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Elmhurst, Illinois

Provided by the Elmhurst Visitor & Tourism Department
FALL/WINTER 2009

Among Chicago Magazine's No. 1 places to live, the City of Elmhurst is a community rich in its heritages, invested in its present and focused towards the future.

Conveniently located just sixteen miles west of Chicago's loop is a dynamic new world. Elmhurst is a vibrant, tree-lined community with thriving retail shops, fine dining, outstanding theatre and art, and excellent museums. There's always plenty of excitement in Elmhurst—winter, spring, summer or fall.

The annual May "Art in the Park" is located in the award-winning Wilder Park. Join the festivities every month of the year with special events, performances and activities such as Cool Cars under the Stars, Farmers Market, Fall Feast, downtown outdoor concerts and the colorful St. Patrick's Day Parade.

A colorful and rich history awaits you at the Elmhurst Historical Museum located in the Glos Mansion, the Lizzadro Museum's extra-ordinary exhibitions of gems and gemstone carvings dating to the Ming Dynasty, the Theatre Historical Society at the York Theatre or the Elmhurst Art Museum with its McCormick House, designed and built by Mies van der Rohe. Famed architects Frank Lloyd Wright and Walter Burley Griffith have design prints on Elmhurst's housing stock.

Shop in the revitalized downtown, which offers everything from elegant specialty boutiques to renowned national retailers. Give your taste buds a treat at the fifty delicious, delightful, delectable restaurants with cuisine from around the world. Revel to sounds of Mozart, Beethoven and Mahler at the Elmhurst Symphony, with ties to the world famous Chicago Symphony Orchestra. View a “living museum” of indigenous plants and animals at the Great Western Prairie, or visit the city's impressive library in Wilder Park—voted Best Suburban Park by Chicago Magazine. Take time to smell the roses (and the Carmine crab apple, Bradford pear and Chinese dogwood) at the Elmhurst College Arboretum.

It's a world like no other—a world to delight, entice and excite you. Elmhurst—the world next door.

Elmhurst Visitor & Tourism Department Elmhurst, Illinois Among Chicago Magazine's No. 1 places to live, the City of Elmhurst is a community rich in its heritages, invested in its present and focused towards the future. www.elmhurst.org