Pleasant Home viewed from Mills Park
The Percy Julian Memorial Bust, recently
unveiled in Scoville Park, celebrates the life and
contributions of one of the community's most accomplished
residents. The bronze bust of the world-renowned chemist,
humanitarian, long-time Oak Park resident and middle school
namesake, was purchased with private donations. Its sculptor,
Erik Blome, also created the statue of civil rights activist
Rosa Parks now on display in Julian's boyhood home of
Montgomery, Alabama.
New technology at the Oak Park Area
Convention and Visitors Bureau is taking self-guided tours of
the community's historical sites to an entirely new
level. The local Bureau has become one of the country's
first to offer visitors hand-held devices that provide a
multimedia audio and visual tour in a personal digital
assistant (PDA) format. Unlike the wands that offered only
sound, the new devices combine a detailed audio tour with
current and historical images of Oak Park's buildings,
homes and gardens displayed in color on a small screen. The new
device also provides an electronic map. Visitors can take the
new PDA tour for $9 or for $20 combine the tour with tickets to
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unity Temple, Ernest Hemingway
Birthplace and Museum, the Oak Park & River Forest
Historical Society and Pleasant Home. For more information,
call 708.524.7800 or visit www.visitoakpark.com.
Daily at 6 a.m., 8 a.m., 10 a.m., 6 p.m.,
10 p.m.
1100 Lake Street RFP
Downtown Oak Park Holiday Celebration
Making More Smiles: Oral Health Coalition
Historic Gunderson District
Garage Burglary Prevention
NASA Programming
Tuesday - Friday 4 - 5 p.m.Ê
Regular Board Meetings
Live at 7:30 p.m. first & third
Mondays, rebroadcast Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m.