As a teenager I explored every single part of Elmwood Park, an inner-ring suburb directly west of the Montclare and Galewood neighborhoods in Chicago. Once a farming community, the village was established in 1914 in order to prevent annexation into the city. Although I didn’t grow up here, I practically did as many of my close friends lived on both sides of the train tracks that splits the town into two separate sections. In 1926 developer John Mills purchased 245 acres that had originally been part of River Grove’s
Modernism...in Elmwood Park
Modernism...in Elmwood Park
Modernism...in Elmwood Park
As a teenager I explored every single part of Elmwood Park, an inner-ring suburb directly west of the Montclare and Galewood neighborhoods in Chicago. Once a farming community, the village was established in 1914 in order to prevent annexation into the city. Although I didn’t grow up here, I practically did as many of my close friends lived on both sides of the train tracks that splits the town into two separate sections. In 1926 developer John Mills purchased 245 acres that had originally been part of River Grove’s