An undercelebrated jewel of Chicago's cultural landscape, Beverly, and its southern neighbor Morgan Park, offer many of Chicagoland's most exquisite estate properties (although the region's best known are in the North Shore suburbs). Set along a hilltop ridge just west of Longwood Avenue, one magnificent mansion after another proclaims that Beverly is anything but a typical Chicago neighborhood -- also known as Beverly Hills, this gracious, suburban neighborhood is well worthy of its Calfornia counterpart. Its ethnic makeup has changed significantly over the last 30 years through its proximity to the African-American Chicago southside; Beverly is now about a third African-American.
