neighborhood
Old Town, New Apartment
Color your days with the street festivals, art shows, Victorian-era buildings, and fantastic boutiques of Old Town Chicago. Known for a lively bar and restaurant scene, access to the lake, and proximity to the Gold Coast, River North and Lincoln Park neighborhoods, Old Town always offers something fun to do within walking distance.
99/100 Walk Score
- Lake Michigan
- Oak Street Beach
- North Avenue Beach
- Lake Shore Trail
- Second City Comedy Club
- Chicago History Museum
- Lincoln Park Zoo
- 360 Chicago
Thrive in a prime location
- The Loop - 15 minute CTA
- Navy Pier
- Grant Park
- Millennium Park
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Field Museum of Natural History
- The Shedd Aquarium
- The Adler Planetarium
- The Magnificent Mile
A little bit of local history:
Old Town used to be called "The Cabbage Patch" because German Catholic immigrants in the 1850's began farming cabbage, potatoes, and celery in the area.
Old Town is one of the only areas to have a building that survived the Great Chicago Fire. St. Michael's Church was built in 1869 and was one of the only seven buildings to survive.
Washington Square is the oldest existing city park in Chicago. Since the 20’s, poets and philosophers and soap box speakers of all kinds have gathered here for free-speech events.
The streets in Old Town do not adhere to the Chicago street grid system because they predate the Chicago fire.
Artists began moving the neighborhood in the 20's and 30's because Sol Kogen and Edgar Miller bought a house in the area and turned it into an artist's colony.
