th/Dan Ryan south
towards the Jackson Red Line
stop and get off at Jackson
• Transfer to the Blue Line
towards O’Hare at the Jackson
Red Line stop
• Take the Blue Line towards
O’Hare to Damen
• Get off at Damen
• Take the Blue Line Damen
stop towards Forest Park
• Get off at Washington and
transfer to the Red Line at
Washington
• Take the Red Line towards
Howard
• Get off at the Loyola Red
Line stop

5. ATTRACTIONS
 Wicker Park is an up-and-coming trendy area full of unique shops, antique stores, flat iron
art studios, and DONUTS
 Piece Pizza Restaurant owned by Rick Nielson from Cheap Trick
 Stan’s Donuts and Coffee
 Resale/Thrift stores
 The actual park – “Wicker Park”
 Art gallery flat iron studios
 Dimo’s Pizza
 Reckless Records
 Myopic Books