<h1 style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Park Ridge, <em>Chicago</em></h1>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Park Ridge is a beautiful community with streets lined by trees. Formerly home to U.S. Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hilary Clinton and actor Harrison Ford, it sits roughly fifteen miles to downtown Chicago&rsquo;s northwest. It is separated from its neighboring community by The Des Plaines River in the west.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Formerly named after George Penny who was a business man within the area, Park Ridge was called Pennyville and then renamed Brickton by the same George Penny who constructed the town&rsquo;s first brickyard. The area was renamed Park Ridge in 1873 when the area attained village status. Its initial inhabitants were the Native American Potawatami people. In the early 1830s there was an influx of people from New York and New England who also settled there.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Subsequent to World War II, the community grew in leaps and bounds till today and now houses almost forty thousand inhabitants. The architectural styles in the town include bungalows and range from Tudors to Victorians.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Two top notch school districts Maine Township High School District 207 and Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 meet the educational needs of the younger population. Metra's Union Pacific Northwest Line, The Tri-State Tollway and The Kennedy Expressway all facilitate movement into and out of the area.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">The community&rsquo;s historicity is also noteworthy as it houses the Pickwick Theater, used for movies and plays, and home to the Park Ridge Civic Orchestra. Events offered on a yearly basis include concerts, farmers markets and the Taste of Park Ridge. Residents and tourists have the opportunity to patronize the many restaurants and retailers in the area.</p>