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Melissa Sobota
‘Chicago Tonight’ in Your Neighborhood: Lincoln Square
Jul 9, 2020
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Nick Blumberg
The North Side neighborhood gets its name from the 16th president, but much of its community’s cultural heritage comes from the German immigrants who founded the area in the 1840s.
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