Forever Living Products in Wicker Park, Chicago Wicker Park is a neighborhood on Chicago’s northwest side. The area experienced an influx of residents in the 1870s – shortly after the Great Chicago Fire – through the 1930s. Unlike many neighborhoods, it has attracted a diverse population from the beginning, including Irish, Norwegian, German, Jewish and Polish immigrants, and more recently Hispanic, African American and Asian residents. After a 40-year decline, revitalization began again in the 1970s.