1963 Map of Evanston

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Lake Michigan's western shoreline defines this urban corridor, where the residential grids of Evanston and Wilmette meet the northern edge of Chicago. The 1963 revision documents a densely settled landscape shaped by significant academic and religious institutions, most notably the expansive lakefront campus of Northwestern University and the grounds of Loyola University to the south. Further inland, the map captures the community centers of Winnetka, Kenilworth, and Skokie, showing a complex infrastructure of rail lines including the Chicago and North Western and the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee. A unique historical marker, the Indian Boundary Treaty Line, cuts diagonally across the southern townships, while large green spaces like Memorial Park Cemetery and Calvary Cemetery provide a stark contrast to the surrounding residential blocks and the busy thoroughfares of Sheridan Road and Hibbard Road.