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suburbs Community Contact: Oak Park Area Convention & Visitors Bureau 708-524-7800, www.visitoakpark.com If you love inner-ring suburbs and crave historic architecture, ethnic diversity and progressive politics, Oak Park is for you. The former home to both Ernest Hemingway and Frank Lloyd Wright, the village has the largest concentration of Wright-designed structures in the world. In many ways, Oak Park is similar to northern suburb Evanston, but without Lake Michigan. In addition to Metra, Oak Park has multiple stops on the CTA’s Green and Blue lines. Also consider River Forest or Forest Park. Located nine miles west of the Loop. private SchoolS Alcuin Montessori school 708-366-1882 www.alcuin.org Ascension elementary school 708-386-7282 www.ascension-school. com fenwick high school 708-386-0127 www.fenwickfriars.com intercultural Montessori language school 708-848-6626 www.interculturalmontessori.org oak Park christian Academy 708-445-3030 www.opca.net our lady immaculate Academy 708-524-2408 st. edmund school 708-386-5131 www.stedmundschool.org nonsectarian catholic coed, PK-6 student PoPulAtion Religious AffiliAtion Oak Park 169 coed, PK-8 468 catholic nonsectarian coed, 9-12 1,159 City statistics • County: Cook • Population: 52,524 • Main Zip: 60302 • Avg. Commute: 30 minutes • Metra Line: Union Pacific-West; CTA Green, Blue • Main Freeway Connex: I-290 • Nearest Hospitals: West Suburban, Rush Oak Park coed, PK-6 90 christian catholic catholic coed, PK-8 coed, PK-7 coed, PK-8 128 Public schools Oak Park Elementary School District 97 Oak Park & River Forest , District 200 28 • High school: 1 • Middle school: 2 • Elementary: 8 162 tinley park Tinley Park Community Contact: Village of Tinley Park 708-444-5000, www.tinleypark.org Tinley Park offers good transportation, with two Metra train stations and a prime I-80 location. It’s known as a family-friendly community, with excellent sports and recreational opportunities. Most outsiders probably think of Tinley as a decentralized suburb filled with only new housing, but there is an older, revitalized downtown. The relatively new Tweeter Center has put the town on the map as a place to go for rock concerts; high-profile acts are appearing more often. Also consider Orland Park. Located 25 miles south of the Loop. Public schools Tinley Park Community Consolidated District 146, Kirby School District 140, Arbor Park School District 145, Bremern Community High School District 228, High School District 230, Summit Hill School District 161 • High school: 2 • Middle school: 4 • Elementary: 8 builder Contacts Tinley Pointe, From the low-$200s, Hansen Development, 708-532-6800, www.tinleypointe.com student/ teAcheR RAtio student body City statistics • County: Cook • Population: 56,274 • Main Zip: 60447 • Avg. Commute: 33 minutes • Metra Line: Rock Island, two stations • Main Freeway Connex: I-80, I-57 • Nearest Hospitals: Ingalls, St. James 54 chicagol i v i ngmag.com private SchoolS st. george school 708-532-2626 www.stgeorgeschool.org trinity lutheran school 708-532-3529 catholic lutheran coed, K-8 coed, PK-8 student PoPulAtion Religious AffiliAtion 539 309 C h i c a g o L i v in g 2008 student/ teAcheR RAtio student body oak park 10.4 15.7 19.3 3.1 11.4 3.5 12.6 22.4 17.8 http://www.visitoakpark.com http://www.alcuin.org http://www.ascension-school.com http://www.fenwickfriars.com http://www.interculturalmontessori.org http://www.opca.net http://www.stedmundschool.org http://www.tinleypark.org http://www.tinleypointe.com http://www.stgeorgeschool.org http://www.chicagolivingmag.com

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