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Website. skokie .org. Skokie ( / ˈskoʊki /; formerly Niles Center) is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. According to the 2020 census, its population was 67,824. [3] Skokie lies approximately 15 miles (24 km) north of Chicago 's downtown Loop. The name Skokie comes from a Potawatomi word for "marsh". [4]
North Branch Chicago River. The North Shore Channel is a drainage canal built between 1907 and 1910 to flush the sewage-filled North Branch of the Chicago River down the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. [ 1] The sewage carrying duty has been largely taken over by the Chicago Deep Tunnel, but there are still occasional discharges due to heavy rains.
The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center is a museum located in Skokie, Illinois, near Chicago. According to the Center's mission statement, its founding principle is to "Remember the Past; Transform the Future." Its mission is to preserve the legacy of the Holocaust by honoring victims' memories and to educate in the service of ...
The Skokie Valley Trail is a rail-trail that is a total of 25-mile-long (40 km). [1] It’s a partial shared-use path for walking, jogging, skateboarding, and cycling. The trail currently has two sections, the first is the north branch of the trail, which starts at Rockland Road in Lake Bluff and extends south to Lake Cook Road in Northbrook.
U.S. Route 41 ( US 41) in the U.S. state of Illinois runs north from the Indiana border beneath the Chicago Skyway on Indianapolis Boulevard to the Wisconsin border north of the northern terminus of the Tri-State Tollway with Interstate 94. It is the only north–south U.S. Route to travel through a significant portion of the city of Chicago ...
Illinois Route 58 Golf Road Evanston-Elgin Road IL 58 highlighted in red Route information Maintained by IDOT Length 28.3 mi (45.5 km) Existed 1924 –present Major junctions West end IL 25 in Elgin Major intersections I-290 / IL 53 in Schaumburg US 14 in Des Plaines US 12 in Des Plaines US 45 in Des Plaines I-294 Toll in Glenview US 14 / IL 43 in Morton Grove I-94 in Skokie East end US 41 in ...
After Skokie voters approved three reform measures to village government, the village will hold a public information seminar next month on a task related to one of those reform measures ...
Skokie Lagoons is a nature preserve in Glencoe and Winnetka, Illinois, owned and managed by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County. [2] The park is bordered by Dundee Road to the north, Forestway Drive to the east, Willow Road to the south, and the Edens Expressway to the west. Within the park, there are seven inter-connected lagoons ...