Albany Park, Chicago Illinois
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Rent Range |
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Studio |
1BR |
2BR |
3BR |
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600-1100 |
700-1100 |
800-1400 |
1000-1800 |
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Demographics |
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White |
27.5% |
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Black |
3.31% |
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Hispanic |
46.4% |
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Asian |
17.7% |
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Other |
5.14% |
Albany Park
Overview
(Content provided by
Wikipedia)
Albany Park is one of 77
officially designated
Chicago, Illinois,
community areas. It is a residential and commercial neighborhood
on the Northwest Side of
Chicago, and one of the most diverse in the United States. It
has one of highest percentages of foreign-born residents of
neighborhoods in Chicago. Although the majority of those
foreign-born residents are from
Latin America, the majority from
Mexico
(especially from the state of
Michoacán) and
Guatemala, substantial numbers are from the
Philippines,
India,
Korea,
Cambodia, the Former
Yugoslavia (Serbia,
Croatia,
Bosnia),
Romania,
Pakistan and the
Middle East (especially
Iraq,
Iran,
and
Lebanon). Over 40 different languages are spoken in its
public schools. Due to the diverse population and immigrant
population attraction, the population of the neighborhood has
increased by 16.5% in the last decade.[1]
The neighborhood has been the "Koreatown"
of Chicago for some time. The majority of Korean shops, in Albany
Park, can be found on Lawrence Avenue (4800 North), between Kedzie
(3200 West) and Pulaski (4000 West). Although many of the
Asians in the neighborhood have been moving to the north suburbs
in recent years, it still retains its
Korean
flavor. Every year there is a Korean festival and the neighborhood
is home to a Korean television station (WOCH-LP Ch. 41) and radio
station (1330 AM) as well as two Korean-language newspapers. There
are still many Korean businesses interspersed among the newer
Mexican bakeries and Middle Eastern grocery stores. Albany Park
is also notable for being the home of the current governor of
Illinois,
Rod Blagojevich.
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