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4 unusual facts about Park Forest


Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra

It is the largest performing arts organization in the Chicago Southland, with administrative offices in Park Forest.

Park Forest, Illinois

In 1956, William Whyte, an editor at Fortune magazine, published a book called The Organization Man that defined the nature of corporate life for a generation.

Planned unit development

The oldest forms of the planned unit development in America appeared shortly after World War II in the Levittowns and Park Forest developments as whole communities within the limits and orbits of large metropolitan centers.

Thorn Creek Nature Center and Preserve

Thorn Creek Woods Nature Center and Preserve is located in Will County, Illinois near the municipality of Park Forest, Illinois.



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Liz Brunner

Additionally, she sang semi-professionally with the Park Forest Singers and performed for Pope John Paul II at the Vatican.

Supernatural Festival

The Supernatural Festival is an ecology & music open-air festival held annually in April, located at the park-forest Košutnjak, in Belgrade capitol of Serbia.

Tom Spahn

After elementary school, he attended Rich East Township High School (also in Park Forest) from 1969 to 1973.

University Park, Illinois

Park Forest had been a model for planning in the 1940s, and Lewis Manilow, son of Nathan, formed New Community Enterprises (NCE) to build "a whole new town".