Forest Park (Images of America)

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Beer, biers, and more beer . . . the name Forest Park will regularly evoke images of taverns or cemeteries. At the same time as both have played a very powerful role within the prosperity and growth of the community, there’s so a lot more to this community once referred to as Harlem. Firstly the website of a Potawatomi Indian village and burial ground, the town has also been home to an amusement park, a torpedo factory, a golf course, a racetrack, and a baseball stadium. The blue-collar sibling to neighbors Oak Park and River Forest has weathered many changes. Prohibition all through the 1920s saw the closure of 39 taverns. The building of the Congress Expressway within the 1950s forced the relocation of over 3,500 graves, dozens of homes and businesses, destroyed landmarks, and severed the town. Through it all, Forest Park has persevered, though much of its past has disappeared.

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