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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.
In Metra's zone-based fare system, Wheeling is in zone 3. As of 2018, Wheeling is the 134th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 348 weekday boardings. [2] As of February 15, 2024, Wheeling is served by all 14 trains (seven in each direction) on weekdays. The station is located in an industrial development.
Westin was the first hotel chain to introduce guest credit cards (in 1946), 24-hour room service (1969), and personal voice mail in each room (1991). [20] In 1999, Westin began selling the Heavenly Bed mattresses featured in Westin properties, and manufactured by Simmons Bedding Company, to the general public.
355 Schoenbeck Rd. Wheeling, Illinois: Established: 1958: Collection; Size: The library is a member of Cooperative Computer Services. CCS is a group of public libraries in the north and northwest suburbs of Chicago that share a database for circulation, acquisitions, cataloging, interlibrary loan and an online public access catalog.
The North Shore is known for its low crime rates. In fact, Northbrook was ranked by MoneyGeek, a financial planning website, as being the safest town in Illinois, largely due to its low ($116 per capita) expenditure on crime. [111] Northbrook's crime rate is significantly lower than the national average. [112]
Wheeling is a village in Cook and Lake counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. A suburb of Chicago , it is primarily in Cook County, approximately 23 mi (37 km) northwest of downtown Chicago. Per the 2020 census , the population was 39,137. [ 4 ]
Chicago Executive Airport (IATA: PWK, ICAO: KPWK, FAA LID: PWK), formerly Palwaukee Municipal Airport, is a public airport 18 miles (33 km) northwest of Chicago, in the village of Wheeling in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is owned by the City of Prospect Heights and the Village of Wheeling. [1] [2]