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Forest Park, Illinois

Forest Park is in Cook County.

About Forest Park, Illinois

A compact, transit-served Chicago suburb historically defined by its many large cemeteries and a walkable Madison Street commercial district.

History of Forest Park

• Long known as a village of cemeteries, its several large burial grounds hold far more interred people than living residents.

Landmarks and Places in Forest Park

• Forest Home Cemetery. Site of the Haymarket Martyrs' Monument commemorating the 1886 Haymarket affair and the labor movement.
• Chicago 16-Inch Softball Museum. Museum at 7501 Harrison Street honoring the gloveless game developed in the Chicago area.
• Forest Park CTA Blue Line terminal. Western terminus of the CTA Blue Line at Des Plaines Avenue.
• Park District of Forest Park. Roughly 15-acre park near the center of the village with an aquatic center.
• Forest Park Aquatic Center. Pool complex at 7501 Harrison Street with a zero-depth pool, slides, and diving boards.

Local reference: en.wikipedia.org, www.forestpark.net

More About Forest Park

French trader Leon Bourassa bought 160 acres here in 1839.

John Henry Quick bought the land in 1856 and named it Harlem after his hometown, and Harlem incorporated in 1884 before taking the name Forest Park in 1907.

Forest Park Amusement Park operated just west of Des Plaines Avenue from 1907 to 1922.

The post office at 417 Des Plaines Avenue holds The White Fawn, a 1940 mural by Miriam McKinnie.

St. Bernardine Catholic Church was built in the Spanish Mission style.

Ferrara Pan Candy Company, founded in 1908 by Salvatore Ferrara, makes candy on West Harrison Street.

Harlem/Lake, the western end of the CTA Green Line, sits at the village's northeast corner.

The Proviso Mathematics and Science Academy, a magnet school, is in Forest Park.

Source: en.wikipedia.org