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We’re starting our new neighborhoods project in Uptown because, well, there's so much to write about. It’s got a rich history, starting back before Clark Street was even a trade route and encompassing the glory days of the Jazz Age, the bad old days of the Depression, and the neighborhood’s reinvention as a haven for Appalachian clans, American Indians, and immigrants from around the world. In the 60s and 70s Uptown was a hotbed of radical idealism, and that legacy endures today in a network of social services and a fractious political landscape. And when you need a break from the bickering and the world-saving, you can eat your way from Africa to Asia or drink till the birds wake up at the city’s classiest 4 AM bar.
Uptown’s bigger than you think: its boundaries as defined by the city and the census stretch north to Foster, south to Irving Park, east to the lake, and as far as Ravenswood on the west. To save ourselves endless agonizing, we decided to go strictly by the city’s map, and with that settled, we sent our writers out to scour the place, from its bookshops to its sex shops, its jazz clubs to its dive bars, its terra-cotta crown to its tattooed bottom. Let us know what you think—what we missed, where you’d like to see us go next—at neighborhoods@chicagoreader.com.
Martha Bayne, Kathie Bergquist, Nicholas Day, Claire Dolinar, Anne Ford, David Hammond, Ira Kalina, Heather Kenny, Jerome Ludwig, Peter Margasak, Tori Marlan, Kristina Meyer, Philip Montoro, Kate Schmidt, Laura Levy Shatkin, Ann Sterzinger, Mike Sula, Peter Tyksinski, and Albert Williams contributed to these listings.
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John at 2:03 PM on 2/7/2008
Why does everything have to be so GLBT focused? What about non-GLBT people? Why are we discriminated against?
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LM at 11:48 AM on 2/12/2008
John- You REALLY think non-GLBT people are discrimintated AGAINST?????
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JY at 12:13 AM on 2/27/2008
John, you're dumb.
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eileen at 9:47 PM on 4/14/2008
seriously, john, open your eyes.
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ME at 9:50 AM on 4/15/2008
There IS a special link for GLBT. I don't see that for ANY other group. So, what John said is self-evident. There IS a special GLBT focus. The rest of you don't get his point about discrimination -- You WOULD object if you saw discrimination against GLBT, but are oblivious to special GLBT focus. Who's dumb?
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Angel at 11:09 AM on 4/18/2008
I grew up in uptown for all of the 80s and into the 90s as a young teen i loved it there it was not that bad of a place to be raised there was alot of crime at first but there were alot of good people that lived there as well some of my best friends were there it has changed alot but for the people that grew up there well we will never for get the old uptown
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Jenny at 6:20 PM on 4/19/2008
There's a section for GLBT businesses because there are GLBT businesses to list. But gosh, I can't imagine why gays feel like they need a separate place where they feel safe and accepted, given enlightened attitudes like John and ME's.
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