Lake Forest (Illinois)

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Lake Forest
Lake Forest (Illinois)
Lake Forest
Lake Forest
Location in Illinois
Basic data
Foundation : 1861
State : United States
State : Illinois
County : Lake County
Coordinates : 42 ° 14 ′  N , 87 ° 51 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 14 ′  N , 87 ° 51 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
-  Metropolitan Area :		 19,375 (status: 2010)
9,572,572 (status: 2010)
Population density : 443.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 43.8 km 2  (approx. 17 mi 2 ) of
which 43.7 km 2  (approx. 17 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 210 m
Postal code : 60045
Area code : +1 847, 224
FIPS : 17-41105
GNIS ID : 411708
Website : www.cityoflakeforest.com
Mayor : James J. Cowhey, Jr.

Lake Forest is an affluent suburb of Chicago in Lake County in the US state of Illinois on Lake Michigan , south of Waukegan . The city has 19,375 inhabitants (2010). Lake Forest was founded in 1857 around his college and as a stop for travelers en route to Chicago. The city is the seat of the companies Hospira , Tenneco and Brunswick Corporation .

Geography and development

Location of Lake Forest within the Chicago metropolitan area

Lake Forest is located in the Chicago metropolitan area .

According to the United States Census Bureau , the total area of ​​the city is 43.8 km² (16.9 mi² ), of which 0.1 km² (0.30%) is water.

During the initial development of the city, one of the urban planning goals was that the roads should only allow limited access to the city in order to avoid external traffic and to shield the quiet location from the neighboring areas. Today the accessibility has increased significantly, e.g. Partly because of the extensive new construction activity in the west of the city, the older, eastern part of the city, near the shores of Lake Michigan, still remains relatively remote and is one of the most scenic, historic and architecturally significant neighborhoods in the greater Chicago area. The residences here include those designed by renowned architects such as Howard van Doren Shaw .

In 1967, a group of twelve long-time residents of Lake Forests founded an organization to protect undeveloped land, the Lake Forest Open Lands Association (see #Weblinks ). Its express purpose was to buy up the rapidly disappearing vacant land in the city or otherwise use it for animal welfare , ecosystem restoration and environmental education . Over the next 38 years, the group managed to acquire around 300 hectares within the city limits, which are now open to the public in six nature reserves with twenty kilometers of hiking trails . In the long term, this will preserve wetlands , original prairies (created before 1830) , forest landscapes and savannah , all within the city limits.

Lake Forest received the Tree City USA award from the National Arbor Day Foundation in recognition of its commitment to public forest. 2006 was the 26th year that Lake Forest received this national honor.

traffic

S-Bahn station on the market square

Lake Forest has access to the Interstate Highway System through the Tri-State Tollway ( I-94 ). In addition, the Skokie Highway ( US Highway 41 ) runs in a north-south direction roughly through the middle of Lake Forest. Illinois Route 60 connects Lake Forest with other suburbs of Chicago to the west . The Union Pacific / North Line of the Metra S-Bahn system has a train station in the center of Lake Forest (at the market place), while the Milwaukee District / North Line has another train station in the western part of the city.

Commerce and trade

Lake Forest Marketplace
Former Marshal Fields department store (now Macy's) on the market square
Entrance to the department store on the market square, with documentation of the name change

Lake Forest commercial development has three main focuses; two of them are opened up by the railway with its own regional train stations. In the center of the town there is a Union Pacific Railroad station on the market square - the area around the market square offers a mixture of retail, financial services and freelance practices, as well as restaurants. To the west of this is another area, around the station on the Milwaukee District North Line and beyond to "Settlers' Square", which also has a mix of retail, financial services and professional practices, as well as restaurants. On the northwestern boundary of the city, along the Tri-State Tollway, there is another area that consists mainly of larger corporate offices in office parks.

Educational institutions

Lake Forest is home to both renowned public schools and private schools . Lake Forest High School covers both Lake Forest and neighboring Lake Bluff , and most graduates go to picky colleges afterward . The Montessori School of Lake Forest (accredited by the AMI: Association Montessori Internationale) is attended by children between 2 and 14 years old, but is less known than the Montessori School in neighboring Lake Bluff. Lake Forest Academy , on the west side of town, is one of the best boarding and all-day schools in the Midwest , and is attended by students from across the nation and worldwide.

Elementary Schools

  • Deerpath Middle School (public)
  • Cherokee Elementary School (public)
  • Everett Elementary School (public)
  • Sherdian Elementary School (public)
  • School of St. Mary (private)
  • Lake Forest Country Day School (private)

High schools

Colleges

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town


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