Norwood Park is one of the 77 Chicago community areas. It encompasses the smaller neighborhoods of Big Oaks, Norwood Park East, Norwood Park West, Old Norwood Park, Oriole Park, and Union Ridge. The community area contains the oldest extant building in Chicago, the Noble–Seymour–Crippen House, built in 1833 and greatly expanded in 1868. [2]

The 16.23-acre Norwood Park boasts the Chicago Park District's only outdoor swimming pool on the North Side with a water slide, making it a favorite destination for summer day camps and young swimmers in the neighborhood.

In a city where concrete and skyscrapers rule, Norwood Park offers unique access to acres of green space within Chicago's borders. The neighborhood's Old Norwood Park pocket also breaks from Chicago's typical grid with rounded streets that curve around spacious estates and vintage single-family homes.

Norwood Park was designed to be a park-like residential suburb with large lots, wide streets, and elegant single-family homes. One unusual feature is its curvilinear street pattern. A 1907 real estate sales brochure described Norwood Park as a place with “…proper living conditions, fresh air and sunshine, good surroundings, a healthy ...

Norwood Park, A View from the Ridge traces the evolution of Norwood Park from open prairie to farmland to subdivision to village to city neighborhood and reveals the entwined connections between Norwood Park and early Chicago.

Although Norwood Park is no longer a country village, its large lots, abundant green space, and unusual, curvilinear street pattern are unique within the City of Chicago.

Construction began on the Norwood Park Hotel and an artificial lake in hopes that the area would attract Chicagoans seeking a resort atmosphere. Although the hotel attracted local residents for entertainment purposes, it never drew enough customers to be a success.

The Norwood Park Historical District (also known as Old Norwood) is a historic district in the Norwood Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It is bordered by Bryn Mawr, Avondale, and Harlem Avenues, and is home to the Noble-Seymour-Crippen House, which was built in 1833 and is widely considered to be the oldest house in Chicago. (However, it ...

13 hours ago · Two persons of interest have been taken into custody for questioning in connection to a murder that has rattled neighbors in Norwood Park, according to Chicago police. The 63-year-old victim was ...

Jun 20, 2024 · If you want to see something old, go to Norwood Park, the suburb-in-the-city neighborhood on the Far Northwest Side. The houses are old, the cars are old, and even most of the people I...