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Glen Ellyn IL today is a prosperous suburb of 27,000 residents located in DuPage County. It is home of the College of DuPage and Glen Oak Country Club. The village’s history mirrors that of many of its neighboring towns. Originally inhabited by Native Americans, Glen Ellyn’s first European settler was...
There’s not too much of a mystery of how the village of Evergreen Park got its name – in the town’s early days someone built a park and planted evergreen trees in it. The interesting thing about the park, besides its stature as namesake, is that an ambitious developer...
In some ways, Joliet IL has been the Rodney Dangerfield of Illinois cities – no respect. Most pop culture references to the city had to do with the now-closed Joliet Correctional Center, ranging from “Joliet Jake” Blues and his brother, Elwood to the late Steve Goodman’s Lincoln Park Pirates...
Most often, when a homeowner finds they have a leaky basement, his or her first thought is of rain. Not surprising, when heavy rains often cause wet basements and most preventive efforts involve managing rain water outside the house, including cleaning gutters, extending downspouts and fixing grading and landscaping...
Hinsdale IL is one of the smaller western suburbs of Chicago but known for its upscale lifestyle, excellent schools and beautiful homes, nearly a third of which were built on the sites of tear-downs. A predecessor to Hinsdale, Brush Hill was founded just north of the present village location in...
The Downers Grove IL of today is a large modern suburb in DuPage County west of Chicago. It boasts of a population of more than 49,000 and it is frequently rated highly on many national “best place to live” lists. Downers Grove has a long history, though, having been founded...
When a home suffers serious structural damage to its foundation it can require a major repair job and, to be frank, a major price tag. Unfortunately, some foundation repair contractors that may either lack the required engineering knowledge to design a proper repair or who may be more interested in...
The construction of a home begins with digging a hole. It may be a deep hole to accommodate a full-depth foundation or a shallow one for a crawl space. It may even be a few small holes for footings for a house that is to be built on a slab...
Lake Zurich IL has had a number of identities over the course of its history, including a tiny rural farm town, a utopian commune and a summer resort. Although the town and its lake were originally named Cedar Lake, an early settler named Seth Paine is responsible for its current...
The village of Carpentersville IL has a long-ago flood on the Fox River to thank for its name and probably its very existence. Charles and Daniel Carpenter, brothers and settlers on their way West in 1837, made camp along the Fox to wait out a spring flood that was...
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