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2929 Central Street
Evanston, IL 60201
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10 N. Whittaker Street
New Buffalo, MI, 49117
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Highland Park is a city in the Moraine Township of Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 31,365 at the 2000 census. Highland Park is one of several affluent towns on the North Shore of Chicago. Highland Park's original name was Port Clinton, Illinois.
Overview
Highland Park has several attractions including a downtown shopping district and Ravinia Festival, the summer home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and a nightly music program covering classical, blues, jazz and rock. Highland Park is also home to the upscale lifestyle center, Renaissance Place. The center is home to one of the three Saks Fifth Avenue locations in Illinois.
The Ravinia Festival is located in the Ravinia District, an area in the southern part of Highland Park that was incorporated as the Village of Ravinia before being annexed to Highland Park, in 1899. The Ravinia District was originally an artists' colony and still retains much of its early character and architecture.
Highland Park has several landmark structures listed in the National Register of Historic Places, notably the Willits House, by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Highland Park has been filmed in, or been the setting of, several movies including Ordinary People, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Risky Business, Weird Science, Lucas, Kicking and Screaming, Sixteen Candles, Home Alone and Shattered Glass. It also was the setting for the 2000/2001 FOX and PBS documentary show American High.
Highland Park is also the international headquarters of the Solo Cup Company.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 12.4 square miles (32.0 kmē), of which, 12.3 square miles (31.7 kmē) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 kmē) is water. Its geographic features include a 100 foot (30 m) high bluff running along 6 miles (9.7 km) of Lake Michigan shoreline and deep, wooded ravines extending up to one mile (1.6 kilometers) inland. Elevations range from 580 feet (177 m) to 725 feet (218 m).
Transportation
The main highway in Highland Park is US-41, which connects Chicago to Milwaukee. Commuter rail is available at five Metra stations (Braeside, Ravinia Park, Ravinia, Highland Park, and Fort Sheridan) on the Union Pacific North Line, which begins in Chicago and terminates in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Pace also offers several bus routes. Boat launch facilities are available along Lake Michigan, and O'Hare International Airport is located approximately 20 miles (32 km) southwest.
- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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