Merchant Park

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Merchant Park Soundex Code M625

Merchant Park is a neighborhood within Community Area 16 Irving Park

Merchant Park (also known as Avondale Gardens) (Addison Street to the north, Belmont Avenue to the south, the Union Pacific/Northwest Line rail line to the West, Pulaski Road to the east) has been in recent years relabeled as "South Old Irving Park" by some. Like Community Area 15 Kilbourn Park, the neighborhood is more akin to neighboring Community Area 21 Avondale in terms of both its built environment and the sociological makeup of its residents than Irving Park. Merchant Park owes its name to John Merchant and Clara Merchant, whose house in Old Irving Park has been recommended for official landmark designation by Chicago.