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In the Chicago area, historical landmarks are common. The city itself is known as a capital of architecture and many buildings in the suburbs as well have been preserved and honored as significant examples of design. In the small village of Riverside, things are a little different – the entire...
Tinley Park is a populous village in Chicago’s south suburbs, home to nearly 60,000 residents. The village was incorporated in 1892 and its long history is reflected in its historic downtown area. Tinley Park is known to Chicago-area residents as the home of a major outdoor music venue, now called...
Winter can be rough in Chicago and the Midwest in general and most years find residents longing for spring weeks or even months before the first robin is spotted or the first crocus pokes its head out. The winter of 2013-14 has been particularly brutal with record snow and...
Western Springs is a small affluent suburb in western Cook County with a population of approximately 13,000. There actually was a spring in Western Springs and water from the Alcyone Spring was bottled and shipped broadly until the spring dried up in 1890. Even without the spring, appealing farmlands drew...
Palos Hills is a bedroom suburb in southwest Cook County with population just under 17,000. It is one of three “Palos” communities in Palos Township, the others being Palos Park and Palos Heights. The name used so economically is derived from the Spanish port city of Palos de Frontera...
Structural damage to the foundation is one of the worst problems a house can have, especially when the foundation has dropped or settled significantly. This not only damages the foundation walls and causes cracks and stuck doors and windows in the aboveground structure but it destabilizes the entire home...
The residential real estate market in the Chicago area, and the Midwest in general, is unpredictable, to say the least. Experts say that the market is beginning to rebound from the Great Recession but many homeowners are having difficulty selling their houses and many others are staying put rather than...
Although the first settlement of what is now New Lenox Township took place in the 1820’s, the village of New Lenox itself is a relatively new entity, incorporated in 1946. The creation of the surrounding township preceded that of the village by nearly 100 years, established in 1852 at...
The village of Oak Forest today is a peaceful southern suburb of Chicago with a population of approximately 28,000. It wasn’t always so peaceful there, however, particularly back in the early days of the town’s history. From the time of its first European settlements in the early 19th century, Oak...
Drain tile is one of the most useful tools in a basement waterproofing contractor’s toolbox. It can be installed on the inside or the outside, can drain to a sump pump, storm sewer or to daylight and it can put an end to a variety of basement seepage problems. On...
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