What is Edgewater, Chicago?
[[File:Edgewater Beach Chicago.JPG|right|200px]] '''Edgewater''' is a lakefront [[Community areas of Chicago|community area]] on the North Side of the city of [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] seven miles north of the [[Chicago Loop|Loop]]. Edgewater was the northeastern corner of [[Lake View, Chicago#History|Lake View]] Township, an independent suburb which was annexed by the [[Chicago|city of Chicago]] in 1889. Today, the [[Uptown, Chicago|Uptown]] community is to Edgewater's south, [[Lincoln Square, Chicago|Lincoln Square]] to its west, [[West Ridge, Chicago|West Ridge]] to its northwest and [[Rogers Park, Chicago|Rogers Park]] to its north. [[Category:Community areas of Chicago]] {{US-geo-stub}} {{Community areas of Chicago}}