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Dinosaurus Jun 18, 2019 11:52 PM

South Elgin, IL Part 1: The West Side
 
South Elgin is a village in the far western suburbs of Chicago. It is not the south part of Elgin, rather it is its own entity that is separate from Elgin, kind of like a suburb of Elgin. What you see is the more interesting, older part of the west side of town. The rest of the west side is just typical post-war suburban houses and strip malls, much like Schaumburg, IL. In the near future, I will post photos of the east side of town. It's not much, but it's home for now.

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the urban politician Jun 20, 2019 3:30 PM

Thanks for the pics.

A very ho-hum town....

Centropolis Jun 20, 2019 7:13 PM

always enjoy seeing greater chicagoland on here, even if it isn't all exactly evanston. what is the deal here?

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Steely Dan Jun 20, 2019 8:12 PM

i believe this is the first south elgin photo-tour in the history of SSP.

i know we've had elgin tours here before, but i can't ever recall a south elgin one.

thanks for sharing.




Quote:

Originally Posted by Centropolis (Post 8611547)
what is the deal here?

Fox Valley Trolley Museum

mrnyc Jun 21, 2019 4:45 PM

great to see and a nice change of pace for thread -- a lot of ohio looks just like this, minus any passenger train yard unfortunately.

geomorph Aug 10, 2019 7:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dinosaurus (Post 8609263)

It looks like they were all ready for that evening's demolition derby!


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