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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]
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 ]
Forest Home Cemetery was the site of a Potawatomi village and burial ground until 1835. [2][3] Ferdinand Haase, founder of Forest Park, and other members of the Haase family are buried on what at one time also was a Haase family homestead. [2] The cemetery was formally established and incorporated under the laws of the State of Illinois in 1876.
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.
www.broadview-il.gov Broadview is a village in Cook County , Illinois , 12 miles (19 km) west of downtown Chicago . As of the 2020 census it had a population of 7,998.
February 18, 1997. The Haymarket Martyrs' Monument is a funeral monument and sculpture located at Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Dedicated in 1893, it commemorates the defendants involved in labor unrest who were blamed, convicted, and executed for the still unsolved bombing during the Haymarket Affair (1886).
In use. 1942–1971. [1] Naval Ordnance Station Forest Park (NOSF) was in Forest Park, Illinois, United States. It was founded during World War II (1942-1945) as Naval Ordnance Plant Forest Park (NOPF). [2] The Forest Park Station was instrumental in building torpedoes for the Navy, employing up to 6,500 workers and producing 19,000 torpedoes.
Born in Park Forest. Larry McCarren. Nov 9, 1951. Pro Bowl center for the Green Bay Packers (1973–1984); sports commentator. Alumnus of Rich East HS. Pete Stanicek. Apr 16, 1963. Second baseman and left fielder for the Baltimore Orioles. Alumnus of Rich East HS.