Park Forest: Dreams and Challenges (Images of America: Illinois)

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Summary: Great memories.
Review: Anyone who grew up in Park Forest would probably love this book. It brought back lots of memories for me. Very fun!

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Summary: Brings the past to life
Review: As a baby-boomer raised in this archtypical post-war suburb, I was engrossed by the hundreds of photos and informative captions that this book captures. The photos and schematics of the Park Forest Plaza, America's first planned post-war shooping center, were especially evocative. Seeing once again the throngs milling about the at the annual Art Fair, the Marshall Fields and Sears stores, and the Holiday Theatre in their heyday set off a flood of nostaligic memories.

The only downside to this delightful book is the lack of any substantive text. That said, the president of the Park Forest Hisotrical Society, author Jerry Schnay, has done an excellent job of organizing and annotating this photographic record of our hometown's childhood, adolescence, and maturity.