Images: An Hour in Mount Prospect
My assignment was to spend one hour — no more, no less — roaming around Mount Prospect, photographing things that caught my eye. I photographed the obvious and the obscure, the big things and small, but all are identifiable to Mount Prospect.
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So here's “An Hour in Mount Prospect.”
This was built by William Busse in the late 1920s at Busse Avenue and Elmhurst Road in downtown Mount Prospect.
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Along Prospect Avenue in downtown Mount Prospect, near the railroad tracks.
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The Mount Prospect Public Works department keeps the city moving and looking good.
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Sam's Place on Prospect Avenue in downtown Mount Prospect is known for its menu of American food.
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Dave's Specialty Foods offers cooking classes in addition to some tasty treats.
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Games Plus, on Prospect Avenue, is an institution among suburban gamers. The shop's red door stands out in downtown Mount Prospect.
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Randhurst Village, an open air shopping center that also includes restaurants, a movie theater and night life, is at Elmhurst Road and Euclid Avenue in Mount Prospect.
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A shot of downtown Mount Prospect from atop the parking garage behind village hall and the Mount Prospect Public Library.
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Deadpool takes a peek out the window of Comix Revolution on Central Road.
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Central Continental Bakery has been serving up tasty treats since 1922.
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A view of downtown Mount Prospect at sunrise along Prospect Avenue.
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The Veterans Memorial Band Shell is a popular gathering place for summer concerts at Lions Park.
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Bricks like these at the Veterans Memorial Band Shell memorialize loved ones who have served in our Armed Forces.
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Pedestrian bridges like this dot the landscape along Weller Creek.
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Golf carts stand at the ready at the Mt. Prospect Golf Club.
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The stop sign at Manawa Trail and Route 83 stands in stark contrast to the rustic stone guarding the entrance to the residential community.
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A view of downtown Mount Prospect from atop the parking garage behind village hall and near the Mount Prospect Public Library.
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Family-owned Capannari Ice Cream is home to some of the very best ice cream in the suburbs. It's mixed in small batches of just four gallons at a time.
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Superfans of superheroes can get their fix at Comix Revolution on Central Road.
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The Central Continental Bakery has been supplying delicious treats - like those now-famous Blackhawks jersey cookies - to Mount Prospect residents since 1922.
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Elmhurst Road - Route 83 - is the main artery through downtown Mount Prospect.
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Signs like these help patrons navigate the parking lot at Randhurst Village.
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