Lakeview neighborhood guide
Development
The area was originally used as a camp and trail path by the Miami, Ottawa, and Winnebago peoples. European settlement began in 1837 when Swiss immigrant Conrad Sulzer arrived, and the Hotel Lakeview, built in 1853, drew new residents as a refuge during a Chicago cholera outbreak. The township’s population grew from about 2,000 in 1870 to 45,000 by 1887, and Lake View was annexed into the City of Chicago in 1889.
Parks & Recreation
Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs, sits in Lakeview’s Wrigleyville section. Belmont Harbor provides lakefront boating access, and the Lake Michigan shoreline within Lakeview includes the Jarvis Bird Sanctuary within Lincoln Park.
Transit
The CTA serves Lakeview with six rail stations: Addison and Sheridan (Red Line), Belmont (Red, Brown, and Purple Lines), Wellington (Brown and Purple Lines), and Paulina and Southport (Brown Line).
Community Area
Officially, the neighborhood is the Lake View community area (number 6), one of the 77 described in the Chicago neighborhoods guide.
