time as Governor, he lived at a YMCA at 1725 West Wilson Avenue from 1961 to 1965 while working as a taxi cab driver and recovering from alcoholism. George R. R. Martin (born 1948), novelist and short story writer best known for A Song of Ice and Fire. He lived in Uptown while performing alternative service work as a VISTA volunteer attached to the Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation. Ayanna Pressley (born 1974), member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 7th congressional district since 2019. Pressley was a childhood resident of Uptown, moving to attend college at Boston University. Iva Toguri D'Aquino (1916–2006), English-language radio broadcaster who transmitted Radio Tokyo's propaganda to Allied soldiers in the South Pacific during World War II on The Zero Hour radio show. Toguri lived in a three-flat in Uptown after the War. Notes References External links Official City of Chicago Uptown Community Map Lakeside Community Development Corporation Business Partners- The Chamber for Uptown Uptown Chicago Commission Buena Park Neighbors Magnolia Malden Neighbors Compass Rose Cultural Crossroads Collection of articles, some of which relate to Uptown history Uptown History Blog Blog with images from Uptown's past. Uptown Update News and Commentary from the 46th Ward of Chicago SeeClickFix Report non-emergency issues in the Uptown neighborhood Appalachian culture in Illinois Community areas of Chicago North Side, Chicago Beaches of Cook County, Illinois