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The Village of Oak Park was formally established in 1902, disengaging from Cicero following a referendum. According to the local historical society, "The period 1892–1950 saw the construction of almost all of the housing stock in Oak Park, and most of the village's current buildings."
Oak Park Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois and its boundaries are coterminous with the village of Oak Park. [2] As of the 2020 census, the population was 54,583. [ 3 ]
In 1923, the North Branch of the Oak Park Public Library was opened as a storefront at 212 Chicago Avenue. It moved to 208 Chicago Avenue in 1932. In 1939, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Dole donated a building at the corner of Augusta and Cuyler to the Village of Oak Park to be used for "cultural and recreational purposes".
Wrecking balls could be coming to Oak Park under a new plan to potentially tear down Village Hall, a municipal hub listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Earlier this month, the ...
The Oak Park Village Hall at 123 Madison Street is the center of village government in Oak Park, Illinois. The village hall was built in 1975 as part of a series of public infrastructure improvements intended to prevent white flight from the village. In the late 1960s, as more black residents moved to the east side of Oak Park, preexisting ...
From this, in 1968, the Village of Oak Park adopted the Fair Housing Ordinance. In the early 1970s, African American families began to integrate into Oak Park. Many faced discrimination in neighboring communities so in 1972, Roberta "Bobbie" Raymond opened the Oak Park Housing Center to ensure equal access to housing. The idea for the Housing ...
On January 7, 2002, the Hills-DeCaro House was declared a landmark by the Village of Oak Park. [25] The residence had already been listed as a contributing property to the Frank Lloyd Wright-Prairie School of Architecture Historic District. [26] In early 2009, the Smylies embarked on their most significant exterior project.
The killing of Oak Park Police Detective Allan Reddins, 40, on Friday "marks the first Line of Duty death for the Oak Park Police Department since 1938," the village said in a statement. Hours ...