Park Ridge, Illinois

Park Ridge
City
The City of Park Ridge, Illinois

Location of Park Ridge in Cook County, Illinois.

Location of Illinois in the United States
Coordinates: 42°0′43″N 87°50′30″W / 42.01194°N 87.84167°W / 42.01194; -87.84167Coordinates: 42°0′43″N 87°50′30″W / 42.01194°N 87.84167°W / 42.01194; -87.84167
Country United States
State Illinois
County Cook
Township Maine
Incorporated 1873
Government
 • Type Council-manager
 • Mayor Marty Maloney
 • Budget $47,684,900 (2004-2005) (fiscal year: 2006-07)
Area[1]
 • Total 7.13 sq mi (18.48 km2)
 • Land 7.09 sq mi (18.35 km2)
 • Water 0.05 sq mi (0.12 km2)  0.56%
Population (2010)[2]
 • Total 37,480
 • Estimate (2016)[3] 37,496
 • Density 5,291.56/sq mi (2,042.95/km2)
  Down 0.8% from 2000
Demonym(s) Park Ridger
ZIP code(s) 60068
Area code(s) 847, 224
FIPS code 17-57875
Website www.parkridge.us

Park Ridge is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and a Chicago suburb. The population was 37,480 at the 2010 census.[2] It is located 15 miles (24 km) northwest of downtown Chicago. It is close to O'Hare International Airport, major expressways, and rail transportation. It is a part of the Chicago metropolitan area, bordering three northwestern neighborhoods of Chicago's Far North Side (Edison Park, Norwood Park, and O'Hare.)

As its name suggests, Park Ridge lies on a ridge. The soil is abundant with clay deposits, which made it a brick-making center for the developing city of Chicago. Park Ridge was originally called Pennyville to honor George Penny, the businessman who owned the local brickyard along with Robert Meacham. Later it was named Brickton.[4] The Des Plaines River divides Park Ridge from neighboring Des Plaines, Illinois, which is west of Park Ridge. Chicago is south and east of Park Ridge, and Niles and unincorporated Maine Township are to its north.[5]

History

The area of Park Ridge was inhabited by the Potawatomie until they were removed in 1833. The area was a convenient portage between the Des Plaines and Chicago rivers for the French explorers and in the early 1830s, the first settlers arrived from New England and New York. In 1854 George Penny established a brickworks in the area. In 1910 Park Ridge had a population of 2,009. In 1930 the population was 10,417. In 1950 the population was 16,602. In 1960 the population was 32,625, with 99.9% of the population white. There were five African-Americans and 31 people classed other than black or white. By 1970, the population had risen to 42,466.[6] In 2016, Hillary Rodham Clinton campaigned as the Democratic candidate for President of the United States. She was a graduate of the first class of Park Ridge's Maine Township High School South (1965).[7]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, Park Ridge has a total area of 7.134 square miles (18.48 km2), of which 7.09 square miles (18.36 km2) (or 99.38%) is land and 0.044 square miles (0.11 km2) (or 0.62%) is water.[8]

Climate

Park Ridge falls under the USDA 5b Plant Hardiness zone.[9]

Climate data for Park Ridge, Illinois
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 67.0
(19.4)		 75.0
(23.9)		 88.0
(31.1)		 91.0
(32.8)		 98.0
(36.7)		 104.0
(40)		 105.0
(40.6)		 102.0
(38.9)		 101.0
(38.3)		 94.0
(34.4)		 81.0
(27.2)		 71.0
(21.7)		 105
(40.6)
Average high °F (°C) 30
(−1)		 35
(2)		 46
(8)		 58
(14)		 70
(21)		 79
(26)		 84
(29)		 81
(27)		 74
(23)		 62
(17)		 47
(8)		 34
(1)		 58
(15)
Average low °F (°C) 14
(−10)		 19
(−7)		 29
(−2)		 38
(3)		 47
(8)		 63
(17)		 62
(17)		 54
(12)		 42
(6)		 42
(6)		 32
(0)		 20
(−7)		 39
(4)
Record low °F (°C) −27.0
(−32.8)		 −21.0
(−29.4)		 −12.0
(−24.4)		 7.0
(−13.9)		 27.0
(−2.8)		 35.0
(1.7)		 45.0
(7.2)		 42.0
(5.6)		 29.0
(−1.7)		 14.0
(−10)		 −2.0
(−18.9)		 −25.0
(−31.7)		 −27
(−32.8)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 1.73
(43.9)		 1.87
(47.5)		 2.50
(63.5)		 3.38
(85.9)		 3.68
(93.5)		 3.45
(87.6)		 3.7
(94)		 4.9
(124)		 3.21
(81.5)		 3.15
(80)		 3.15
(80)		 2.25
(57.2)		 33.82
(859)
Source: <Park Ridge, Illinois Weather= >weather.com. "Park Ridge, Illinois Weather". Park Ridge, Illinois Weather Data. Open Publishing. Retrieved 24 February 2014.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.%±
1880457—
1890987116.0%
19001,34035.8%
19102,00949.9%
19203,38368.4%
193010,417207.9%
194012,06315.8%
195016,60237.6%
196032,65996.7%
197042,61430.5%
198038,704−9.2%
199036,175−6.5%
200037,7754.4%
201037,480−0.8%
Est. 201637,496[3]0.0%
U.S. Decennial Census[10]
This Civil War memorial is located in Maine Cemetery at Dee Road and Touhy Avenue.
Demographics (2010)[11]
White Black Asian
93.4% 0.5% 3.7%
Islander Native Other Hispanic
(any race)
0.01% 0.1% 1.3% 4.7%

As of the census[12] of 2000, there were 37,775 people, 14,219 households, and 10,465 families residing in the city. The population density was 5,374.6 people per square mile (2,074.7/km²). There were 14,646 housing units at an average density of 2,083.8 per square mile (804.4/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 95.4% White, 0.2% African American, 0.06% Native American, 2.66% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.87% from other races, and 0.74% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.90% of the population.

There were 14,219 households out of which 32.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.4% were married couples living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.4% were non-families. 24.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.13. The median cost of a house is $420,000.

The City's population consists of 24.5% persons under the age of 18, 5.5% aged 18 to 24, 24.5% aged 25 to 44, 25.8% aged 45 to 64, and 19.6% age 65 or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.2 males.

According to a 2007 estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $91,674, and the median income for a family was $110,842.[13] Males had a median income of $61,959 versus $39,794 for females. The per capita income for the city was $36,646. About 1.7% of families and 2.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.1% of those under age 18 and 3.1% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Maine East High School has stood at Dempster Street and Potter Road since 1929.
Maine South High School opened in 1964 at Dee Road and Talcott Avenue.

Park Ridge is served by the Park Ridge-Niles School District 64, which has its headquarters in the Raymond E. Hendee Educational Service Center in Park Ridge.[14] Area middle schools include Lincoln Middle School and Emerson Middle School in Niles. At one point there were nine public K–6 elementary schools: Oakton, Madison, Edison, Merrill, Carpenter, Field, Franklin, Roosevelt, and Washington. Only the latter five remain today, and all are in Park Ridge. Jefferson School is also part of the district and houses the special needs preschool for children ages 3 and 4, the extended day kindergarten program, and the after school program for grades K–6.[15]

St. Paul of the Cross and Mary Seat of Wisdom are the two Catholic elementary schools.[16] St. Andrews is a Lutheran elementary school.

The town is served by Maine Township High School District 207, which includes Maine South High School, and Maine East High School. Students who live in northern Park Ridge have the option of attending either Maine East or Maine South. Maine West High School is located to the west in Des Plaines. Maine North High School was a school in unincorporated Maine Township and part of Maine Township High School District 207. It closed in 1981 as the student population of Maine Township shrank.

District 207 shares student-run radio and television stations operating with the call letters WMTH-FM (W Maine Township High). Actor Harrison Ford, known for playing the lead role in the Indiana Jones movies, went to Maine East, and has been credited as being the radio station's first sports announcer. Since 2007, WMTH Radio can be heard live on any of the district high school homepages.

Hillary Clinton graduated from local high school Maine South in 1965.

The town is a part of the Oakton Community College district.

Athletics

Park Ridge is home to the Park Ridge Falcons, the 2002 Pop Warner Football Tomlin Division Pee Wee National Champions.

Park Ridge is home to three American Youth Football National Champions (2006, 2007, 2009) and one American Youth Cheerleading National Champion (2007).

The Maine South Hawks football team were state champions in 1995, 2000, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2016.

Economy

Top employers

According to Park Ridge's 2012 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,[17] the top employers in the city were:

# Employer # of Employees
1 Advocate Lutheran General Hospital 4,200[18]
2 Maine Township High School District 207 872
3 Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 765
4 Park Ridge Park District 451
5 The BECO Group 400
6 George S. May International Company[19] 119
7 St. Matthew's Center for Health 194
8 FM Global 170
9 Americaneagle.com 170
10 A Abiding Care 150
11 American Society of Anesthesiologists 130
12 TruGreen 75

Notable people

Park Ridge is the hometown of former First Lady, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. When she visited Park Ridge on the occasion of her 50th birthday in 1997, the city renamed the southeast corner of the intersection of Elm and Wisner streets, next to her childhood home, "Rodham Corner". Park Ridge is also the hometown of movie stars Carrie Snodgress, Karen Black, and Harrison Ford. All four attended Maine Township High School East. Clinton, the youngest of the three, spent her senior year at Maine Township High School South, a new school built to accommodate the population of baby boomers coming through at the time. Sean Giambrone also grew up in Park Ridge. He is most notable for his role in The Goldbergs as Adam. He went to Lincoln Middle School and Maine South High School. Musician/Recording Artist, Lizzy Valentine (born William Francis DePaul) founding member of the acclaimed rock group, D’Molls, on Atlantic Records, was born and raised in Park Ridge, as well. He also attended Maine South High School (Class of 1984) before moving to Los Angeles in 1985. The first U.S. citizen to be canonized, Mother Frances Cabrini, attended St. Paul of the Cross Church and owned a farm at the north edge of Park Ridge.[20]

Sister city

Park Ridge has one sister city.:[21]

Culture

Landmarks

The Art Deco Pickwick Theatre, in uptown Park Ridge
The Chase Bank building at Six Points
  • Park Ridge's most recognizable landmark is the Pickwick Theatre, an Art Deco building dating back to 1928. It is a movie theater and a venue for plays and concerts. In 1975, the theater was named to the National Register of Historic Places. Although smaller theaters have been added to the rear of the building, the main auditorium theater remains intact in its original large five-aisle state. The main auditorium can seat up to 1,400 people. In the 1980s, the Pickwick's facade was one of many used as the backdrop for the opening credits of Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert's At the Movies.
  • Park Ridge Public Library.

In film

  • The 1980 film The Blues Brothers had some scenes filmed in Park Ridge. The scenes where the brothers were first pulled over by the state police and the beginning of the subsequent chase were filmed there. The Nelson Funeral Home and Shell gas station which the brothers drove past as the police pulled out to intercept them are still in business at the intersection of Talcott and Cumberland avenues. The brothers were pulled over at the intersection of Cumberland and Gillick. As the chase progressed, a trooper radioed that the chase was "proceeding on Courtland Avenue". The scene where the Blues Brothers and the police spun out in a three-way intersection occurred at the intersection of Devon Avenue, Talcott Road, and Courtland Avenue.[22][23][24][25]
  • In the 1990 film Home Alone, Buzz McCallister wears a Maine South High School letterman's jacket.

References

  1. ↑ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Jun 30, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Park Ridge city, Illinois". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  4. ↑ "The History of Park Ridge". City of Park Ridge.
  5. ↑ "Gazetteer Files - Geography - U.S. Census Bureau". Census.gov. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  6. ↑ Encyclopedia of Chicago, Park Ridge
  7. ↑ Milton E. Nelson, Park Ridge: Milestones Of History pp. 156, 159 (2017)
  8. ↑ "G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  9. ↑ "USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map". Agricultural Research Center, PRISM Climate Group Oregon State University. USDA. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  10. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Archived from the original on May 12, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  11. ↑ "2010 United States Census Data". census.gov.
  12. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on September 11, 2013. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  13. ↑ "2006-2008 American Community Survey for Park Ridge, Illinois". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 14, 2010.
  14. ↑ "banner_dist.jpg Archived 2013-02-21 at the Wayback Machine.." Park Ridge-Niles School District. Retrieved on January 10, 2012. "164 South Prospect Avenue Park Ridge, IL 60068"
  15. ↑ Park Ridge - Niles Phone: 847.318.4300. "Park Ridge - Niles | PowerIT". D64.org. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  16. ↑ "Welcome to MSW, A Blue Ribbon School of Excellence".
  17. ↑ "City of Park Ridge CAFR" (PDF). parkridge.us.
  18. ↑ "About Us".
  19. ↑ Mceldowney, Tommy "mack" (13 March 2011). "Organized Business: Requiem for the May Company". tommymack-teamac.blogspot.com.
  20. ↑ Milton E. Nelson, Park Ridge: Milestones of History p. 95 (2017)
  21. ↑ http://www.sister-cities.org/interactive-map/Park%20Ridge,%20Illinois
  22. ↑ "Blues Brothers location guide" Archived 2008-08-24 at the Wayback Machine., Movie-locations.com, Retrieved August 12, 2008
  23. ↑ "Filming locations for The Blues Brothers", IMDb
  24. ↑ Reardon, Patrick T. (January 29, 2008), "Lost Chicago Found on Film", p. 2, Chicago Tribune, Retrieved August 12, 2008
  25. ↑ The Blues Brothers: 25th Anniversary Edition, 2005, scene 4
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