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Article: Diversity is keystone of Rogers Park, Edgewater
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- September 8, 1989
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Housing diversity and a healthy mix of ethnic residents are the
strong points of the Rogers Park and Edgewater neighborhoods.
Excellent elevated train and bus service link Rogers Park to
downtown, and there are bustling shopping and restaurant districts
along Howard and Clark streets and Morse Avenue.
Large courtyard buildings predominate near Sheridan Road in East
Rogers Park, bounded by Howard, Ridge and Devon avenues and Lake
Michigan.
A high-rise construction ban from Sheridan Road east to the lake
has sparked an apartment rehabilitation boom in Rogers Park,
developers say. Several rental buildings recently have been
purchased and renovated by Capstone Properties, a major real ...