| Gold Coast is zoned to the following
Chicago Public Schools schools: Ogden School, O.A. Thorp Scholastic
Academy (a magnet school) and Lincoln Park High School.
Old Town (sometimes called Old Town Triangle) is
a neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois, bounded by Armitage Avenue
on the north, Division Street on the south, Larrabee Street on the
west, and Clark Street on the east. It sits inside the community
areas of Lincoln Park and the Near North Side, and is part of Chicago's
43rd ward. Old Town is today considered an affluent and historic
neighborhood, home to many of Chicago's older, Victorian-era buildings.In
the 1950s,the majority of this area was an enclave to the first
Puerto Ricans to emigrate to Chicago.
They referred to this area as part of "La
Clark" until commercialization decorated late 1960s shop signs
with the name of Old Town. The neighborhood is home to St. Michael's
Church, originally a Bavarian-built church, and one of 7 to survive
the path of the Great Chicago Fire .St.Michael's,Holy Name Cathedral,Immaculate
Conception and St.Joseph's catered also to Latinos with Spanish
speaking masses.
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