Images: An Hour in Bloomingdale
Posted March 29, 2015 5:00 am
I spent one hour -- no more, no less -- roaming around Bloomingdale photographing things that caught my eye. The obvious and the obscure, big stuff and small. But all identifiable to Bloomingdale.
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So here's “An Hour in Bloomingdale.”
Looking south from the Meacham Grove Forest Preserve pedestrian bridge over North Bloomingdale Road.
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X marks the spot on a sidewalk along North Bloomingdale Road, but why?
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The view from the police and firefighter memorial in Old Town Park in Bloomingdale. The park is home to a popular outdoor concert series in the summer.
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Flags fly at the police and firefighter memorial in Old Town Park in Bloomingdale.
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Geese stand sentry at the corner of Third and Washington in Bloomingdale.
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The depot building in Old Town, which is the site of Bloomingdale's first settlement.
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The pedestrian bridge at Meacham Grove Forest Preserve spans North Bloomingdale Road. The village of Bloomingdale was originally known as Meacham's Grove.
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The top of the silo at Rooster's Barn and Grill, 122 W. Lake St. in Old Town Bloomingdale.
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Dr. Silas Meacham's former office now houses a salon in Old Town Bloomingdale. The Meacham family settled in the area in the 1830s.
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Roofers work on Dr. Silas Meacham's former office in Old Town Bloomingdale.
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The Pickle Piano Co. showroom is at 104 W. Lake St. in Old Town Bloomingdale.
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The Hilton/Chicago Indian Lakes Resort at 250 W. Schick Road in Bloomingdale occupies 225 acres.
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Michael Young, 20, of Hanover Park goes after the ball during a game of roller hockey at Circle Park in Bloomingdale. Watching are Connor Hourigan, 18, of Roselle, left, and Zac Carbine, 18, of Bloomingdale.
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Westfield Middle School in Bloomingdale recently finished PARCC testing.
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Westfield Middle School, 149 Fairfield Way in Bloomingdale, is part of Bloomingdale District 13. At the grade school level, Bloomingdale also feeds into Carol Stream District 93, Keeneyville District 20, Marquardt District 15 and Medinah District 11.
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The Bloomingdale Bears youth football team plays outside the Johnson Recreation Center at 172 S. Circle Ave. in Bloomingdale.
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Michelle Holdway/mholdway@dailyherald.comTraffic passes under the Meacham Grove Forest Preserve pedestrian bridge on North Bloomingdale Road.
You'd hurt your ankles if you took the plunge off the drop slide at The Oasis now. The water park at 170 Circle Drive in Bloomingdale won't open until late May.
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Winnebago Elementary School, 195 Greenway Drive in Bloomingdale, is part of Marquardt District 15.
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This tree at Westlake Park in Bloomingdale conjures images of the Whomping Willow from the "Harry Potter" books.
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Some of the oldest gravestones at St. Paul Evergreen Cemetery, 219 E. Lake S. in Bloomingdale, are inscribed in German.
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The putting green beckons at Bloomingdale Golf Club, 181 Glen Ellyn Road. The course is open for spring golf.
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Yuki Palermo of Chicago makes a "kick save" on the 18th green at Bloomingdale Golf Club while Kurtis Park of San Fransciso watches.
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Yuki Palermo of Chicago putts on the 18th green to finish his round at Bloomingdale Golf Course with, from far left, Kurtis Park of San Francisco, John Katsikas of Chicago and Quentin Knobloch of Chicago.
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Anthony Carpino of Bloomingdale records the antics of his nephew, Gino Carpino, 5, while his niece Sofia Carpino, 7, waits her turn at Sunnyside Park at the corner of Byron Avenue and Glen Ellyn Road in Bloomingdale.
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Michelle Holdway/mholdway@dailyherald.comThe golden domes and mosaic at St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 300 E. Army Trail Road, shimmer in the sunlight.
The front doors of St. Isidore Catholic Church, 427 W. Army Trail Road in Bloomingdale.
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