Gold Coast Historic District (Chicago)

{{About|the historic district of Chicago, Illinois||Gold Coast (disambiguation){{!}}Gold Coast}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Gold Coast Historic District

| nrhp_type = hd

| nocat = yes

| image = Chicago (ILL), Near North Side, John Hancock Center, 1970. " The Gold Coast " (4825109978).jpg

| caption = Gold Coast's Oak Street Beach

| location = Roughly bounded by North Ave., Lake Shore Dr., Clark and Oak Sts., Chicago, Illinois

| coordinates = {{coord|41|54|21|N|87|37|41|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Chicago#Illinois#USA

| area =

| architect = McKim, Mead & White; multiple

| architecture = Moderne, Italianate, Queen Anne

| added = January 30, 1978{{NRISref|2008a}}

| refnum = 78001121

}}

The Gold Coast Historic District is a historic district in Chicago, Illinois. Part of Chicago's Near North Side community area, it is roughly bounded by North Avenue, Lake Shore Drive, Oak Street, and Clark Street.

The Gold Coast neighborhood grew in the wake of the Great Chicago Fire. In 1882, millionaire Potter Palmer moved to the area from the Prairie Avenue neighborhood on the city's south side. He filled in a swampy area which later became Lake Shore Drive, and built the Palmer Mansion, a forty-two room castle-like structure designed by Henry Ives Cobb and Charles Sumner Frost. Other wealthy Chicagoans followed Potter into the neighborhood, which became one of the richest in Chicago.

In the late 1980s, the Gold Coast and neighboring Streeterville comprised the second most-affluent neighborhood in the United States, behind Manhattan's Upper East Side.Don DeBat and Gary S. Meyers. "Manhattan transfer–Streeterville and the Gold Coast : Second plushest neighborhood in U.S. has it all". Chicago Sun-Times. January 13, 1989. 15. Today, the neighborhood is a mixture of mansions, row houses, and high-rise apartments. Highlights include the Astor Street District and the James Charnley House.

The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/IL/Cook/state4.html National Register of Historic Places in Cook County]. Retrieved on June 12, 2008.

The nearby East Lake Shore Drive District and parts of northern Streeterville and the Magnificent Mile near the lake also may be considered part of the Gold Coast (such as the area around the 860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments), even if not technically in the historic designation.{{cite web|url=http://egov.cityofchicago.org/webportal/COCWebPortal/COC_EDITORIAL/City_Neighborhoods_8_5x11.pdf|title=Chicago neighborhoods|access-date=2010-04-16|publisher=City of Chicago}}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The mayor's office map extends the Gold Coast south to the area of Northwestern University's Chicago campus.

As of 2011, Gold Coast ranks as the seventh-richest urban neighborhood in the United States with a median household income of $153,358.{{cite web |title=The Richest Urban Neighborhoods In America |website=Business Insider |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520022537/https://www.businessinsider.com/richest-urban-neighborhoods-2011-6?op=1 |archive-date=2022-05-20 |url-status=live |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/richest-urban-neighborhoods-2011-6?op=1}}

Photos

{{Gallery

|title=Gold Coast Gallery

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|File:Oak Street Beach in Chicago.jpg|Night on the Gold Coast (including East Lake Shore Drive District)

|Image:1224DearbornChicago.jpg|Luxury condominiums on Dearborn Street in the Gold Coast

|Image:49EastDivisionChicago.jpg|Townhomes on East Division Street in the Gold Coast

|Image:1120 Lake Shore Drive Chicago exterior.jpg|Cooperative apartments on Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast

|File:Chicago bw.jpg|The Gold Coast is a prominent part of the skyline

|File:Gold Coast from Lake Shore Drive.jpg|Gold Coast from Streeterville

|File:Residence of Mr. Potter Palmer, Chicago.jpg|Palmer Mansion (demolished in 1951)}}

Historical images of Chicago's Gold Coast can be found in [http://explore.chicagocollections.org/records/?f2-types=Digital+Images&f1-neighborhoods=Gold%20Coast Explore Chicago Collections], a digital repository made available by Chicago Collections archives, libraries and other cultural institutions in the city.{{cite web|last1=Long|first1=Elizabeth|title=A Single Portal to Chicago's History|url=http://news.lib.uchicago.edu/blog/2015/10/21/a-single-portal-to-chicago-history/|website=The University of Chicago News|access-date=17 September 2016}}

File:Chicago from North Avenue Beach June 2015 panorama 2.jpg looking south.]]

Education

File:Ogden Elementary School (6078314425).jpg East (elementary) campus]]

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) operates public schools serving the community."[http://www.goldcoastneighbors.org/Neighborhood/GCNA-Map.html Map]." Gold Coast Neighbors Association. Retrieved on December 21, 2016. Ogden International School of Chicago has its East Campus, which houses elementary school,[http://ogden.cps.edu/ Home]. Ogden International School of Chicago. Retrieved on October 10, 2018. "Head of Elementary: [...] Grades K-4 East Campus 24 W. Walton St. Chicago, IL 60610" in the Gold Coast.{{cite web|author=Matthews, David|url=https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161101/downtown/ogden-international-school-jenner-academy-of-the-arts-merger-cps|title=Ogden-Jenner Merger Is Best For Both Schools, New Study Says|date=2016-11-01|access-date=2016-12-21|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221233142/https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161101/downtown/ogden-international-school-jenner-academy-of-the-arts-merger-cps|archive-date=2016-12-21}}

Residents of the Gold Coast are zoned to Ogden School for grades K-8,"[http://www.cps.edu/SiteCollectionDocuments/Zone%20maps/Elem_Near_North_West_Central.pdf Near North/West/Central Elementary Schools] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612063906/http://www.cps.edu/SiteCollectionDocuments/Zone%20maps/Elem_Near_North_West_Central.pdf |date=June 12, 2009 }}" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20130517085518/http://www.cps.edu/SiteCollectionDocuments/Zone%20maps/Elem_Near_North_West_Central.pdf Archive]). Chicago Public Schools. May 17, 2013. Retrieved on May 25, 2015. while for high school they are zoned to Lincoln Park High School."[https://web.archive.org/web/20130622055556/http://www.cps.edu/SiteCollectionDocuments/Zone%20maps/HS_North_Near_North.pdf HS North/Near North]." Chicago Public Schools. 2013. Retrieved on September 30, 2016. Any graduate from Ogden's 8th grade program may automatically move on to the 9th grade at Ogden, but students who did not graduate from Ogden's middle school must apply to the high school.{{cite web|url=http://ogden.cps.edu/admissions--school-forms.html|title=Admissions|publisher=Ogden International School|access-date=2020-04-04|quote=Graduates of 8th grade at Jenner Campus can automatically enroll in 9th grade at Ogden's West Campus. If your child graduated from a different middle school [...]|archive-date=December 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222173612/http://ogden.cps.edu/admissions--school-forms.html|url-status=dead}}

The Latin School of Chicago is also located in the Gold Coast and is one of the nation's most prestigious K-12 private schools.

Notable residents

Gold Coast has a long tradition of being home to some of the nation's wealthiest and influential residents. These include:

J. B. Pritzker – businessman, venture capitalist, politician and current Governor of Illinois
Lori Greiner – inventor, entrepreneur, and television personality
Vince Vaughn – actor
Lee Miglin – real estate developer
Ernest Hemingway – author and journalist
Meredith Marks – television personality

References

External links

[http://www.goldcoastneighbors.org Gold Coast Neighbors Association]

Category:Central Chicago

Category:Neighborhoods in Chicago

Category:Historic districts in Chicago

Category:Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Chicago

Category:1882 establishments in Illinois

Category:Populated places established in 1882

Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois