As a lifelong resident of Chicago, Barbara is well acquainted with all of the city's neighborhoods. Here are just a few of the areas she focuses on:

River North
Old Town
Lincoln Park
Gold Coast
Lakeview
Loop
Streeterville
West and South Loop
Printers Row

River North
In the heart of Chicago, River North is an exciting, urban neighborhood offering world-class restaurants, nightlife, shopping, and one of the largest collections of art galleries and design studios outside of Manhattan. Dating back to the late 1800s, River North was once home to Chicago's industry. Today, it is one of the most desirable city neighborhoods.

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Old Town
Old Town is the area west of LaSalle Street on North Wells Street between Division Street and North Avenue. Once a haven to "hippies" in the 60s and 70s, this area is now a trendy residential area providing shopping, dining and nightlife.

Lincoln Park
On of Chicago's most popular residential neighborhoods, Lincoln park is located west from the lakefront to Halsted Street and north from North Avenue to Diversey Parkway.

Named for the city's largest park, Lincoln Park is home to the Lincoln Park Zoo, a botanical conservatory, and four of the city's beaches. Home to both urban professionals and DePaul University students, Lincoln Park offers a wide assortment of trendy boutiques, coffee shops, restaurants, and bars.

Gold Coast
An exclusive neighborhood that now encompasses the world-renowned Magnificent Mile, Gold Coast is one of the oldest areas of Chicago, dating back to 1882.

Although its boundaries have changed over the year, Gold Coast is now considered to be the area from Michigan Avenue west to LaSalle Street, and North Avenue south to Chicago Avenue.

Lakeview
Lakeview is found between Diversey Street and Irving Park Road, and west from the lakefront to Ashland Avenue. Its shopping districts (Clark, Belmont and Broadway) contain a wide variety of stores that accommodate all needs. The restaurants and bars cater to all tastes and are plentiful.

Lakeview has managed to retain its neighborhood charm while providing easy access to Lincoln Park, East Lakeview and Wrigleyville. This area offers restaurants, fashionable shops and boutiques, and neighborhood bars. Lakeview is also the home to the "retro" Mercury and the Music Box theaters.

Loop
Chicago's downtown area is known as "The Loop" for the elevated train tracks (Chicago's "L") that surround the city's primary commercial, government and cultural buildings.

The Art Institute of Chicago sits on the Loop's edge and the Museum Campus, home to the Field Museum of Natural History and John G. Shedd Aquarium, is within walking distance.

Streeterville
The neighborhood known as "Streeterville" is the area between the Lakefront and Michigan Avenue bordered on the south by Illinois Street. An affluent neighborhood that got its start in 1886, Streeterville now consists mainly of high-rise condominiums. It is close to Northwestern University’s hospital campus, the Loyola Law School, Navy Pier, the Magnificent Mile, and the Loop.

With Michigan Avenue as its western border, Streeterville features many of the city's—and the world’s—finest hotels, restaurants and retail establishments.

West and South Loop and Printers Row
The South Loop includes Printers' Row, Dearborn Park and South Michigan Avenue south to Cermak, and stretches a few blocks west to the River and Canal Street, taking in the River City complex on the banks of the Chicago River.

The South Loop offers everything from raw to chic loft spaces, new construction town homes, and high rise apartments. Home to many artists, there are plenty of galleries and studios along South Michigan and Wabash. At the south end is Chicago's Chinatown.

The historic and recently restored Dearborn Street Station train depot, once point of arrival for thousands of immigrants, marks the southern point of Printer's Row neighborhood. Once the center of publishing in the Midwest, the Printers Row neighborhood hosts the annual Book Fair in June. Much of Printer’s Row’s population consists of affluent singles attracted by loft apartments and a short walk to work in the Loop.

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