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Delve into Colonial Gardens
The district Colonial Gardens of Harwood Heights in Cook County (Illinois) is a district located in United States about 603 mi west of Washington DC, the country's capital town.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 22°C / 72 °F
Morning Temperature | 18°C / 64 °F |
Evening Temperature | 21°C / 71 °F |
Night Temperature | 16°C / 61 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 2% |
Air Humidity | 28% |
Air Pressure | 1017 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 7 km/h (4 mph) from South-West |
Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 8% of sky |
General Conditions | Light rain |
Monday, 20th of May 2024
28°C (82 °F)
23°C (74 °F)
Overcast clouds, moderate breeze.
Tuesday, 21st of May 2024
29°C (84 °F)
19°C (66 °F)
Heavy intensity rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Wednesday, 22nd of May 2024
22°C (72 °F)
15°C (58 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, few clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
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Chicago Marriott O'Hare
Comfort Suites O'Hare Airport
Holiday Inn CHICAGO NORTH SHORE (SKOKIE)
SpringHill Suites Chicago O'Hare
Holiday Inn CHICAGO O'HARE AREA
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Attractions and noteworthy things
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Harwood Heights, Illinois
Harwood Heights is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 8,612 at the 2010 census. The current mayor is Arlene Jezierny. She is the second woman to serve as mayor in Harwood Heights, the first being Margaret Fuller.
Queen of All Saints Basilica
Queen of All Saints Basilica is a historic church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago located at 6280 North Sauganash Avenue in Chicago's upper middle-class Sauganash neighborhood. Along with St. Hyacinth and Our Lady of Sorrows it is one of three basilicas in Chicago.
Superdawg
Superdawg is a drive-in hot dog stand with carhop service located at the intersection of Milwaukee Avenue, Devon Avenue, and Nagle Avenue in the Norwood Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Superdawg has the distinction of being one of the few original drive-in restaurants left in the United States. Its methods have been the same since it opened in the 1940s.
Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of America and Canada
The Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in the Americas is an autonomous Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the Romanian Orthodox Church. The Archdiocese currently covers all of the Americas under the leadership of Nicolae Condrea, with the diocesan center located in Chicago, Illinois.
St. Patrick High School (Chicago)
St. Patrick High School is an all male college preparatory Catholic high school located in the Portage Park neighborhood on the northwest side of Chicago, Illinois. Opened in 1861, it is among the oldest continuously open high schools in the Chicago area. The school is the oldest Catholic school in Chicago.
Six Corners
Six Corners is a shopping district in the Portage Park neighborhood of Chicago's Northwest Side.
WSBC
WSBC is a radio station broadcasting a Variety format. Licensed to Chicago, Illinois, USA, the station serves the Chicago area. The station is owned by Newsweb Corporation. The station features broadcasts in a variety of languages, principally Russian on weekdays, 7-10 a.m. and noon-6 p.m. Weekends also have broadcasts in Spanish, Greek, Ukrainian and Romanian. WSBC hired the nation's first full-time African-American radio announcer, Jack Cooper, in 1929.
Harlem (CTA Blue Line O'Hare branch station)
Harlem is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Blue Line. It is not to be confused with the CTA Congress Branch station of the same name. Trains run from Harlem every 2–7 minutes during rush-hour periods, and take 30 - 45 minutes to travel to the Loop. O'Hare bound trains take 10 minutes to reach the airport from Harlem. The station is located in the far northwest side neighborhood of Norwood Park.
Montrose (CTA Blue Line station)
Montrose is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Blue Line. The station serves the Irving Park and Portage Park neighborhoods. Blue Line trains run at intervals of 2-7 minutes during rush-hour periods, and take 22 minutes to travel to the Loop. The station opened in 1970 as part of the Kennedy extension the Milwaukee Elevated from Logan Square to Jefferson Park.
St. Mary of the Woods Catholic Church
St. Mary of the Woods Catholic Church is a parish in the Archdiocese of Chicago located in Edgebrook, Chicago, Illinois.
Old Treaty Elm
The Old Treaty Elm marked the Northern boundary of the Fort Dearborn Reservation, the approximate edge of the Billy Caldwell Reservation, and the trail to Lake Geneva. Under its branches, the Indian Treaty of 1835 was signed (in 1833) by Chief Sauganash, also known as "Billy Caldwell". The tree was located in the Sauganash neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, and stood until 1933.
Harlem Irving Plaza
Harlem Irving Plaza (commonly referred to as "The HIP") is an enclosed mall located in Norridge, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. The mall features over 100 stores and a food court; anchor stores include Carson Pirie Scott, Kohl's, Best Buy, and Target. It is one of the oldest shopping malls in the Chicago area.
St. Ladislaus in Chicago
St. Ladislaus (Polish: Kościół Świętego Władysława) - historic church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago located in Chicago, Illinois. One of the many Polish churches on Chicago's Northwest Side, it is considered to be one of the more architecturally significant religious edifices in the Portage Park area, as well as one of the key agents in the neighborhood's historical growth and development.
Gateway Theatre (Chicago)
The Gateway Theatre is a 2,000-seat former movie palace that is now part of the Copernicus Cultural and Civic Center in the Jefferson Park community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is located at 5216 W. Lawrence Avenue. It was designed by architect Mason Rapp of the prestigious firm of Rapp and Rapp, famous for their design of deluxe theaters not only in Chicago but throughout the United States.
Norwood Park (Metra)
Norwood Park Station is a historic commuter railroad station along the Union Pacific/Northwest Line in the Norwood Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It is officially located on 6088 North Northwest Highway, but also runs parallel to Avondale Avenue near Raven Street. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Norwood Park is in zone C. Norwood Park station originally was built as the Chicago and North Western Railroad Depot in 1907.
Gladstone Park (Metra)
Gladstone Park is a station on Metra's Union Pacific/Northwest Line located in Gladstone Park, Chicago, Illinois. Gladstone Park primarily serves weekday rush hour trains and is closed on weekends and holidays. The station is located at 5500 N. Austin Boulevard, adjacent to the Kennedy Expressway. Gladstone Park is 9.7 miles away from the Northwest Line's terminus at Ogilvie Transportation Center. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Gladstone Park is in zone B.
Jefferson Park Transit Center
The Jefferson Park Transit Center is an intermodal passenger transport center, in the Jefferson Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It functions as a station for rail as well as rapid transit and also as a bus terminal. Jefferson Park Transit Center's railroad station is on Metra's Union Pacific/Northwest Line, with the station located at 4963 N. Milwaukee Avenue.
Mayfair (Metra)
Mayfair is a commuter railroad station on Metra's Milwaukee District/North Line on the border between ]]Albany Park and Portage Park community areas of Chicago. The station is officially located at 4357 North Cicero Avenue, however the actual location is the northeast corner of West Pensacola and North Kilpatrick Avenues. It is 9.0 miles away from Union Station, the southern terminus of the line, and serves commuters between Union Station and Fox Lake, Illinois.
Forest Glen (Metra)
Forest Glen Station is one of two Metra commuter railroad stations in the Forest Glen section of Chicago, Illinois, along the Milwaukee District/North Line. It is located at 5301 North LeClaire Avenue, is 10.2 miles away from Union Station, the southern terminus of the line, and serves commuters between Union Station and Fox Lake, Illinois. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Forest Glen is in zone C.
Edgebrook (Metra)
Edgebrook Station is a commuter railroad station on Metra's Milwaukee District/North Line in the Edgebrook neighborhood of the Forest Glen section of Chicago, Illinois. The station is located at 6402 N. Central, is 12 miles away from Union Station, the southern terminus of the line, and serves commuters between Union Station and Fox Lake, Illinois. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Edgebrook is in zone C.
Chopin Park (Chicago)
Chopin Park is an 8-acre park located at 3420 North Long in the Portage Park community area of Chicago, Illinois. The park stretches from Roscoe Street on the south to Cornelia Avenue to the north between Linder and Long avenues. The historic fieldhouse was designed by Albert A. Schwartz and contains an assembly hall with a stage and seven rooms, where many preschool and music classes take place. The park also offers a Park Kids after-school program that attracts local students.
Mayfair Pumping Station
The Mayfair Pumping Station is an historic structure on Northwest side of Chicago, United States. Located at 4850 W. Wilson Avenue, the pumping station has served as the archetype for similar pumping stations worldwide.
Academy for Urban School Leadership
The Academy for Urban School Leadership (AUSL), created in 2001, is a non-profit organization whose mission is to improve student achievement in Chicago’s high-poverty, chronically failing schools through its disciplined transformation process, built on a foundation of specially trained AUSL teachers. AUSL turnaround schools offer students and their families a new start after years, even decades of chronic failure.
Chicago-Read Mental Health Center
Chicago-Read Mental Health Center (CRMHC) is a state-run inpatient JCAHO accredited psychiatric facility with between 150 and 200 beds located in the neighborhood of Dunning on the northwest side of the city of Chicago close to O'Hare International Airport in the state of Illinois.
Eisenhower Public Library District
The Eisenhower Public Library District is a public library located in Harwood Heights, Illinois, one of two suburbs completely surrounded by but not incorporated into Chicago. The Eisenhower Public Library District serves Harwood Heights and Norridge residents. Its mission is to "[empower empower] patrons of all ages to be successful and informed members of their communities."