Gold Coast

The Gold Coast Historic District is a historic district in Chicago, Illinois. Part of Chicago’s Near North Side community area, it is roughly bounded by North Avenue, Lake Shore Drive, Oak Street, and Clark Street. The nearby East Lake Shore Drive District and parts of northern Streeterville and the Magnificent Mile near the lake also may be considered part of the Gold Coast, even if not technically in the historic designation. The mayor’s office map extends the Gold Coast south to the area of Northwestern University’s Chicago campus. As of 2011, Gold Coast ranks as the 7th richest urban neighborhood in America with a median household income of $153,358.