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Lincoln Square, Chicago — Area Guide & Where to Stay
The Berlin Wall Monument in Chicago stands in Lincoln Square, a community area of Chicago near Saint Matthias Catholic Church.
About Lincoln Square
Where to stay in Lincoln Square
Each area has its own feel; here's who each one suits.
Lincoln Square is a residential community area of Chicago rather than a hotel quarter. Lincoln Square keeps little lodging within its streets. Visitors drawn to the Berlin Wall Monument in Chicago or to Saint Matthias Catholic Church usually book a room elsewhere in the city and travel out to this part of Chicago for the day.
Ravenswood, Ravenswood Gardens, Bowmanville and Budlong Woods sit inside the same community area, and none of them carries the kind of hotel strip that would change where a visitor sleeps. The streets stay quiet and local.
About Lincoln Square
What are the main landmarks in Lincoln Square?
Lincoln Square holds two landmarks of note. The Berlin Wall Monument in Chicago stands among the ordinary streets as the neighbourhood's most unusual marker, a fragment of history set down far from where it began. Saint Matthias Catholic Church serves the parish.
Both stand on the North Side of Chicago. Beyond them the area is residential, with little else built for visitors in this quarter of Chicago.
What is the history of Lincoln Square?
Lincoln Square grew as a residential community area of Chicago, its streets laid out block by block as the city spread. Homes led the way. Saint Matthias Catholic Church rose to serve the parish that formed here, and the Berlin Wall Monument in Chicago arrived much later as an unexpected addition to an otherwise quiet quarter.
Ravenswood, Ravenswood Gardens, Bowmanville and Budlong Woods are the smaller neighbourhoods it encompasses, names that remain in ordinary use alongside the wider label. Chicago in Illinois counts 77 community areas, and this is one. The neighbourhood has held its shape.
Where is Lincoln Square?
Lincoln Square is a residential community area of Chicago, its streets set around Saint Matthias Catholic Church and the Berlin Wall Monument in Chicago.
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Updated August 2026