Lincoln Square, located on the North Side of the city of Chicago, Illinois, is one of 77 well-defined Chicago community areas. Greater Lincoln Square encompasses the smaller neighborhoods of Ravenswood Gardens, Ravenswood, Bowmanville, Budlong Woods and Lincoln Square (neighborhood). Although it is sometimes known by these other names the City of Chicago officially designated it as Lincoln Square in 1925. About 44,000 people live in the neighborhood along with over 1,000 small and medium sized businesses. It is accessible through the Brown Line of the 'L'. It is bounded by Peterson Avenue and Bryn Mawr Avenue on the north, Montrose Avenue on the south, Ravenswood Avenue on the east and the Chicago River on the west. It is somewhat trendy and its housing stock consists of private residences and small apartment buildings.
The commercial heart of Lincoln Square is located at the intersection of Lawrence, Western and Lincoln Avenues. Lincoln Avenue south east of this intersection is home to a wide variety of restaurants and shops. Lincoln Square is historically known as a heavily German influenced and populated neighborhood, but now one is just as likely to see shops catering to Thai or Middle Eastern cultures. Still, the neighborhood is home to a number of German businesses, notably the Chicago Brauhaus, Merz Apothecary and Lutz Continental Café, and is the home of the Chicago branches of DANK (the German American National Congress) and the Niedersachsen Club. The German-language weekly newspaper Amerika-Woche was born in Lincoln Square in 1972, though its original headquarters above the Brauhaus is now only a bureau.
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Points of interest
Lincoln Square marquee at Lawrence and Lincoln avenues.
Hospitals
- Kindred North Hospital
- Methodist Chicago Hospital
- Swedish Covenant Hospital
Schools
Public art
- Berlin Wall Monument (Western Avenue Brown Line Station), 2008
- Lincoln/Leland Mural (Lincoln Quality Meat Market), 2007
- Greater Rockwell Mural (Beans and Bagels), 2005
- Lincoln/Sunnyside Mural, 1997
- The Maypole, 1999
- Giddings Square Fountain, 1999
- Lombard Lamp, 1979
- Lincoln Statue, 1956
- The Lincoln Square Mural, 1991
Events
The following events occur within the neighborhood on an annual basis.
- Ravenswood Run 5K
- May Fest
- Lincoln Square Summer Concert Series
- Folk & Roots Festival
- Lincoln Square Sidewalk Sale
- Lincoln Square Garden Walk
- Lincoln Square Classic Car Show & Pinewood Derby
- Lincoln Square Poetry Fest
- German-American Fest
- Lincoln Square Fall Apple Fest
- Friends of the Grape Wine Festival
- Christmas Tree Lighting in the Square
- Christkindl Market
Bordering Neighborhoods
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Lincoln Square, Chicago 
