Images: An Hour in Carol Stream
We spent one hour - no more, no less - roaming around Carol Stream photographing things that caught our eye.
The obvious and the obscure, big stuff and small. But all identifiable to Carol Stream.
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So here's "An Hour in Carol Stream."
Augustino's Rock and Roll Deli is a Carol Stream landmark. The family-owned Augie's now operates restaurants in both Carol Stream at 246 S. Schmale Road and West Chicago. Carol Stream fans walk past this mural and enter through an 18-foot replica of a jukebox.
Courtesy of Cindy Smith
This mural on the side of Glenbard North High School was a gift from the Class of 2011 and painted by artist Kevin Hay.
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There are images of panthers everywhere you look outside Glenbard North High School.
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Spirit Rock outside Glenbard North High School was donated by the Class of 2009 and regularly gets a new paint job to celebrate key moments at the school, from prom to state championships.
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You wouldn't expect to see a barn within a stone's throw of Glenbard North High School, but here it is - with the giant yellow dot that long has served as a landmark.
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The Hot Spot at 1030 Fountain View not only makes great dogs, but also always has a copy of the Daily Herald available.
Courtesy of Cindy Smith
A gazebo provides a restful place outside the Belmont Village senior living facility along Geneva Road.
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A lot of Carol Stream residents probably don't know it, but the village spent roughly two years fighting plans to build the U.S. Postal Sorting Facility on 64 acres at Fullerton Avenue and Schmale Road. The village finally abandoned the fight in 1989 and the center opened in 1992.
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Angelo Caputo's Fresh Markets opened its eighth suburban store last October at 550 E. North Ave. in Carol Stream. The store covers 100,000 square feet and is attached to the company's warehouse.
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The arch is one of the many focal points at Ross Ferraro Town Center at Lies Road and Gary Avenue. The park was designed to give the Carol Stream community a central meeting space.
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Carol Stream's village hall was named the Gregory J. Bielawski Municipal Center in honor of a former longtime village manager. The village was incorporated on Jan. 5, 1959, and is named for the daughter - Carol - of developer Jay Stream.
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The playground at Jirsa Park is often called the Blue Playground for obvious reasons. The park is named in honor of the late "Poppa Joe" Jirsa, who was a founder of the Carol Stream Fire Protection District, served as a captain, and whose badge No. 1 was retired.
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Looking up the tube slide at the "Blue Playground" in Jirsa Park.
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A hose is all wound up at the Carol Stream Fire Protection District's Kuhn Road station. The district has three stations and covers roughly 15 square miles while serving about 46,000 people.
Courtesy of Cindy Smith
The Carol Stream Library opened in 1962 in a room at village hall, but has been in its present location at 616 Hiawatha Drive since January 1978. The building has been expanded several times.
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Carol Stream Park District's Fountain View Recreation Center opened in September 2013 near Gary Avenue and Lies Road and features a 25-yard lap pool, 7,500-square-foot fitness center, indoor running track and much more.
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Carol Stream Park District's Slepicka Park is named for the family that began farming the site in the 1940s. Opened as a park in October 2008, it features exercise stations, garden plots, a picnic shelter, bocce courts and a concrete silo that displays farm artifacts.
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Open space near Ross Ferraro Town Center provides a peaceful setting for those looking for a quiet spot in Carol Stream.
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The grounds of Windsor Park, a covenant retirement community, are a highlight along North Avenue in Carol Stream. The retirement community is set on 60 acres at 124 Windsor Park Drive and features five fish-stocked lakes.
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If Ross Ferraro Town Center is a focal point of Carol Stream, the fountain in the corner of the park is one of its highlights.
Courtesy of Cindy Smith
If it's summer in Carol Stream, the water is flowing in the fountain at Ross Ferraro Town Center.
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The water dances in the fountain at Ross Ferraro Town Center.
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A sure sign of summer in Carol Stream or almost anyplace else: road construction along Gary Avenue.
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The concrete silo at Carol Stream Park District's Slepicka Park also displays numerous farming artifacts.
Courtesy of Cindy Smith
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