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Mount Prospect is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is part of Elk Grove and Wheeling townships, about 20 miles (32 km) northwest of downtown Chicago and approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) north of O'Hare International Airport .
Randhurst was born out of a desire by Carson Pirie Scott to expand its business into the urban sprawl of Chicago's rapidly-expanding northwest suburbs. Spurred by Marshall Field's expansion into Skokie at the new Old Orchard Shopping Center in 1958, Carson Pirie Scott secured an 80-acre (320,000 m 2) lot in Mount Prospect for purposes of building a shopping mall.
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Sunset Park School was closed by 1978, and the building was rented out for many uses until 1985 when the Mount Prospect Park District negotiated to buy it. The park district demolished the building shortly after the sale and it is now the site of a park. [2] Amid public outcry, Busse School closed in 1982. The building was sold to the Park ...
The building was the home of the Chicago Historical Society after its original headquarters burned down [2] in the Great Chicago Fire, [3] and prior to its relocation to Lincoln Park in 1931. Afterwards, the building housed a magazine publisher, the Works Progress Administration , the Loyal Order of Moose , [ 2 ] the Chicago Institute of Design ...
Legendary music producer Quincy Jones had a hand in some of the most impactful singles of the 20th and 21st centuries. With a career spanning over 70 years, Jones — who died Sunday at age 91 ...
The school district serves most of Elk Grove Village while serving parts of Arlington Heights, Mount Prospect, and Des Plaines. The district has 11 elementary schools, 3 junior high schools, and an early learning center. The junior highs schools send their students to Elk Grove High School, Rolling Meadows High School, Prospect High School or ...