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  Lincoln Park, Chicago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The name may be used to describe Lincoln Park as a community on the city's north side; Lincoln Park, the park primarily within that community; or the zoo within the park's southern area.
The Lincoln Park neighborhood is bordered on the north by Diversey Parkway, on the west by Clybourn Avenue, on the south by North Avenue, and on the east by the public park of the same name.
The Lincoln Park neighborhood is accessible via mass transit, including the CTA's red, brown, and purple lines at the Fullerton station, as well as CTA bus service.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lincoln_Park,_Chicago   (511 words)

  
 Seattle Parks and Recreation: Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park was called Fauntleroy Park until 1922, when the city bought it.
Lincoln Park is one of Seattle’s largest and most popular parks.
Lincoln Park offers a unique opportunity to manage stands of native and non-native trees in forested and open settings, for future generations of Park users to enjoy.
www.cityofseattle.net /parks/parkspaces/Lincoln.htm   (316 words)

  
 Chicago Park District: Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park began as a small public cemetery on the northernmost boundary of Chicago where victims of cholera and small pox were buried in shallow lakeside graves.
This contributed to a larger parks movement, and in 1869, the state legislature created three park districts: the South, West, and Lincoln Park Commissions, each responsible for the parks and boulevards in its region.
Under the direction of the Lincoln Park Commission, bodies were exhumed and relocated to other cemeteries, and the park was expanded south to North Avenue and north to Diversey Parkway.
www.chicagoparkdistrict.com /index.cfm/fuseaction/parks.detail/object_id/20BE7DE5-4D8C-49DB-88F9-837DADBB7FCC.cfm   (305 words)

  
 Lincoln park History
From the park grounds themselves, which were once home to a small pox hospital and a cemetery, to the architecturally diverse buildings this neighborhood has no shortage of attractions.
With the creation of the North Park Board of Commissioners in 1863, the cemetery land was gradually incorporated into the public space, with the removal of the graves and hospital.
The zoo was built in 1874, inside of Lincoln Park, and remains free of admission.
www.artic.edu /webspaces/greenmap/lincolnparkhistory.html   (846 words)

  
 Lincoln Park Illinois Real Estate and Homes For Sale
Lincoln Park is located on the North side of the Chicago, slightly above the Loop between Diversey and the Lake.
Lincoln Park prides itself to be one the most attractive suburbs in the neighborhood of Chicago.
Lincoln Park, close to shopping and entertainment, transportation, the park and the beach, is a great area in which to live.
www.greatchicagorealestate.com /Comm_Lincoln_park.htm   (566 words)

  
 Lincoln Park real estate information - Chicago, Illinois
Lincoln Park is one of the most desirable neighborhoods in Chicago.
Lincoln Park homes are primarily small apartment buildings, with prices ranging from $200,000 to $2 million.
There are two major parks in the area; the eponymous Lincoln Park which includes the free Lincoln Park Zoo and the Lincoln Park Conservatory, and Oz Park, named for the fictional land created by one of Lincoln Park's former residents.
www.newviewrealty.com /Lincoln-Park-real-estate.html   (822 words)

  
 Lincoln Park
Most of the park's acreage consisted of the marshy and undeveloped woodlands along the city's western edge, but some existing houses and properties had to be purchased by the Commission.
At the entrance of the park on Kennedy Boulevard is a monument of Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States, who was assassinated during the Civil War.
The entrance to Lincoln Park East on Kennedy Boulevard and extends to Truck Route 1and9 and lies between Communipaw and Duncan avenues.
www.njcu.edu /programs/jchistory/Pages/L_Pages/Lincoln_Park.htm   (668 words)

  
 Lincoln Park
Laid out in L'Enfant's plan for Washington as a square to hold a monumental column from which point all distances on the continent would be measured, Lincoln Park was slow to develop, and, in fact, was used for years as a dumping ground.
The campaign for the Freedmen's Memorial Monument to Abraham Lincoln, as it was to be known, was not the only effort of the time to build a monument to Lincoln; however, as the only one soliciting contributions exclusively from those who had most directly benefited from Lincoln's act of emancipation it had a special appeal.
Lincoln Park, maintained by the National Park Service, is a public park square that is accessible to the public.
www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/wash/dc87.htm   (517 words)

  
 Lincoln Park Hospital
Nestled in the heart of one of Chicago's most flourishing neighborhoods, Lincoln Park Hospital is among the city's finest community hospitals.
At Lincoln Park Hospital, we offer a wide array of patient-focused services delivered by caring and talented medical staff committed to making this the very best hospital in the area.
Lincoln Park Hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
www.lincolnparkhospital.com   (135 words)

  
 Lands End-Lincoln Park-Fort Miley
Lincoln Park is everything on the San Francisco side of the Coast Trail and is 138 acres of parkland which includes Fort Miley, the Fort Miley Veterans Hospital, The Palace of the Legion of Honor, and the Lincoln Municipal Golf Course.
Lincoln Park is a municipal park and although it has some natural areas, the bulk of it is consumed by the sprawling golf course and the Legion of Honor.
Natural areas in Lincoln Park are limited to the undeveloped spaces that fall between the golf course, Legion of Honor, and the Coast Trail.
www.josephstubbscreations.com /Home2/sf/sfparks/lincoln/lincoln.html   (2545 words)

  
 Lincoln Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lincoln Park may refer to several towns, neighborhoods, parks, and census-designated places in the United States, as well as a national park in Australia and a public park in Mexico City.
Lincoln National Park, a national park in South Australia, Australia
Linkin Park, a nu-metal band whose name was derived from the Lincoln Park in Santa Monica, California.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lincoln_Park   (179 words)

  
 Lincoln Memorial (National Park Service)
The Lincoln Memorial is a tribute to President Abraham Lincoln and the nation he fought to preserve during the Civil War (1861-1865).
The Lincoln Memorial was built to resemble a Greek temple.
A sculpture by Daniel Chester French of a seated Lincoln is in the center of the memorial chamber.
www.nps.gov /linc   (121 words)

  
 Chicago Park District
Constructed in stages between 1890 and 1895, the conservatory was designed both to showcase exotic plants and to grow the thousands of plants needed for use in the parks.
Lincoln Park Conservatory was designed by a well known architect of the Victorian era, Joespeh L. Silsbee.
The Lincoln Park Commission constructed the Lincoln Park Conservatory in phases between 1890 and 1895, replacing a small greenhouse that dated from the 1870s.
www.chicagoparkdistrict.com /index.cfm/fuseaction/parks.detail/object_id/45AA3ED2-7C6F-4461-83B2-29CB991637E6.cfm   (440 words)

  
 Vacation in Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park is home to a variety of world cuisines, from sushi and falafel, to Chinese, French, Indian-and of course, the Chicago Hot Dog.
Lincoln Park is home to dozens of parks for picnics, play time, get-togethers, and sports activities -- tennis, basketball, softball, and football, just to name a few.
The Lincoln Park Boat Club offers members a variety of paddling and rowing crafts that can be navigated through the lagoon, the Chicago River, and Lake Michigan.
www.lincolnparkchamber.com /home/tourism.cfm   (421 words)

  
 Lincoln Park Conservancy
Our mission is to preserve, restore and enhance the natural, historical and cultural assets of Lincoln Park through advocacy and the implementation of special projects.
Lincoln Park Conservancy was founded in 1984 and during the past 19 years has successfully completed a number of park improvement projects.
Their dedication is rooted in their passion and belief that public space, particularly Lincoln Park, is one of the most precious urban resources, essential to the community’s quality of life.
www.friendslp.org   (284 words)

  
 Metro Pulse/Secret History/The Heart of Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park is a residential neighborhood of North Knoxville between Broadway and Central, on the sunny side of Sharp's Ridge.
Chicago's Lincoln Park was one of its symbols, a stylish neighborhood with an expansive and beautiful park.
Through the middle of Lincoln Park runs a street called Chicamauga, spelled with no K, unlike the battlefield—but you wonder if, in the South, a street named for a Confederate victory was meant to take the edge off of a neighborhood named for Lincoln.
www.metropulse.com /dir_zine/dir_2001/1135/t_secret.html   (1421 words)

  
 DNR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The focal point of the park is Lincoln Trail Lake, which covers 146 acres in the southwest corner of the park.
Lincoln Trail Lake was the third lake created in Illinois (1955-1956) using federal monies under the Dingell-Johnson Act.
The Lincoln Trail State Park is just west of the Trail, as it follows Illinois Route 1.
dnr.state.il.us /lands/landmgt/PARKS/R3/LINCOLN.HTM   (1119 words)

  
 DePaul University : : About DePaul (Lincoln Park Campus)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
DePaul's Lincoln Park campus is the oldest, largest and most active of the university's eight campuses.
Located on 36 acres in the heart of Chicago's historic Lincoln Park neighborhood, this campus offers a traditional university environment.
The Lincoln Park Campus is home to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, The Theatre School, the School of Music, the School of Education, and the extensive John T. Richardson Library.
www.depaul.edu /about_DP/lincolnpark.asp   (657 words)

  
 Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial (National Park Service)
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial preserves the site of the farm where Abraham Lincoln spent 14 formative years of his life, from the ages of 7 to 21.
During this period, Lincoln grew physically and intellectually into a man. The people he knew here and the things he experienced had a profound influence on his life.
Lincoln Boyhood preserves the place where he learned to laugh with his father, cried over the death of his mother, read the books that opened his mind, and triumphed over the adversities of life on the frontier.
www.nps.gov /libo   (197 words)

  
 home.htm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The mission of Lincoln Park Elementary School is to provide a safe environment where ALL STUDENTS can receive a quality education by focusing on the essential curriculum (Sunshine State Standards) and individual needs of students.
Lincoln Park will strive for a collaborative relationship between all stakeholders, which will ensure high academic achievement.
Lincoln Park is committed to making a difference in students’ lives and preparing them for lifelong learning.
www.escambia.k12.fl.us /schscnts/line   (80 words)

  
 DePaul Community Relations
Lincoln Central Association is a charitable organization dedicated to improving the Chicago neighborhood bounded by Lincoln Avenue, the former Ogden Avenue, North Avenue, and Halsted Street.
It was founded to unite people within the neighborhood to build and maintain a secure and stable family neighborhood, to improve the physical and social condition of the community, and to undertake programs to foster accomplishment of those goals.
Bordered by Armitage Avenue, Lincoln Avenue, Fullerton Avenue and Lincoln Park West, much of the Mid-North neighborhood was officially designated a Landmark District by the City of Chicago in 1977.
condor.depaul.edu /~commgov/Organiz.html   (567 words)

  
 Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park is the oldest and one of the larger Seattle City parks.
The park is located in West Seattle a short distance north of the Fauntleroy ferry dock and it occupies most of Williams Point.
At the south beach, parking is within a few hundred feet of the beach; at the north beach one must park a half mile away.
dnr.metrokc.gov /wlr/waterres/beaches/lincoln.htm   (1555 words)

  
 Chicago-Lincoln Park Zoo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Lincoln Park Zoo is a privately managed institution supported by the Chicago Park District and many individual, foundation and corporate donors.
Lincoln Park Zoo is located at 2200 North Cannon Drive, at Lake Shore Drive and Fullerton Parkway.
Parking is available at the zoo for $5, zoo members park for free.
www.cityinsights.com /chlpzoo.htm   (111 words)

  
 Keep Lincoln Park Public
All that’s left is the bulldozing of the largest piece of open-greenspace in Lincoln Park and the removal of many of the trees that line the walking trails.
Keep Lincoln Park Public (KLPP) is a group of Chicago residents organized in support of maintaining open green space, park preservation in Lincoln Park, and calling for the Chicago Park District to honor the reclamation of this area as per its own Lincoln Park Framework Plan.
Keep Lincoln Park Public (KLPP) takes the position that this track/soccer facility is unrelated to historic land uses of Lincoln Park and is not dependent upon being in Lincoln Park and therefore suggests a facility of this nature would be better suited for a location other than public park lands.
www.klpp.com   (296 words)

  
 Lincoln Park History Main Page.
While these parks were available in the early years of the 20th century, there were no planned and supervised recreation activities in the parks.
The Founder of Lincoln Park is Levi Newton Breed a member of the City Council 1886-1889.
In 1917, the City Council responded to a petition from nearby residents and renamed it Lincoln Park after a local high school and as a driving force for this community.
www.lincolnheightsla.com /lincolnpark   (728 words)

  
 Oakwood Lincoln Park Neighborhood
The Lincoln Park community began as a mineral spring resort in 1899 and was probably named for the large Lincoln Park in Chicago.
Lincoln Park became a part of the city of Knoxville in 1917 along with Oakwood and several other neighborhoods.
These residents agreed that a neighborhood organization was necessary to maintain the stability and viability of their community as an organized body and to give the residents a stronger voice in decisions that effect their lives in the neighborhood.
www.korrnet.org /olpna/history.shtml   (525 words)

  
 State Parks & Reservoirs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The 1,747 acre park was established in 1932 as a memorial to Nancy Hanks.
Sarah Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve is located in the southernmost portion of the park.
A visit to Lincoln State Park is like taking a step back into time when the land was wild and Abe Lincoln was a boy.
www.in.gov /dnr/parklake/properties/park_lincoln.html   (230 words)

  
 Lincoln Park Real Estate for Sale in Cook County
Lincoln Park is an historic neighborhood which is popular because of its close proximity to the lakefront as well as downtown.
Lincoln Park is an upscale neighborhood with an expansive park system.
If you are ready to explore a new home purchase or wanting to sell your existing home here in Lincoln Park, call us today at (773) 233-7300 or e-mail us at: quentingreen@ameritech.net.
www.lincoln-park-homes.com   (455 words)

  
 GolfCalifornia.com -Lincoln Park Golf Course: Yet Another San Francisco Treat
Lincoln Park Golf Course hosts the San Francisco City Golf Championship, the oldest and largest continuous event in U.S. golf history.
From the blues Lincoln Park is 5,416 yards, a par 68 with a rating of 66 and a slope of 109.
Playing Lincoln Park off of 38th street, a couple of blocks from Geary is a huge surprise to the uninitiated.
www.golfcalifornia.com /allen14.htm   (1113 words)

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