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    Andersonville is a neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois that was established in the 1850s by Swedish immigrants. It grew as a Swedish immigrant community after the Chicago Fire of 1871, with many Swedish businesses and churches located along Clark Street. Through the early 20th century, Andersonville maintained a strong Swedish heritage. However, as Swedes began moving to the suburbs in the Great Depression and postwar periods, the neighborhood declined. Revitalization efforts in the 1960s helped preserve Andersonville's character, and today it remains an area concentrated with Swedish culture and locally-owned independent businesses. The population is over 15,000, mostly residing in small wooden houses unlike the large buildings found elsewhere in Chicago.

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    Andersonville is a neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois that was established in the 1850s by Swedish immigrants. It grew as a Swedish immigrant community after the Chicago Fire of 1871, with many Swedish businesses and churches located along Clark Street. Through the early 20th century, Andersonville maintained a strong Swedish heritage. However, as Swedes began moving to the suburbs in the Great Depression and postwar periods, the neighborhood declined. Revitalization efforts in the 1960s helped preserve Andersonville's character, and today it remains an area concentrated with Swedish culture and locally-owned independent businesses. The population is over 15,000, mostly residing in small wooden houses unlike the large buildings found elsewhere in Chicago.

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    ANDERSONVILLE

    Bilyana
    Brooklyn
    Kristen
    Noel

    HOW TO GET THERE

    BRIEF HISTORY
    Established in 1965
    Immigration on Swedish farmers in 19th
    century
    After Chicago Fire (1871), Clark Street was
    dominated by Swedish businesses
    Churches
    Ebenezer Lutheran Church
    First Evangelical Free Church

    Great Depression and post-war periods


    Swedes began to move to the suburbs causing
    neighborhood declination
    Uptown Clark Street Business Association
    renamed to Andersonville Chamber of
    Commerce
    October 17, 1964 Andersonville rededicated
    in a ceremony

    DEMOGRAPHICS
    Total population 15,179
    Area: 0.634 square miles
    Median age 37.4
    51.8% of students K-12 are in private
    schools

    MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD
    INCOME
    Median Household Income $59,345 (in 2013)

    ETC.
    Fun facts

    Attractions

    People started to move into what today is Andersonville during the


    1850s.
    After the 1871 Chicago, wooden houses were outlawed; Swedish
    immigrants didn't have money for stone and steel houses so they had
    to move to the northern city limits.

    Swedish American Museum


    Unique, locally owned independent businesses

    The first school there was Andersonville School built in 1854: served
    as primary school until 1908

    2 "People Spots"- parking spaces turned into green spaces for sitting
    and gathering.

    During the Great Depression, Swedes began to move to the suburbs


    and the neighborhood declined.

    Midsommerfast- annual street festival: Each year, nearly 50,000


    people throng Clark Street from Foster to Catalpa for two days and
    three nights of music, dancing, kids entertainment, and delicious
    food.

    There's a large LGBTQIA+ population.


    Andersonville remains one of the most concentrated areas of Swedish
    heritage in the United States

    GROUP REFLECTION
    We had a lot of fun in
    Andersonville. Though we all
    found different things
    interesting, it opened our eyes
    to what other people may like.
    Andersonville was a cute
    neighborhood, but was a bit
    surprising too. It had lovely,
    almost rural, architecture like
    porches on the houses. When
    one thinks of Chicago, one
    thinks of skyscrapers and
    large apartment buildings, not
    tiny cute houses and well-kept
    yards.

    SOURCES
    City-data.com. Advameg, Inc.,
    n.d. Web. 12 Oct. 2015. http://
    www.city-data.com/neighborhood
    /Andersonville-Chicago-IL.html
    THE
    NEIGHBORHOOD."Andersonville
    . Andersonville Chamber of
    Commerce, n.d. Web. 19 Oct.
    2015. http://
    www.andersonville.org/the-neig
    hborhood

    Google. Google, n.d. Web. 19 Oct. 2015. http://maps.google.com/


    The Neighborhood. Andersonville Chamber of Commerce, n.d. Web.
    19 Oct. 2015. http://www.andersonville.org/the-neighborhood/history/

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