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What was the predominant ethnicity of the Lakeview neighborhood in Chicago before it became 'Boys Town'?
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∙ 19y ago
It was Jewish at the east, A little bit Swedish, German to the West. I grew up a few blocks west of what is now Boys Town in the 70's and 80's, it was pretty heavy with white ethnics like Irish & Polish; and Mexicans. The huge highrises east of Broadway kind of defy ethnicity, it wouldn't surprise me if there good numbers of all sorts of European ethnic groups, Jews as well. there were still a lot of German stores on Lincoln Avenue, but my understanding is that the German & Swedish populations had already begun moving north up to Lincoln Square.
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Lakeview was an incorporated town from 1887 to 1889 when Chicago annexed it into the city. People were living in the area from 1830. Lakeview's name came from a hotel built near what is now Sheridan and Byron. Walter Newberry of library fame, suggested the name to the owner James Rees. If you go to Addison and Halsted you will see the Police station called "Town Hall". That name comes from the fact that Lakeview's town hall was located there. Ignore the cute "Wrigleyville" name for the neighborhood. It's Lakeview!
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