[Steely Dan]

Originally Posted by Handro

Any place that has some downtown density+METRA station is usually a sure bet for at least a couple good restaurants and some interesting pre-war architecture.

here's a post i made awhile ago showing all of the pre-war railroad town centers in chicagoland:

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

^ here are some of the old railroad suburb town centers in chicagoland, organized by metra line.

i've only done the 8 old school commuter rail lines. the newer NCS, SWS and HC metra lines don't really have historic town centers built-up around their stations, for obvious reasons.



UP-N:

main street
downtown evanston
central street
wilmette
winnetka
glencoe
highland park
highwood
lake forest
waukegan
zion
kenosha



MD-N:

morton grove
glenview
northbrook
deerfield
libertyville
round lake



UP-NW:

park ridge
des plaines
mt. prospect
arlington heights
palatine
barrington
crystal lake
woodstock



MD-W:

elmwood park
bensenville
itasca
roselle
bartlett
elgin


UP-W:

oak park
maywood
melrose park
elmhurst
lombard
glen ellyn
wheaton
geneva



BNSF:

berwyn
riverside
brookfield
lagrange
western srpings
hinsdale
clarendon hills
westmont
downers grove
naperville
aurora



RI:

blue island
midlothian
tinley park
mokena
joliet



ME:

harvey
homewood
flossmoor