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48-581: Carpenter was born in Park Ridge, Illinois on February 28, 1876 as a son of an American industrialist, and raised in a musical household. He was educated at Harvard University , where he studied under John Knowles Paine , and was president of the Glee Club , also writing music for the Hasty-Pudding Club . Showing great promise as a composer, he had a few lessons with Edward Elgar during

96-724: A life trustee of the Children's Home Society of Illinois Foundation. He died in Chicago on April 26, 1951. Carpenter composed three ballets: Krazy Kat: A Jazz Pantomime , based on the Krazy Kat comics, was premiered at the New York Town Hall on 20 January 1922, and was the first work by a concert composer to use the word 'jazz' in its title; possibly his best-known is Skyscrapers (1926), set in New York (it premiered at

144-443: A population of 2,009. In 1930 the population was 10,417. In 1950 the population was 16,602. In 1960 the population was 32,625, with 99.9% of the population white. There were five African-Americans and 31 people classed other than black or white. By 1970, the population had risen to 42,466. In 2016, graduate of the first class of Park Ridge's Maine Township High School South (1965) former First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton , campaigned as

192-542: A quiet, family-friendly river." This greenway also supports the Des Plaines River Trail , a multi-use trail that roughly follows the course of the Des Plaines River through Lake County and into Cook County. The Des Plaines River was named by early French coureurs de bois sometime between the 17th and 18th centuries, after the trees lining the banks of the river. The word la plaine , in

240-585: A trip to Rome in 1906. later returning to the United States to study under Bernhard Ziehn in Chicago through 1912. It was there he earned a comfortable living as vice-president of the family business, a shipping supply company, from 1909 to his retirement in 1936. After his retirement, he spent much of his time composing. Carpenter served as Chairman of the Board of Children's Home Society of Illinois and

288-671: Is a river that flows southward for 133 miles (214 km) through southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois in the United States Midwest , eventually meeting the Kankakee River west of Channahon to form the Illinois River , a tributary of the Mississippi River . Native Americans used the river as transportation route and portage . When French explorers and missionaries arrived in

336-523: Is a city in Cook County, Illinois , United States, and a suburb of Chicago . Per the 2020 census , the population was 39,656. It is located 15 miles (24 km) north of downtown Chicago. It is close to O'Hare International Airport , major expressways, and rail transportation. It is a part of the Chicago metropolitan area , bordering three official neighborhoods on Chicago's Far Northwest Side ( Edison Park , Norwood Park , and O'Hare .) The soil

384-512: Is abundant with clay deposits, which made it a brick-making center for the developing city of Chicago. Park Ridge was originally called Pennyville to honor George Penny, the businessman who owned the local brickyard along with Robert Meacham. Later it was named Brickton. The Des Plaines River divides Park Ridge from neighboring Des Plaines , which is west of Park Ridge. Chicago is south and east of Park Ridge, and Niles and unincorporated Maine Township are to its north. The area of Park Ridge

432-621: Is most notable for his role in The Goldbergs as Adam. He went to Lincoln Middle School and Maine South High School. The first U.S. citizen to be canonized, Mother Frances Cabrini , attended St. Paul of the Cross Church and owned a farm at the north edge of Park Ridge. Actor Harrison Ford , known for his roles in the Indiana Jones , Star Wars , and Blade Runner movies, went to Maine East, and has been credited as being

480-569: Is possible that one or more private or off-air recordings of his performances also survive, for instance among the Mina Hager papers in Chicago. Carpenter was the recipient of many honors during his lifetime: In 1901, Carpenter married Rue Winterbotham , and they had one daughter, Genevieve Baldwin Carpenter, later Genevieve Carpenter Hill. After his wife's death in 1931, he married Ellen Borden. Park Ridge, Illinois Park Ridge

528-547: Is signed as part of Interstate 80 . The bridge is located on the south side of Joliet. A Tunnel and Reservoir Plan (the Chicago Deep Tunnel) to reduce the harmful effects of floods and the flushing of raw sewage into Lake Michigan is semi-operational. It diverts storm water and sewage into temporary holding reservoirs . The megaproject is one of the largest civil engineering projects ever undertaken in terms of scope , cost and timeframe. Commissioned in

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576-651: The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal , Portage Creek enters the river. Northwest of Lemont, Illinois , Goose Lake flows directly into the Des Plaines River. The Des Plaines and the Sanitary and Ship Canal finally merge on the edges of Crest Hill, Illinois . Hickory Creek flows into the Des Plaines at the bottom of the Brandon Road Dam. Rock Run, Cedar Creek, and Jackson Creek all flow into

624-866: The George Washington bicentennial. His first symphony (Symphony No. 1, in C) was premiered in Norfolk Connecticut in 1917 and revised for the 50th anniversary of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra , who performed it on October 24, 1940. Bruno Walter premiered his second symphony with the New York Philharmonic in 1942. He also wrote many piano pieces and songs, including the song cycle Gitanjali , with poems by Rabindranath Tagore . Carpenter made two published commercial sound recordings. In December 1927, he joined

672-476: The Indiana Jones , Star Wars , and Blade Runner movies, went to Maine East, and has been credited as being the radio station's first sports announcer. Since 2007, WMTH Radio can be heard live on any of the district high school homepage. The town is a part of the Oakton Community College district. The Park Ridge station and Dee Road station provide Metra commuter rail service along

720-568: The Metropolitan Opera ), but equally inspired by his native Chicago. One of his most famous works was 1914's impressionistic orchestral suite Adventures in a Perambulator . It was recorded in stereo in 1956 by Howard Hanson and the Eastman-Rochester Orchestra for Mercury Records , which initially released it on LP; Philips later reissued the recording on CD. In 1932, Carpenter completed Song of Faith for

768-558: The Union Pacific Northwest Line . Trains travel southeast to Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago, and northwest to either Harvard station or McHenry station . Pace provides bus service on multiple routes connecting Park Ridge to destinations across the region. Additionally, CTA operates the Route 68 bus to Chicago. Park Ridge is the hometown of Hillary Rodham Clinton . When she visited Park Ridge on

816-605: The 1600s, in what was then the Illinois Country of New France , they named the waterway La Rivière des Plaines (River of the Plane Tree) as they felt that trees on the river resembled the European plane tree . The local Native Americans showed these early European explorers how to traverse waterways of the Des Plaines watershed to travel from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River and its valley . Parts of

864-586: The 18th-century French dialect, it was more common to use the word "prairie" to indicate a plain, such as Prairie du Rocher in Illinois and Prairie du Chien in Wisconsin. Also, as noted above, it is more likely that the river was named in reference to the trees rather than the land. The French, like the Native Americans, traveled primarily by waterways rather than overland. The view of the prairie

912-564: The 18th-century Mississippi Valley dialect of French spoken at the time, referred to either the American sycamore or the red maple , both of which resembled the European plane tree either in their palmate leaves or similar bark. This meaning of plaine survives in Canadian French: Plaine or Plaine rouge refers to an Acer rubrum and Acer saccharinum is sometimes named a plaine blanche . The English word for

960-729: The 1980s, the Pickwick's facade was one of many used as the backdrop for the opening credits of Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert 's At the Movies . Up until 2017, it also had a restaurant next door. The city is home to the Park Ridge Public Library . City of Park Ridge Historic Preservation Commission's Historic Landmarks and 100 Year-Old Homes Park Ridge is served by the Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 , which has its headquarters in

1008-578: The Democratic candidate for President of the United States. According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Park Ridge has a total area of 7.14 square miles (18.49 km ), of which 7.09 square miles (18.36 km ) (or 99.34%) is land and 0.05 square miles (0.13 km ) (or 0.66%) is water. Park Ridge falls under the USDA 5b Plant Hardiness zone . As of the 2020 census there were 39,656 people, 14,384 households, and 10,323 families residing in

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1056-405: The Des Plaines River preserved in a mostly natural state are used for conservation and recreation , while substantially altered sections serve as an important industrial waterway and drainage channel. The original course of the riverbed was moved to the west at the town of Lockport during the construction of the Sanitary and Ship Canal in 1905. According to Chicago Wilderness Magazine, as

1104-563: The Des Plaines River runs 95 miles (153 km) through four Illinois counties, it "changes from prairie creek to a suburban stream, to a large urbanized river, to a major industrial waterway." Sections of the river in the Lake County and Cook County Forest Preserve districts in Illinois create "a nearly continuous greenway through all of Lake County and the northern section of Cook County." While canoe launching ramps are available, "The lack of ramps for trailered boats makes this long river

1152-648: The Des Plaines in Dam No. 2 Woods. Southeast of Mount Prospect and due north of Des Plaines, Illinois , Weller Creek flows south into the DPR. Half a mile east of O'Hare International Airport , Crystal Creek meanders its way into the Des Plaines. Salt Creek of Hollywood, a neighborhood in Brookfield, Illinois , begins in Palatine and flows downstream into the river. As the Des Plaines river begins to run parallel to

1200-564: The Raymond E. Hendee Educational Service Center in Park Ridge. Area middle schools include Lincoln Middle School and Emerson Middle School in Niles . At one point there were nine public K–6 elementary schools: Oakton, Madison, Edison, Merrill, Carpenter, Field, Franklin, Roosevelt, and Washington. Only the latter five remain today, and all are in Park Ridge. Jefferson School is also part of

1248-529: The city of Joliet . Here it becomes part of the Chicago Area Waterway System and the longer Illinois Waterway . In the heavily industrialized area around Joliet, dams control the river. A few miles southwest of Joliet, the Des Plaines converges with the Kankakee River to form the Illinois River . ( 41°23′28″N 88°15′31″W  /  41.390976°N 88.258724°W  / 41.390976; -88.258724 ) Those parts of

1296-410: The city was $ 113,809, and the median income for a family was $ 145,995. Males had a median income of $ 82,222 versus $ 51,371 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 58,978. About 2.4% of families and 3.9% of the population were below the poverty line , including 3.0% of those under age 18 and 3.8% of those age 65 or over. According to Park Ridge's 2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,

1344-436: The city. The population density was 5,557.95 inhabitants per square mile (2,145.94/km ). There were 15,366 housing units at an average density of 2,153.61 per square mile (831.51/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 86.10% White , 4.87% Asian , 0.53% African American , 0.16% Native American , 0.01% Pacific Islander , 1.82% from other races , and 6.51% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.20% of

1392-598: The district and houses the special needs preschool for children ages 3 and 4. K-5 after-school programs are hosted by the Park Ridge Park District. St. Paul of the Cross and Mary Seat of Wisdom are the two Catholic elementary schools. St. Andrews is a Lutheran elementary school. The town is served by Maine Township High School District 207 , which includes Maine South High School , and Maine East High School . Students who live in northern Park Ridge have

1440-678: The mezzo-soprano Mina Hager to record the voice and piano version of his set of Water-Colors (settings of four ancient Chinese poems in English translations) for a small subscription label, the Chicago Gramophone Society. In April 1932, Carpenter recorded the spoken narration in his Song of Faith with the Chicago A Cappella Choir, the Philadelphia Orchestra and conductor Noble Cain, for Victor. Carpenter made at least one private, non-commercial recording; it

1488-689: The mid-1970s, the project is managed by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago . Completion of the system is not anticipated until 2029, but substantial portions of the system have opened. A modern flood control study stated that flooding on the Des Plaines River has caused significant damage and adverse economic impacts. The greatest recorded flood, in September 1986, caused an estimated $ 35 million in damage to 10,000 dwellings and 263 business and industrial sites. A Phase I flood control Project

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1536-548: The occasion of her 50th birthday in 1997, the city renamed the southeast corner of the intersection of Elm and Wisner streets, next to her childhood home, "Rodham Corner". Clinton graduated from Maine Township High School South , a new school built to accommodate the population of baby boomers coming through at the time. Park Ridge is also the hometown of movie stars Carrie Snodgress , Karen Black , Suzanne Snyder and Harrison Ford . All four attended Maine Township High School East . Sean Giambrone also grew up in Park Ridge. He

1584-563: The option of attending either Maine East or Maine South. Maine West High School is located to the west in Des Plaines . Maine North High School was a school in unincorporated Maine Township and part of Maine Township High School District 207. It closed in 1981 as the student population of Maine Township shrank. District 207 shares student-run radio and television stations operating with the call letters WMTH-FM ( W M aine T ownship H igh). Actor Harrison Ford , known for his roles in

1632-545: The plane tree came from the 14th century Old French word la plane . Since the later 18th century, the French word for the plane tree has evolved into le platane . As the Latin name for the plane tree is platanus , this transformation was likely done as a part of the attempts by late 18th-century French academics to change the spelling of many French words to what was perceived as their Latin origins. A side effect of such action

1680-399: The population. There were 14,384 households, out of which 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.61% were married couples living together, 9.94% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.23% were non-families. 25.27% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.29% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

1728-593: The radio station's first sports announcer. James Pankow , a trombone player, songwriter, composer, and brass instrument player, best known as a founding member of the rock band Chicago . Artist Grant Wood once owned a shop in Park Ridge, and he lived in Park Ridge. Park Ridge has one sister city, which was formed in 1998: Former: Evanston • Hyde Park • Jefferson • Lake • Lake View • North Chicago • Rogers Park • South Chicago • West Chicago Des Plaines River The Des Plaines River ( / d ɪ s ˈ p l eɪ n z / diss- PLAYNZ )

1776-483: The remains of at least four of his thirty-three known victims into the river, after finding no other suitable locations to dispose of them, due to the further twenty-nine known victims being buried in the crawlspace or other locations upon the grounds of his home. The Des Plaines River is the site of the Des Plaines River Canoe & Kayak Marathon. The race was founded in 1957 by Ralph Frese , and

1824-626: The river are now part of the Illinois Waterway and the Chicago Area Waterway System . The slow-moving Des Plaines River rises in southern Wisconsin just west of Kenosha adjacent to the Great Lakes Dragway and flows southward primarily through marshland, with a small eastbound kink before it crosses into Illinois . The river continues south through woodland forest preserve districts in Lake and Cook counties , and through

1872-538: The river near the border of Joliet, Illinois and Channahon, Illinois east of I-55. The DuPage River merges with the Des Plaines in Channahon, Illinois . About three miles downstream, the Kankakee River merges with the Des Plaines River to form the Illinois River . The Des Plaines River Bridge in Joliet is a cantilever bridge that is six lanes wide—three lanes traveling eastbound and westbound. The bridge

1920-608: The river. Bull Creek in Libertyville, Illinois flows into the Des Plaines near Independence Grove Forest Preserve. In Lincolnshire, Illinois , Indian creek flows eastward into the Des Plaines River. Near Chicago Executive Airport , the Wheeling Drainage Ditch of Wheeling, Illinois flows southeast through the town and adds to the river. McDonald Creek in Mount Prospect, Illinois flows into

1968-565: The river. Jerome Creek and the Root River both converge with the Des Plaines near Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin . Mill Creek of Old Mill Creek flows through County Forest Preserve before entering the Des Plaines River. Another tributary of the river near the Illinois - Wisconsin border is Osprey Lake, in Gurnee, Illinois , which flows through a small unnamed creek before dumping into

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2016-620: The top employers in the city were: Park Ridge's most recognizable landmark is the Pickwick Theatre , an Art Deco building dating back to 1928. It is a movie theater and a venue for plays and concerts. In 1975, the theater was named to the National Register of Historic Places. Although smaller theaters have been added to the rear of the building, the main auditorium theater remains intact in its original large five-aisle state. The main auditorium can seat up to 800 people. In

2064-529: The towns of Des Plaines , a northwestern suburb of Chicago , and Forest Park , River Forest , and the historic village of Riverside , western suburbs of Chicago. Numerous small fixed dams have been built on the river starting in central Lake County and continuing through Cook County. Eventually, the river turns to the southwest and joins with the Sanitary and Ship Canal in Lockport before flowing through

2112-401: Was 3.11 and the average family size was 2.56. The city's age distribution consisted of 23.5% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 20.5% from 25 to 44, 29.9% from 45 to 64, and 20.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.9 males. The median income for a household in

2160-552: Was authorized under the Water Resources Development Act of 1999. Project features include levee, dam, and reservoir expansion at a total cost of $ 50.5 million (in 2002). On August 24, 2007, the river flooded by over 9 feet (2.7 m). On September 14, 2008, the river flooded after the area received more than 10 inches (250 mm) of rainfall over two days. In the six months prior to his December 1978 arrest, serial killer John Wayne Gacy discarded

2208-487: Was inhabited by the Potawatomie until they were removed in 1833. The area was a convenient portage between the Des Plaines and Chicago rivers for the French explorers and in the early 1830s, the first settlers arrived from New England and New York. In 1854 George Penny established a brickworks in the area. Due to the brickwork and the abundance of clay, Park Ridge was nicknamed "Brickton" by locals. In 1910 Park Ridge had

2256-490: Was nearly always blocked by trees. To this day a large number of both maples and sycamores grow along the Des Plaines River. Although the original French name for the river has survived, its pronunciation has been altered. Today, locals pronounce it in an anglicized way (roughly "dess plains"), rather than according to the French pronunciation. It is also commonly referred to as "The DPR" by locals, citing its initials. Northeast of Bristol, Wisconsin , Brighton creek flows into

2304-419: Was that the original French meaning of the name applied to the Des Plaines River was obscured. Today, des Plaines in modern Parisian French literally means "of the plains" or "of the prairie". This has led to confusion about the meaning of the original French name for the Des Plaines River. Many people today believe that the river was named after the plains and prairies through which the river flows. But, in

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