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Oak Park.

1 Village (1990 pop. 53,648), Cook co., NE Ill., a residential suburb adjacent to Chicago; settled 1833, inc. 1901. Some 25 houses there and the Unity Temple (1908) were designed by Frank Lloyd Wright Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867–1959, American architect, b. Richland Center, Wis. Wright is widely considered the greatest American architect. After studying civil engineering at the Univ.
..... Click the link for more information. , who lived in the village (1889–1909). Wright's home and studio complex (1889–1911) is now a museum. Ernest Hemingway Hemingway, Ernest, 1899–1961, American novelist and short-story writer, b. Oak Park, Ill. one of the great American writers of the 20th cent. Life


The son of a country doctor, Hemingway worked as a reporter for the Kansas City Star
..... Click the link for more information.  was born in Oak Park.

2 City (1990 pop. 30,462), Oakland co., SE Mich., a suburb of Detroit; inc. 1927. It is chiefly residential, but there is some industry. Products include sheet and fabricated metal, foods, and textiles.
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ENROLLMENT Following are current and projected enrollment figures and the number of existing classrooms at schools in the Oaks Park Unified School District: Brookside Elementary: 541 current students/578 projected students/27 classrooms.
OAK PARK BRACING FOR CLASS CRUNCH; ENROLLMENT EXPECTED TO BALLOON by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
 
 
 
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