It wouldn’t be surprising if more Chicagoans have been to Wildwood, New Jersey than to its namesake neighborhood on the city’s far northwest side. Unless you know someone who lives in Wildwood, or work for a landscaping or home improvement company, there’s not much reason to visit this verdant residential enclave.
Wildwood is one of the micro-neighborhoods in Forest Glen, one of the city’s official community areas. It’s bounded roughly by Devon Ave (6400 N) to Estes Ave (7100 N), and Lehigh Ave west to Caldwell Ave.
If you do visit, you’ll be impressed by the calm and overwhelmed by the greenery, which is dense enough to darken most streets at noon on a sunny day. The largely post-war housing stock is varied and almost uniformly pleasing to the eye.
Head for YoChicago’s Wildwood album at Flickr, or view our images as a slideshow.
Fabulous pics of Wildwood, Joe. And if I may add to your editorial about Wildwood, more and more folks are moving into this little enclave on the northwest side of town every year to be able to send their children to Wildwood Elementary school, as well as take advantage of the “suburby feel” of this city neighborhood.
Add away, Mark – the more, the better. Consider adding more info on what’s happening in Wildwood to the “About” page in the Wildwood forum.
We come into these communities as outsiders, and can never give visitors the flavor of the neighborhoods the way that an insider such as yourself can.
Wow, that’s my house. Who took that picture?
I took the picture (Joe Zekas), Molly. Let me know if you’d like an e-mail of the full-size original. And I may have a better one of your home, if you e-mail YoJoe@YoChicago.com and let me know which one of the group is yours.