What is West Ridge, Chicago?
'''West Ridge''' is one of 77 [[Chicago]] [[Community areas of Chicago|community areas]]. It is a middle-class neighborhood located on the far North Side of the City of [[Chicago]]. It is located in the 50th Ward and the [[40th Ward, Chicago|40th Ward]]. Also historically called '''North Town''', and frequently referred to as '''West Rogers Park''', it is bordered on the north by [[Howard Street (Chicago)|Howard Street]], on the east by [[Ridge Boulevard (Chicago)|Ridge Boulevard]], Western Avenue, and Ravenswood Avenue, the south by Bryn Mawr Avenue and Peterson Avenue, and on the west by Kedzie Avenue and the North Shore [[Channel (geography)|channel]] of the [[Chicago River]]. At one time joined with neighboring [[Rogers Park, Chicago|Rogers Park]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20150827/rogers-park/rogers-park-west-ridge-east-rogers-park-hood-border-confusion-continues |title=Rogers Park? West Ridge? East Rogers Park? 'Hood Border Confusion Continues - Rogers Park - DNAinfo Chicago |access-date=2017-03-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330181436/https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20150827/rogers-park/rogers-park-west-ridge-east-rogers-park-hood-border-confusion-continues |archive-date=2017-03-30 }}</ref> West Ridge was annexed to Chicago on April 4, 1893, along with Rogers Park.<ref>https://chicagology.com/wp-content/themes/revolution-20/chicagoimages/annexation1930.jpg</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Community areas of Chicago}} {{US-geo-stub}} [[Category:Community areas of Chicago]]