Tour of Oak Park 2014

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Time: March 8, 2014 from 11am to 3pm
Location: Scoville Park
Street: Oak Park and Lake Street
City/Town: Oak Park
Website or Map: http://goo.gl/maps/YdmxD
Phone: 773-255-6347
Event Type: architectural, social, historical
Organized By: Lee Diamond
Latest Activity: Mar 7, 2014

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With a population of over 50,000, Oak Park is one of the largest municipalities in the state. Like so much of the Great Lakes region, this area was made by glaciers. Specifically the Wisconsin Glacier carved out a great lake called Lake Chicagou. The entire village sits in what was once the shore of this great lake. . Oak Park sits directly on one America’s four Continental Divides, where two continental plates meet, and these created two ridges and in fact, the area was once two parts known as Ridgeland and Oak Ridge. Ridgeland marks the shore of the lake and was previously a visible ridge. The Divide is visible in a ridge that runs vertically north and south through Oak Park and separates the St. Lawrence River watershed from the Mississippi River watershed. For hundreds of years, the area was a swamp. As time passed and it began to dry out, it was used by various native American nations as a portage and at times the Fox, Potawatomi, Miami and Winnebago nations all used the area.

Today, it is the perfect suburb for architecture fans. It boasts the largest concentration of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings anywhere in the world, as well as a stunning array of Prairie School buildings and wonderful Victorians from other architecture luminaries such as E. E. Roberts, Charles White Jr., John Van Bergen, Tallmadge and Watson, and George Maher. The village boasts one of the most densely packed tours we have ever offered.

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Comment by Vilda on March 6, 2014 at 1:32pm: What is this? The Liar's Ride? ;-)

Comment by Lisa Curcio on March 6, 2014 at 1:28pm: How about if we meet in Oak Park (I am driving), ride our bikes past a Frank Lloyd Wright or two, and go to the bar?

Comment by Vilda on March 6, 2014 at 9:27am: I thought BK was the cause of good weather and we should all be agitated at his abadoning us and causing the wintry mix. Can't wait to go to the bar ! :-)

Comment by Lee Diamond on March 6, 2014 at 9:18am: Obviously, if we don't have sunny weather in the mid 70s during the ride, we blame Brian. If we do, then Brian is clearly the cause of bad weather.

Comment by BK on March 5, 2014 at 2:27pm: As soon as you scheduled the tour, I made sure to schedule something on that day. This time it only cost me $130.

Comment by Lisa Curcio on March 5, 2014 at 9:24am: Lee, Tom Skilling says:

"The potential for some wet snow or a wintry mix of precipitation winding down as Saturday morning proceeds.

Breezy and colder. Some breaks in the overcast may allow mixed sun later in the day. Northerly winds 11 to 23 mph."

I thought you said it was going to be shorts weather!

Comment by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on March 5, 2014 at 9:06am: I can vouch for BK being a teacher and may be able to get someone to confirm his upcoming alibi.