textfield=Edgewater, Uptown and Sheridan Park

Natural beauty and housing diversity mark Edgewater, a patchwork of residential districts bounded by Foster, Devon, Ravenswood and Lake Michigan. The neighborhood has high-rises along Sheridan Road, mid-century courtyard buildings along the Winthrop-Kenmore corridor, and tree-lined streets and large houses west of Broadway.

Housing: Two- or three-bedroom lakefront townhouses along Berwyn and Sheridan Road can range in price from about $300,000 to $480,000. In 1997 the average sale price of single-family homes in Edgewater was $247,422. The average price for an attached single-family home was $83,124. Average rents range from $400 to $525 for a studio; from $550 to $725 for a one-bedroom unit; from $725 to $1,300 for a two-bedroom unit; and from $900 to $1,500 for a three-bedroom unit. 

Uptown

Uptown has always been a community where people from diverse backgrounds and cultures come together. Community leaders are transforming that diversity into energy for positive change in the neighborhood bounded by Montrose, Foster, Clark and the lake.

Housing: In 1997 the average sales price of a single-family home in Uptown was $328,206. The average price for attached single-family homes was $107,918. Rents range from $450 to $575 for a studio; from $600 to $750 for a one-bedroom unit; from $800 to $1250 for a two-bedroom unit; and from $950 to $1,500 for a three-bedroom unit.

Transportation: The CTA's Howard-Dan Ryan line serves the area with stops at Berwyn, Argyle, Lawrence, Wilson and Sheridan. Sheridan, Broadway and Lake Shore Drive express buses travel downtown. The Metra commuter train stops nearby at Lawrence and Ravenswood. Travel time by car on Lake Shore Drive is about 15 minutes to the Loop.

Sheridan Park

The designation of Sheridan Park as a landmark district in 1985 was the beginning of a sweeping rehabilitation that has continued for 12 years in the 21-square-block west Uptown neighborhood, bounded roughly by Clark, Lawrence, Racine and Montrose.

Housing: Property values have steadily increased since 1985. In 1997 the average price of a single-family home in Uptown was $328,206, and the 1997 average in Sheridan Park was $267,531. The average sale price for condominiums and townhouses in Uptown in 1997 was $107,918, but prices in Sheridan Park tend to be higher. Some typical apartment rents in the neighborhood are: $450 to $575 for studios; $600 to $750 for one-bedroom units; $825 to $1,200 for two-bedroom units; and from $950 to $1,300 for three-bedroom units.

Transportation: The CTA's Howard-Dan Ryan line (elevated) rapid transit trains stop at Lawrence and Broadway, and Wilson and Broadway. CTA express buses to the Loop stop at Wilson Avenue, and regular CTA buses run on Sheridan Road, Montrose, Wilson and Lawrence.