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Old Posted Aug 17, 2022, 9:13 PM
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Originally Posted by ardecila View Post
Skokie is exactly like Forest Park, if you replace the cemeteries with postwar tract housing. The dense core around the rail lines is pretty similar in both towns. Neither town has really embraced highrise development like Evanston or Oak Park.
Yes true if you mean what was once the town of Niles Center - now 'Downtown Skokie' and its near surroundings. North of Dempster its like a separate city with Route 41 and 94 and the adjacent businesses and the residential areas near west Evanston more connected to the North Shore. Skokie has 65k residents after all. Strange comparison but like Downtown Los Angeles, Downtown Skokie will always be a neighborhood and never the center.
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