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Forest Park (formerly Harlem) is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and a suburb of Chicago.The population was 14,339 at the 2020 census. [2] The Forest Park terminal on the CTA Blue Line is the line's western terminus, located on the Eisenhower Expressway at Des Plaines Avenue. [3]
Showmen's Rest. Coordinates: 41°51′2.1″N 87°49′10.0″W. One of the five elephants surrounding Showmen's Rest. Showmen's Rest in Forest Park, Illinois, is a 750 plot section of Woodlawn Cemetery mostly for circus performers owned by the Showmen's League of America. [1][2] The first performers and show workers that were buried there are ...
1010 Madison St, Oak Park, IL 60302. Circle Theatre Chicago founded in 1985 by Wayne Buidens, Joe Bass, and Karen Skinner is a theatre company in Oak Park and Chicago, Illinois. [1] They chose the name "Circle Theatre" to represent both Circle Avenue (Forest Park's main thoroughfare) and the concept of infinity.
FIPS code. 17-16691. Website. countryclubhills.org. Country Club Hills is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is a suburb south of Chicago. The population was 16,775 at the 2020 census.
Website. www.villageofparkforest.com. Park Forest is a village located south of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, with a small southern portion in Will County, Illinois, United States. The village was originally designed by Loebl Schlossman & Bennett as a planned community for veterans returning from World War II. [2]
FIPS code. 17-72923. Wikimedia Commons. Stone Park, Illinois. Website. www.vosp.us. Stone Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,576 at the 2020 census. [2] Incorporated in 1939, the town was named for insurance magnate Clement Stone, who bought most of the land when it was still corn fields.
Forest Park is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority 's 'L' system, located in the village of Forest Park, Illinois and serving the Blue Line. Before the Congress Line was built, it served as terminal for the Garfield Line. It is the western terminus of the Forest Park branch. The station was known as Des Plaines until 1994.
History. The station was opened in 1910 as part of an extension of the Lake Street "L" into the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company 's Forest Park yard. The Marion station had served as the terminal of the line since 1901. [2] Passenger service was operated with a single track, but was expanded to two tracks by 1946.