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Tapia Realty is a full service Real Estate firm that specializes in working with the first time buyer as well as with seasoned investors, let our experience work in your benefit.

The village of Norwood Park was incorporated in 1874. Originally, the community selected Norwood as its name which came from a novel titled, “Norwood: Or, Village Life in New England” written by Henry Ward Beecher. However, at that time, there was another village with the same name so the citizens added the surname “Park” in honor of their forest-country scenery.

The Depression and WWII slowed development of the community, as well as the creation of the Northwest Expressway that cut directly through the middle of Irving Park, displacing residents and destroying houses. The 1960s saw an influx of condominium developments. In 1984, the Irving Park Historical Society was founded to help preserve the neighborhood’s rich history and unique architecture.

Albany Park grew from a sparsely settled farming community to an urban neighborhood in the course of one generation. Settlement began in 1868 when local entrepreneur Richard Rusk purchased ten acres of land and developed a brickyard near the north branch of the Chicago River and Rusk Race Track. The area was annexed to Chicago with the Jefferson Township in 1889. In 1893, a group of investors bought land in the area to develop electric street cars and provide transport to Albany Park as well as setting up banks and other commercial businesses. The Brown Line elevated trains, then known as the Ravenswood Elevated line, was extended to Kimball in 1907 causing an increase in business and commercial establishments and increasing the residential population. The suburban exodus led Albany Park into economic and social decline, but relief came in 1978 when the North River Commission and the Lawrence Avenue Development Corporation renewed and redeveloped the area that can be seen today.

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