logan square

logan square is a densely-packed, apartment-heavy, working-class neighborhood whose impending chicago renaissance is perpetually foretold.  renters will find deals here, and proximity to the blue line of the el makes commuting to bucktown, downtown, and o’hare relatively painless.

a couple hip restaurants can be found in the area, but the commercial strip (along milwaukee avenue) is more reflective of the urban immigrant experience, replete with thrift shops, laundromats, ethnic grocers, currency exchanges, fast food joints, discount retailers, and the like.  if a new prepaid telephone card is what you seek, you’ve come to the right place.

in a prior age, logan square was affluent and enviable, and the homes along the wide and majestic thoroughfares hearken back to the golden years when wealthy eastern europeans who were denied entry to other elite environs erected architecturally eclectic mansions.  logan square retains much of that  original charm today, and the strip of houses and apartments along logan boulevard and kedzie avenue continues to be a real diamond in the rough.