Chicago mixed bag of photos 2005: Part 3 Norwood Park and Portage Park

Sorry for the delay in getting the next part up, I've been out of town durring the holidays. Parts 1 and 2 can be found here: Part 1 Part 2 The next part will focus on the Neighborhoods of Norwood Park (shadded in orange) and Portage Park (shadded in light blue). Norwood Park Norwood Park has too distinct areas which are bisected by the business district along Northwest Highway. The northern portion (covered first) resembels your typical outer Chicago hood, while the Southern portion resembels a railroad suburb with bigger lots and curving streets. Note the Chicago flag embedded into the welcome sign at the Metra train station. We'll start at this famous landmark on the fringe of the neighborhood, the Superdawg Drive-in: It still functions as a drive-in too. A set of old street-signs salvaged and placed in a backyard. Doctored up '60s flats Onahan Elementary School Infill Bungalow rehab and addition McMansion in the city, but the garage is still on the alley, where it belongs. Infill This is the main commercial strip on Northwest Highway For what its worth, Gorge Bush ate a burger here durring his campaign. Speaking of which, I spotted his transport today as he was flown into town for a private event with an ecconomic group: I spy Sears and Aon Big John too. Now entering the south half of the neighborhood, which resembels a railroad/ streetcar suburb. more infill Note the street name. There is a circular ring street running through the nieghborhood. Norwood Park School Who says you can't have a big yard in the city? This is the oldest house in the entire city. It was built in 1833 (the left half) and predates the Clarke House (which is touted as the city's oldest building)by 3 years. Now on to... Portage Park Smyser Accelerated School Gray School Toot's drive-through, a neighborhood icon. (Yes, many hoods have an iconic hot dog stand). Modern postwar high school These little traffic circles are used for traffic calming, and can be found all over the city. The Namesake park Fieldhouse The neighborhood pool Portage Park Elemmentary School Supersized bungalow This is the Six Corners shopping district, which gets its name from the six-way intersection formed by Milwaukee Avenue, Cicero Avenue and Irving Park Rd Former Klee Brothers dept store, now turning into 64 condos. These next few are of a infill project on the eastern edge of the neighborhood. And that tops off part 3, more to come latter....>