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Many credit Walter S. Gurnee as the father of the North Shore. [1] One of the earliest known monographs to be devoted to the North Shore, The Book of the North Shore (1910), and its companion volume, The Second Book of the North Shore (1911), were written by Marian A. White, whose husband J. Harrison White had established a weekly newspaper in Rogers Park in 1895 called the North Shore ...
The Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad (reporting mark CNSM), also known as the North Shore Line, was an interurban railroad that operated passenger and freight service over an 88.9-mile (143.1 km) route between the Chicago Loop and downtown Milwaukee, as well as an 8.6-mile (13.8 km) branch line between the villages of Lake Bluff and Mundelein, Illinois.
Highwood is a North Shore suburb of Chicago in Moraine Township, Lake County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census , the population was 5,074. [ 2 ] It is known for its entertainment, restaurants, bars, and festivals.
North Shore Country Club is a private country club in Glenview, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Founded in 1900, it features a 7,031 yard 18-hole golf course. [ 2 ] In 1933, it hosted the U.S. Open that was won by Johnny Goodman .
Glenview is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, approximately 15 miles (24 km) northwest of the Chicago Loop. Per the 2020 census, the population was 48,705. [4] It is part of a collection of upscale residential communities north of Chicago that belong to New Trier and Northfield townships and the greater North Shore. According ...
The North Shore Sanitary District Tower is located in Rosewood Park, Highland Park, Illinois.It was built in 1931 to provide ventilation for the local sewer system. The brick tower is 50 feet (15 m) tall and topped by a spire.
All three branches have trains stopping at McCormick Place. [15] As of 2018, McCormick Place is the 179th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 124 weekday boardings. [1] The South Shore Line stops at McCormick Place for special events only and will not board passengers northbound or discharge passengers southbound ...
The south end of the channel flows into the North Branch at approximately 5100 north and 3000 west in the Chicago street-address numbering system. A concrete low head dam , 82 feet (25 m) in width and 8 feet (2.4 m) in height, was constructed at the confluence of the channel and river in 1910, creating Chicago's only waterfall within the city ...