Roscoe Village is further west from there, and is popular with older gay couples and young families lured in by its quieter nature.
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This pleasant mix of young families and young professionals is known for its trendy boutiques, sidewalk cafes, slightly-calmer-than-Wrigleyville nightlife, and Chicago's premier movie revival house, the Music Box. The Southport Corridor, an enclave along Southport Avenue to the west of Wrigleyville proper, is one of the hottest neighborhoods in the city. It's also home to the massive annual Pride Parade in June. A short walk east is Boystown, home of a cheerful, lively GLBT community and a great destination for anyone who enjoys high-energy nightlife. The storefront theater scene also thrives here.īut there's more to Lake View than Wrigleyville. As a nightlife destination, Wrigleyville also supports the Metro, one of Chicago's foremost rock venues, and other great ones like Schuba's, Martyrs', and The Vic. Today, it's a rare thing in America: a genuine neighborhood ballpark, surrounded by streets that amplify the Cubs fandom into frenzy on game day.
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So why is Game Day still a joy in Wrigleyville? As the last franchise in baseball to install stadium lights for night games, the Cubs' schedule still features more early afternoon starts than any other team in the league, and the sun-soaked ivy walls of Wrigley Field are a pleasure no matter what the score. Other teams have slumps, but the Cubs are beyond compare, tormenting their fans a hundred years of near-misses, late collapses, and abject futility unrivaled in American professional sports. The Chicago Cubs, also known as the most dominant baseball franchise of the 19th century, took up residence at Wrigley and commenced the relentless lack of success that has made them famous. With the expansion of the elevated train system, however, that changed rapidly, and with the 1914 construction of Weeghman Park, later to be known as Wrigley Field, Lake View became the capital of the North Side. 2016 World Series Champions, Wrigley Fieldįor many years, Lake View was so far away from the action that opening a saloon on Clark Street was a considered a peaceful retirement for convicted ex-politicians in Chicago.