North Park is one of 77 well-defined community areas of the City of Chicago. It is bordered by the North Shore Channel on the east, the Chicago River's North Branch and Foster Avenue on the south, it reaches as far as Cicero Avenue on the west and Devon Avenue on the north. To its north is the Chicago city limit and Lincolnwood, Illinois.
Originally a Swedish community and later a stronghold of Orthodox Jews, it is generally a broadly mixed community of various backgrounds. It is part of the 60625 and 60659 zip codes.
North Park received its name from North Park University which built its Old Main building in 1894 along Foster Avenue west of Kedzie, on the north bank of the river. Further west is the campus of Northeastern Illinois University, which opened in 1961. Other major land uses include two large cemeteries, LaBagh Woods Forest Preserve, Peterson Pulaski Industrial Park, and North Park Village, which includes housing, park facilities, and a nature center.
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