Humboldt Park
| Territory Data | |
| Open Territory
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| Territory Claimed by: | None |
| Sphere: | Vampire |
| Location Value: | 15 |
| Specialty: | Trends (Socialize) |
| Cost Reductions: | Taste, Language (Spanish), Virtuous |
| Unique Bonus: | Once per week, with a successful social roll, get a table at any restaurant on Division Street or free access to any one meal. |
| Travel Code: | WS |
Description
East Humboldt Park is bordered by Sacramento Boulevard, Western Avenue, North Avenue and Division Street. Though it is considered a part of the Humboldt Park neighborhood, it is officially a part of the West Town community area. The area has been known for its working and lower middle class Puerto Rican community from the 1970s to the 2000s, though now the area has seen a large influx of white middle to upper middle class residents due to the process of gentrification. The area once had the largest middle class Puerto Rican community in the Midwest. The area is home to many social service institutions, bars, restaurants, cafes and shops as well as two sixty-foot Puerto Rican flags on a stretch of Division Street designated Paseo Boricua. Mayor Rahm Emanuel's sweeping school closings closed Von Humboldt Elementary, De Duprey Elementary, and Lafayette Elementary, leaving no neighborhood elementary schools in the area.
West Humboldt Park is the area west of Sacramento Boulevard. Many residents on this side of Humboldt Park are low-income working class residents. The area is known for its high crime, but it has declined by little in blocks adjacent to the park since the gentrification is moving westward. Though in conventional terms the Humboldt Park neighborhood has been considered between Western Avenue, Pulaski Road, North Avenue, and Chicago Avenue. The area west of Pulaski until Kenton Avenue is considered West Humboldt Park as well.
Places of Interest
Redbrick Apartments (Apartments)