Well guys, I got my apartment so Ill soon be amoung you!! (Chicago: for sale, purchase)

[neonwattagelimit]

Originally Posted by Drover

Technically, Andersonville is (mostly) part of Edgewater.

Former Andersonville resident here, but sorry to report that circumstances forced me elsewhere so I'm not your neighbor any more.

I'm actually basing this on a map I saw (forget where) that placed Andersonville's eastern edge at Magnolia, one block east of me. The fact that Chicago has these officially designated neighborhoods, and then sub-neighborhoods within those, gets a bit confusing. I suppose "Andersonville" is technically a sub-neighborhood within Edgewater, then, wherever Andersonville begins and ends.

Wherever the border is, I'm clearly a good ten-minute walk from Andersonville's center of gravity.

[Steve-o]

Originally Posted by dragoro

Im so excited. Thank you guys for all your help, youve made it alot easier for me to find a good apart in an area Im happy with.

Congrats on the new place and welcome to the area! When do you move in?

[dragoro]

sometime next week, tryin to base my move in on the weather, dont wanna freeze my arse off while moving lol.

[Drover]

Originally Posted by Avengerfire

Why is that because of "Rainbow Village?" lol Come on, that is a bit of a stretch to have Andersonville going to Argyle. But alas...

Who is considered the authority "Andersonville?" Who makes the decisions? I cant believe they would try to push it that far now.

Well I guess that's the thing with unofficial neighborhood designations; the people who live there get to define it however they want. As for who is the authority on Andersonville, I suppose it's the people who live there; maybe the chamber of commerce or other business association. I don't know. But if you've been down that bit of Clark Street recently, you'll see it's not that much of a stretch to consider "Andersonville" to stretch all the way to Argyle, at least not along the Clark Street corridor. The boutique-storefront ambiance of Clark goes that far south nowadays.

[wickedripeplum]

Aww, my old neighborhood, I do miss it so. Oh Granville, the Thai Grill, Metropolis, that ghetto ass video rental place, the GLBT library, brings a tear to the eye. Hope it treats you well.

[Steve-o]

Originally Posted by dragoro

sometime next week, tryin to base my move in on the weather, dont wanna freeze my arse off while moving lol.

Too bad you didnt move today, its quite nice outside.

[scarletneon]

Originally Posted by neonwattagelimit

I'm actually basing this on a map I saw (forget where) that placed Andersonville's eastern edge at Magnolia, one block east of me. The fact that Chicago has these officially designated neighborhoods, and then sub-neighborhoods within those, gets a bit confusing. I suppose "Andersonville" is technically a sub-neighborhood within Edgewater, then, wherever Andersonville begins and ends.

Wherever the border is, I'm clearly a good ten-minute walk from Andersonville's center of gravity.

yeah, I think "technically" I live in "Edgewater Beach" which sounds so much more awesome than just plain "Edgewater."

http://www.jrstransglobal.com/areageography.htm
This says you'll be in Lakewood Balmoral... which are the signs that I do see around there, I think, when I walk to the bank. Or i could be thinking of Berwyn and Lakewood. I'm confusing myself.

[Avengerfire]

Originally Posted by supernerdgirl

yeah, I think "technically" I live in "Edgewater Beach" which sounds so much more awesome than just plain "Edgewater."

Edgewater and the Housing Bubble | Recording the Ongoing Effects of the Nationwide Housing Bubble on Edgewater (http://www.jrstransglobal.com/areageography.htm - broken link)
This says you'll be in Lakewood Balmoral... which are the signs that I do see around there, I think, when I walk to the bank. Or i could be thinking of Berwyn and Lakewood. I'm confusing myself.

Do you know any of the history of the Edgewater Beach Hotel?;-) That area was the most posh area in Chicago for a couple of decades.

[Drover]

Then the city had a great idea: "Let's build an expressway on the friggin' beach and cut the hotel off from the beach that makes it famous!" I guess it had to be done but you had to know the hotel owners where contemplating a murderous rampage when they got that notice.

[scarletneon]

Originally Posted by Avengerfire

Do you know any of the history of the Edgewater Beach Hotel?;-) That area was the most posh area in Chicago for a couple of decades.

yes, i have. i'd actually like to live in one of those apartments, but I'm poor. ha.