This document provides information about Lincoln Park in Chicago, including directions to get there by public transportation, its history, demographics, attractions, and reasons for visiting. It notes that Lincoln Park was originally grasslands and a smallpox hospital before becoming a park named after Abraham Lincoln. It details attractions like the Lincoln Park Zoo, Conservatory, and Old Town historic district. The document also describes a nearby park named Oz Park, after The Wizard of Oz, which features characters from the story.

1. Lincoln Park
Shannon Finley, Daniel
Barger, Talia Avila, and
Servando Moreno

2. Directions to Lincoln Park
 Get on the Red Line at Loyola heading
toward 95th/Dan Ryan.
 Take the Red Line for eleven stops
 Get off at the Fullerton stop!

3. History of Lincoln Park
 Up until the 1820s, Lincoln Park was
mainly grassland.
 1824-Became a small US Army Post
 Before the 1860s, served as a
smallpox hospital and cemetery.
 Renamed after President Abraham
Lincoln.
 Prior to Lincoln Park, named Lake
Park and Cemetery Park.

4. Lincoln Park Stats
 Population – 65,307
 Median Age – 29.7
 Ethnic Makeup – 86.38% Caucasian, 4.30% African
American
 High school level education or higher – 96.8%
 Median Household Income - $84,430

5. Lincoln Park Attractions
 Lincoln Park
 The largest park in Chicago
 Lincoln Park Zoo (Admission Free)
 Est. 1868, bear cub $10
 Lincoln Park Conservatory
 Green house built in 1877
 Old Town Triangle Historic District
 Victorian-style architecture

6. Why is connecting to Chicago
important?
 To learn how to travel around in Chicago
for our next four years
 To understand the history of a well-known
community of Chicago
 To appreciate the people that live in our
community
 To practice Jesuit value of cura personalis
by stepping out of our comfort zone in a
new area

7. Our Adventure to Oz Park!
 Information on OZ Park
 Lyman Frank Baum (Author of
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)
lived in Lincoln Park area in the
1890s
 Originally an area that needed
improvement
 1976 was the year it was
officially named after The
Wonderful Wizard of Oz. (Oz
Park)
 Major characters featured in Oz
Park: Dorothy and Toto, The
Scarecrow, The Tin Man, and
The Cowardly Lion.

9. Sources
 http://www.point2homes.com/US/Neighb
orhood/IL/Chicago/Lincoln-Park-
Demographics.html
 http://www.areavibes.com/chicago-il/
lincoln+park/demographics/
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Park,
_Chicago
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oz_Park