[Steely Dan]

^ well, it's a function of a couple things. one of them is that LP (the neighborhood) has more lakefront parkland within its borders.


Lincoln Park total land area: 3.17 sq. miles

Lincoln Park without lakefront parkland: 2.47 sq. miles

difference: 0.7 sq. miles



Lakeview total land area: 3.13 sq. miles

Lakeview without lakefront parkland: 2.80 sq. miles

difference: 0.33 sq. miles



so let's compute densities without lakefront parkland:

Lincoln Park: 70,492 people / 2.47 sq. miles = 28,539 ppsm

Lakeview: 103,050 people / 2.80 sq. miles = 36,804 ppsm

so we get a little closer on density.



another big differentiator would be the largely non-residential uses of most of the land in western LP along the river through the clybourn corridor, of which lincoln yards is a part. lakeview doesn't have any large low-population areas like that. once you remove the lakefront parkland from lakeview, it is SOLIDLY residential through and through.

if we remove all of the largely commercial and underused land in LP west of clybourn, we get a remaining land area of 2.15 sq. miles for where the people of LP actually live.

Lincoln Park: 70,492 people / 2.15 sq. miles = 32,787 ppsm

getting even closer.



and lastly, lakeview appears to have considerably more residential highrises piled-up along the lakefront than LP does. that would explain most of the remaining population density difference between the two.