The Best Wedding Locations, Venues And Sites In Chicago
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As the largest in the Midwest, Chicago offers the greatest selection of wedding locations, wedding venues and reception halls in the area. In fact the area literally has hundreds and hundreds of potential wedding locations and reception spots. With nearly 10 million residents in that greater Chicago area, engaged couples will find so many wedding ceremony options that it may be difficult to choose the perfect wedding location.
Located in Cook County, the Chicago area has been divided into almost 230 different neighborhoods. Each neighborhood offers a unique set of wedding venues and reception locations so it is best for engaged couples to search both inside and outside their neighborhood. The neighborhoods on the North side of Chicago include Uptown, Norwood Park, Edgewater, North Center, Lincoln Park, O'Hare, Lakeview, Logan Square, Jefferson Park, Forest Glen, West Ridge, Rogers Park, Albany Park, North Park Edison Park, Avondale, and Lincoln Square. Each area offers unique option for wedding venues. The Northwest neighborhood of Chicago like Montclare, Portage Park, Hermosa, Belmont Cragin, Irving Park, Portage Park and Dunning offer different wedding locations than the West Chicago areas of West Garfield Park, North Lawndale, Lower West Side, Humboldt Park, Austin, West Town and East Garfield Park areas.
One the Southwest side of Chicago, the Brighton Park, Gage Park, West Englewood, Chicago Lawn, Clearing, West Elsdon, McKinley Park, Archer Heights, and Garfield Ridge neighborhoods have a totally different style from the Douglas, Fuller Park, Kenwood, Woodlawn, Greater Grand Crossing, South Shore, Washington Park, Hyde Park, Armour Square and Bridgeport. If you expand your wedding venue search into Auburn Gresham, Washington Heights, Morgan Park, Mount Greenwood, Ashburn and Ashburn, you may find your perfect wedding location. If not, keep looking in the Avalon Park, Burnside, Calumet Heights, Pullman, Riverdale, Hegewisch, West Pullman, Chatham, Roseland and South Deering neighborhoods. With so many neighborhoods and so many options for your wedding location, it can take you weeks to narrow down your selection.
In addition to a spectacular assortment of attractions, the area also has a great selection of universities and religious seminaries. The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, Northwestern University, University of Chicago, Feinberg School of Medicine, DePaul University, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Loyola University, Illinois Institute of Technology, Stuart School of Business are some of the well-known schools that grace Chicago. Students at these universities can contact the school administration to get information about on campus reception halls and wedding venues. With such a large concentration of the theological schools like the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Catholic Theological Union, Moody Bible Institute, North Park Theological Seminary, Meadville Lombard Theological School and the Chicago Theological Seminary, it is safe to assume that there continues to be a strong religious culture in the area that entices many couples to have a traditional religious ceremony. The Chicago area has many historic churches that are a romantic and magnificent locations for traditional weddings. Whether you are planning an old style wedding or you want to create a one-of-a-kind contemporary wedding, the Chicago area has almost unlimited options for wedding locations and reception spots.
The WebforWedding directory includes wedding locations, photographers, caterers, entertainers, florists and many other wedding services in Bolingbrook, Libertyville, West Dundee, Aurora, Justice, Streamwood, Highwood, Round Lake, Glendale Heights, Park Ridge, Elgin, Northbrook, Buffalo Grove, Lincolnwood, Westmont, Country Club Hills, Minooka, Woodstock, Blue Island, Lansing, Waukegan, Arlington Heights, Joliet, Steger, Highland Park, Roselle, Glen Ellyn, Park Forest, Downers Grove, North Chicago, Cortland, McHenry, Wonder Lake, Bloomingdale, Lake Zurich, Warrenville, Antioch, Huntley, St Charles, Harwood Heights, Romeoville, Geneva, Palos Hills, Des Plaines, Naperville, Chicago Ridge, Matteson, Winnetka, Berwyn, Lake Villa, Villa Park, Alsip, Homewood, South Holland, Harvard, Rolling Meadows, Fox Lake, Palatine, Deerfield, Mundelein, Chicago, Markham, Wilmette, Bensenville, Lake in the Hills, Vernon Hills, Algonquin, Homer Glen, Skokie, Hanover Park, Richton Park, Forest Park, Oak Park, De Kalb, Mount Prospect, Cary, Marengo, Willowbrook, Batavia, Lake Bluff, Tinley Park, Addison, Hoffman Estates, Schaumburg, Gurnee, Prospect Heights, Evanston, Oak Lawn, Darien, Morton Grove, Carol Stream, Long Grove, Willow Springs, Bartlett, La Grange Park, Sycamore, Hinsdale, Sandwich, Grayslake, Plano, Elmhurst, Oak Forest, Crystal Lake, Morris, Zion, Calumet Park, Lombard, Wheeling, Barrington, La Grange, Sugar Grove, Hillside, Round Lake Beach, Glenview, Plainfield, Elk Grove Village, Oak Brook, Countryside, Montgomery, Yorkville, Calumet City, Lisle, Wheaton, and all the surrounding areas.