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The Ridge Historic District is a residential historic district in the Beverly and Morgan Park neighborhoods of Chicago, Illinois. As its name suggests, the district is centered on a ridge , making it one of the few areas of high ground in the generally flat city.
Iván de la Peña López (Spanish pronunciation: [iˈβan delaˈpeɲa]; born 6 May 1976) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. During his career, he earned the nicknames Pequeño Buda ('Little Buddha') and Lo Pelat ('The Shaven One') due to his shaven head and slight frame.
The station is 16.6 miles (26.7 km) away from Chicago Union Station, the northern terminus of the line. [2] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Chicago Ridge is in zone 3. As of 2018, Chicago Ridge is the 127th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 372 weekday boardings.
According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Chicago Ridge has a total area of 2.27 square miles (5.88 km 2), all land. [7] Located in Cook County, the village is 18 miles (29 km) southwest of the Loop. Chicago Ridge's irregular shape is bounded by Oak Lawn on the north and east, Bridgeview and Palos Hills on the west, and Worth on the south. [5]
Last Stop on Market Street is a 2015 children's book written by American author Matt de la Peña and illustrated by Christian Robinson, which won the 2016 Newbery Medal, [1] [2] [3] a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, [4] and a Caldecott Honor. [5]
Deer Park is a village in Lake and Cook Counties, Illinois. Per the 2020 census , the population was 3,681. [ 2 ] The village is one of the few left in the Chicago area that enjoy a green belt which is bordered by two large natural areas providing outdoor recreation and open space.
Ernesto de la Peña (Spanish pronunciation: [eɾˈnesto ðe la ˈpeɲa]; 21 November 1927 – 10 September 2012) was a Mexican writer, translator and cultural advocate. Peña was also a linguist and polyglot who studied thirty-three languages, as varied as Latin , Greek , Hebrew and Sanskrit .
Horacio Armando de la Peña (born 1 August 1966 [1]), nicknamed "el Pulga" ("the Flea"), [6] is a tennis coach and a former tennis player from Argentina, who reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 31. [1] De la Peña was born in Buenos Aires. He began playing on the ATP circuit professionally in 1984, when he was 17. [1]