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Many IGP students live in the area that spans the north end of Lincoln Park up to Wrigleyville, between the streets of Diversey and Irving Park. If you plan to get an apartment away from school, public transportation is something to look at to get to and from campus. The two best ways are via the Red Line L and the Lake Shore Dr. buses (145, 146, and 151). Students who live greater than 2 miles from campus can get generally NU parking for about $438 per year. A number of students live downtown by the school and love the convenience, but may pay more money for less space.

We have put together different websites that may be helpful in locating an apartment in Chicago.

   Apartment Listing Services       Other Chicago Links       Current IGP Student Contacts

NU Off Campus Housing Service
(student sublets, etc)

http://www.northwestern.edu/offcampus/

Finding Apartments in Chicago

The Chicago Reader - Spacefinder

http://www.chireader.com/spacefinder/

This free newspaper has the largest listing of places to live. This site has an interactive search that allows you to choose an apartment size, neighborhood, and maximum and minimun rent. Chicago Reader also contains a lot of other things about Chicago.

Craig's list

http://chicago.craigslist.org/

Great housing information, including roommate listings

Chicago Apartments and Condos

http://www.homes-condos.com/

HIGHLY recommended by Leah Anderson and Melanie Beglin, Class of 2002. Friendly staff and very efficient.

Relocation Central

http://www.relocationcentral.com/

Used successfully by former IGP student.

Apartment People

http://www.apartmentpeople.com/

This is a good website to help find an apartment. The FAQ section on this site is really good. This group is also the best place to go to if you visit Chicago and want to find an apartment during your stay. They will drive you around and can usually get a place that day.This also gives a good description of the neighborhoods.

Chicago Apartment Finders

http://www.chicagoapartmentfinders.com/

Reported by first year IGP student (2004) to be much better than Apartment People. Also good for browsing online before people come to town.

Apartmentzone

http://www.apartmentzone.com/

This site has maps to the property listed as well as pictures (sometimes).

Apartment Savvy

http://www.apartmentsavvy.com

A "mighty nice" service with a downloadable map of the neighborhoods with rent ranges on it

PlannedProperty

http://www.plannedproperty.com/

Lakeview, Goldcoast, Lincoln Park housing.

Homestead Group

http://www.thehomesteadgroup.com/home.asp

Lakeview office serves the Lincoln Park, DePaul, Old Town, Lakeview, Wrigleyville, Roscoe Village, St. Bens, Ravenswood and other North Side neighborhoods. River West office serves the Bucktown, Wicker Park, Ukrainian Village, East Village, Gold Coast, Streeterville, River West, River North, Humboldt Park and other Near North and Near West neighborhoods.

Other Useful Chicago Sites

Map of Chicago Neighborhoods - PDF file

Map.pdf

Chicago Transit Authority

www.transitchicago.com/

Bus and subway/el train system

Metromix

http://www.metromix.com/

A good place to find out what’s going on around town

Grad Connections

http://www.gradconnections.northwestern.edu/

A web site with useful Chicago links put out by the NU graduate student government

NU LINK

http://nulink.northwestern.edu/

A web site with useful Chicago links put out by the NU undergraduate student government

Chicago Hotels

http://www.chicago-hotel-discounts.com/ 

A web site with several hotels