Lake View, Chicago


![The Town Hall police station on the corner of North Halsted Street and West Addison Street was built on the former site of Lake View's old town hall. It served as home to the 19th District from 1907 to 1966 and 23rd District from 1966 to 2010.[6]](/uploads/202501/30/Gerald_Farinas_Town_Hall_Front_Lake_View_East5338.jpg)

Lake View, or Lakeview, is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago, Illinois, located on the city's North Side. It is bordered by West Diversey Parkway on the south, West Irving Park Road on the north, North Ravenswood Avenue on the west, and the shore of Lake Michigan on the east. The Uptown community area is to Lake View's north, Lincoln Square to its northwest, North Center to its west and Lincoln Park to its south. The 2010 population of Lake View was 94,368 residents, making it the second largest of the Chicago community areas by population, following Austin which has 98,514 residents. Lake View, though, has a higher population density than the larger-in-area Austin neighborhood.