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Oak Park| Residential suburb west of Chicago, northeastern Illinois, USA, 14 km/9 mi west of the Loop (downtown Chicago); population (1990) 53,600. The village contains numerous buildings designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright, who lived here for many years. These include Unity Temple, his first public building, and 24 other structures within a large architectural national historic district. Emmanuel Bible College was established here in 1941. |
| Oak Park was settled in 1833, and became an important stopping point for Chicago-bound farmers. Situated at the junction of three different railway lines, the village developed rapidly into a rail suburb after the Chicago fire of 1871. It is the birthplace of writers Ernest Hemingway and Kenneth Fearing. |
Oak Park| Town in Oakland County, southeastern Michigan, USA, 14 km/9 mi northwest of Detroit; population (1990) 30,500. Since 1950 this largely affluent residential suburb of Detroit has grown rapidly. It produces tools and dies, automobile parts, canvas products, abrasives, and wire. |
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