Highland Park (Illinois)
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 Ravinia railway station |
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| Location in Illinois | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1869 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Illinois | ||
| County : | Lake County | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 11 ′ N , 87 ° 48 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
31,365 (status: 2000) 9,572,572 (status: 2010) |
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| Population density : | 1,465.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 21.4 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) of which 21.4 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 212 m | ||
| Postal code : | 60035 | ||
| Area code : | +1 847, 224 | ||
| FIPS : | 17-34722 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 410226 | ||
| Website : | www.cityhpil.com | ||
| Mayor : | Michael D. Belsky | ||
 Highland Park train station |
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Highland Park is a city in Lake County in the US state of Illinois . According to the last census in 2000, the population is 31,365. The city is on the north end of Chicago . It has a very large Jewish community .
history
Highland Park was founded in 1869 and the village of Ravinia was incorporated into it in 1899. After the Second World War, the until then small Jewish community u. a. due to Jews who immigrated from Germany, there was a considerable influx of people, so that soon every third person in the place known as a summer health resort was of Jewish faith. In 1948 the Beth El Synagogue was founded.
geography
Highland Park is about 32 km². 0.08% of the urban area is water. There is a 30 meter high cliff that stretches 6 miles along Lake Michigan and an inland gorge that is 177 meters deep and 1.8 km in length.
traffic
The main traffic axis is the US Highway 41 which connects Chicago with Milwaukee . Chicago O'Hare International Airport is 20 miles south .
Culture and sights
In Highland Park there is a building by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), the Ward W. Willits House .
The city has a downtown shopping district . The city is also the summer home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
The Ravinia Festival takes place in Highland Parks. This festival was initially intended as a cultural program for the village of Ravinia, but later the village was incorporated into the Highland Park community and thus the Ravinia Festival became a festival of Highland Park. Ravinia was originally an enclave of artists ; despite being incorporated into the Highland Park community, it has retained the character that is characterized by the simple lifestyle.
Highland Park is inscribed on the United States' Archive of Great Historic Places.
population
According to a census in 2000, 31,365 people and 979.8 people live in the city in one square kilometer . 91% of the city's population are white , 1% are black , 0.08% are Native Americans , 2% are Asian , 3% are other populations. 8% of them are Latinos . 27% of the population were under 18 years old, 30% were 18 to 44 years old, 27% were between 45 and 64 years old, and 15% were over 65 years old. The median age was 41 years.
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Clement Smoot (1884-1963), golfer
- Robert Wrenn (1873–1925), tennis player
- William Goldman (1931–2018), screenwriter and writer
- Chuck Russell (* 1952), director, producer and screenwriter
- John Preskill (* 1953), physicist
- Martha Minow (* 1954), legal scholar
- DW Moffett (* 1954), film and theater actor
- F. Gary Gray (born 1969), director
- Allan Loeb (* 1969), screenwriter and film producer
- Alex Borstein (* 1973), actress, voice actress, screenwriter, producer and comedian
- Brett Gelman (* 1976), actor and comedian
- Kevin Alexander Clark (* 1988), film actor and musician
- Chief Keef (* 1995), rapper and music producer
Personalities who have worked in the city
- the actors Gary Sinise and Orson Welles
- the astronaut Dr. John Grunsfeld and the engineer Dr. John Gibson (Chief Engineer at Illinois Tool Works)
- Generals Terry Allen and Mark Wayne Clark as well
- the athletes Michael Jordan and Jerry Krause (former manager of the Chicago Bulls )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Ann Durkin Keating: Chicago Neighborhoods and Suburbs: A Historical Guide, 2008, p. 170
- ^ Highland Park as a Summer Resort - The Wildwood Experience - The Origins of Chicago's Jewish North Shore
- ↑ Chicago Tribune, November 27, 1955