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Lakeview Historic District (Chicago, Illinois)

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The Lakeview Historic District is a historic district on the north side of the city of Chicago, Illinois. The district was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on September 15, 1977. The district, which is in southeastern Lakeview Township about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of the Chicago Loop, is primarily in the Lake View community but also includes a small part of the Lincoln Park neighborhood to the south. A boundary expansion on May 16, 1986, added a one-block section on the south side of Belmont Avenue, between Orchard and Halsted Streets.Land use in the historic district is primarily multi-family residential. Streets are laid out on a rectangular grid that is broken by the short jogs in some of the streets and crossed on the diagonal by Clark Street.

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Lakeview Historic District (Chicago, Illinois)
North Halsted Street, Chicago Lake View

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North Halsted Street 2911-2913
60657 Chicago, Lake View
Illinois, United States
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