Roscoe village presentation

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ROSCOE VILLAGE JORDAN PHILLIPS COLLEEN MURRAY DYLAN ZERNICH

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ROSCOE VILLAGE

JORDAN PHILLIPS

COLLEEN MURRAY

DYLAN ZERNICH

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HISTORY• Land originally bought to

build the “World’s largest amusement park” which opened in 1903

• Restaurants and bars were built to accommodate the hundreds of thousands of visitors

(Hadley)

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HISTORY• 1977 – crime became a problem

with a series of garage fires

• A group was formed to improve the safety of the community, it was successful

• The neighborhood was restored (Hadley)

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FACTS

Things to do…o Parko Restaurantso Beat Kitcheno Clothing storeso Barso More Bars

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LOCATION OF ROSCOE VILLAGE • The neighborhood boundaries are Addison Street to the north,

Ravenswood Avenue to the east, Belmont Avenue

to the south, and the Chicago River to the west• The streets had a lot of trees growing along it• There were a lot of playgrounds on every other block• The houses were cute too! • How to get there?? Take the Red Line to the Belmont

stop and take the bus to the intersection Belmont

and Leavitt

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DEMOGRAPHICS• Overall, Roscoe Village takes up .925 square miles• The total population is 16,244 people*• The racial diversity is 56% white, 26% Hispanic, 11.4% African

American, 4% Asian, 2% mixed and .6% other*• 10.4% of the people are attending college at this time*• Median income is $92,000*• The percent below the poverty line is 8.7% (all from the US

Census, website: city-data.com) * As of 2011