I used to do business in Chicago, mostly around Rogers Park, Lincoln Park, and Hyde Park. Hyde Park area was dicey. Rogers Park fairly nice, and Lincoln Park too. But I've heard that has all changed in the last thirty years. Supposedly even Rogers Park can be problematic now.
No, Obama’s Library is down in Jackson Park, all the way on the far South Side, and Edison Park is basically the opposite end of the city on the far Northwest side.
Lincoln Park is actually pretty safe now, with all the yuppies moving in, but Rogers Park is not great. It was always split with West Rogers Park being nice and East Rogers Park having a lot of subsidized housing, but it’s becoming more and more ghetto over the years. Wrigleyville, on the other hand, is very upscale now. They even tore down the “Punkin’ Donuts” that all the punk rockers and street kids used to hang out at. It’s still full of gays, but they are now married gay couples with nice sweaters and fat bank accounts instead of gay junkie hustlers.