Long Grove and Kildeer maintain pastoral presence on Chicago's fringe

Long Grove

In the October issue of New Homes Magazine, Michael Austin takes a ride out to a couple of suburbs that might appear frozen in time if it weren’t for all the new construction taking place.

With its covered bridge, its downtown settlement and throwback-sounding Robert Parker Coffin Road, the village of Long Grove is nothing short of a living museum. The key word there is “living,” because while the village hosts several festivals throughout the year, it is also a place where people actually live and shop and eat and work in beautifully restored Victorians and other historic clapboard buildings, some dating back to the mid-19th century.

Read all about it in “Ye olde suburbs.”

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