Logan Square

Logan Square, five miles northwest of the Loop, is at the intersection of Wrightwood Avenue, Milwaukee Avenue, Kedzie, and Logan Boulevard. The neighborhood is renowned for it’s old-world mansions, quaint, tree-lined streets and well-kept homes. It posesses a distinguishable aura of old-world wealth that melds with it’s rising identity as a modern and enlightened area.

“Urbs in Horto,” translated from Latin to, “City set in a garden,” was adopted as the city’s motto in 1837 and Chicago’s Logan Square came to embody this image. The neighborhood was founded in the mid 19th century and was primarily a business oriented area with little aesthetic attraction. However, the neighborhood’s founders wanted the area to be more than just a place of business, so in 1870, a 28-mile system of boulevards and the parks that they connect was designed to surround the city. This system of boulevards was divided into 21 sections, beginning in the south at Lake Street and connecting following parks: Gage, Douglas, Humboldt, Washington, Garfield, Sherman, and McKinley, finally stopping when it reached Logan Boulevard. The string of boulevards and parks represents an evolutionary part of Chicago’s history and design, and has come to be known as Chicago’s “Emerald Necklace”.

Today, with over one hundred cafes, bakeries, bistros and restaurants crammed into it’s comparatively small area, Logan Square offers a multitude of dining options. Every August, visitors and residents alike can sample the area’s cuisine at the Taste of Logan Square. In September, the Historic Mansion Housewalk affords glimpses of the area’s resplendent century-old mansions.

Median home prices for a one bedroom start at about $159,900, with two bedrooms at $278,350 and three bedrooms at $348,540. Individual unit prices for town homes start at $315, 000, single family homes $297,850, 2 flats $373,400 and 3 flats $610,666.