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Where the action is: Clark between Foster and Hollywood on the far North Side. The crowd: Hip thirty- and fortysome- things; stroller-pushing families; LGBT professionals who think Boystown is passé; a handful of Scandinavian holdouts resisting the area's gentrification. Dream home: A tidy red brick two flat on lush, tree-lined Wayne Avenue. Craving: The tofu-licious Veritable Vegan Epiphany at m. henry—a just reward for the restaurant's two-hour brunch line. Cause célèbre: Restoring the neighborhood's beloved- but-decrepit signature blue-and-yellow water tower—which had to be removed in 2014 after it froze solid—to its rightful place atop the Swedish American Museum. Favorite pastime: Browsing gorgeous, hypercu- rated home decor at shops like Scout, Brimfield, and Roost. Tipple of choice: Big Gulp-sized martinis at Marty's. Live entertain- ment : Puppet Bike, the wheeled theater whose roving puppeteers always seem to end up at Clark and Berwyn. Sugar rush: From pastries at Taste of Heaven and Michigan sour cherry pies at First Slice to over-the-top marzipan rolls at Swedish Bakery, this place is a sweets-a-palooza. Baby name: Svea, in honor of the neighborhood's Scandinavian heritage (and the café of the same name on Clark Street). Green means: Dropping $500 on stunning statutory seedlings at Gethsemane Garden Center. . SCANDINAVIAN HAVEN HOLD ON TO YOUR TOSKA TORTES: SWEDE-CENTRIC NEIGHBORHOOD ANDERSONVILLE IS ONE OF THE HOTTEST REAL ESTATE 'HOODS IN THE US. WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK. BY J.P. ANDERSON 168 MICHIGANAVEMAG.COM PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF ANDERSONVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. BLOCK PARTY