Berwyn, Illinois

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Berwyn, Illinois
City
Berwyn City Hall
Motto(s): 
"The city of homes"
Location of Berwyn in Cook County, Illinois.
Location of Berwyn in Cook County, Illinois.
Berwyn is located in Greater Chicago
Berwyn
Berwyn
Location of Berwyn in Greater Chicago Area
Coordinates: 41°50′33″N 87°47′24″W / 41.84250°N 87.79000°W / 41.84250; -87.79000Coordinates: 41°50′33″N 87°47′24″W / 41.84250°N 87.79000°W / 41.84250; -87.79000
Country United States
State Illinois
CountyCook
TownshipBerwyn
Incorporated1908
Government
 • TypeMayor–council
 • MayorRobert Lovero
Area
 • Total3.90 sq mi (10.11 km2)
 • Land3.90 sq mi (10.11 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)  0%
Population
 (2010)
 • Total56,657
 • Estimate 
(2019)[2]
54,391
 • Density13,932.12/sq mi (5,378.59/km2)
 Up 4.9% from 2000
Standard of living (2009-11)
 • Per capita income$20,143
 • Median home value$210,200
ZIP code(s)
60402
Area code(s)708
Geocode17-05573
FIPS code17-05573
Websitewww.berwyn-il.gov

Berwyn /ˈbɜːrwɪn/ is a suburban city in Cook County, Illinois, coterminous with Berwyn Township, which was formed in 1908 after breaking off from Cicero Township. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 56,657.[3]

History[]

Before being settled, the land that is now Berwyn was traversed by Native American trails. The most important trails converged near the Chicago portage, and two significant routes crossed what is today Berwyn. A branch of the Trail to Green Bay crossed Berwyn at what is now Riverside Drive, and the Ottawa Trail spanned the southern end of the city.[4]

In 1846, the first land in "Berwyn" was deeded to Theodore Doty who built the 8-foot-wide (2.4 m) Plank Road from Chicago to Ottawa along the Ottawa Trail. The trail had been used as a French and Indian trade route and more recently as a stage coach route to Lisle.[5] This thoroughfare became what is now Ogden Avenue in South Berwyn. In 1856, Thomas F. Baldwin purchased 347 acres (1.40 km2) of land, bordered by what is now Ogden Avenue, Ridgeland Avenue, 31st Street, and Harlem Avenue, in hopes of developing a rich and aristocratic community called "LaVergne".[6] However, few people were interested in grassy marshland. Mud Lake extended nearly to the southern border of today's Berwyn, and the land flooded regularly during heavy rains. The only mode of transportation to LaVergne was horse and buggy on the Plank Road.

To encourage people to move to LaVergne, Baldwin sold an 80-foot-wide (24 m) strip of property to the Burlington and Quincy Railroad in 1862. The rail line opened in 1864, but the train did not stop regularly in the area. The railroad refused to build a station, so the residents of the area constructed LaVergne Station on Ridgeland Avenue in 1874.[6]

However, the financial panic of 1873 and Baldwin's death in 1876 stunted the growth of LaVergne. Baldwin's daughter, Emma, inherited her father's estate, and in 1879 she sold most of the land to a group of realtors controlled by Marshall Field. The new development enacted building codes and stipulated the minimum building cost of each home. By the end of 1880, 12 new homes were built. By 1888, the settlement had grown so much that the Baldwin family donated the triangular piece of land bounded by Ogden Avenue, 34th Street, and Gunderson Avenue so that a school could be built. LaVergne School became the first public building in Berwyn.

In 1890, Charles E. Piper and Wilbur J. Andrews, two Chicago attorneys, purchased a 106-acre (0.43 km2) plot of land from the Field syndicate to develop. The land was bounded by Wesley, Kenilworth, 31st Street, and Ogden Avenues. By the following year, the two received approval from Cicero Township to double their land holdings.

Piper and Andrews wanted the railroad to build a station in their development, but the railroad already had stations at La Vergne and at Harlem Avenue. Piper and Andrews decided to build a station with the understanding that trains would stop regularly. They did not know what to name their station so they consulted a Pennsylvania train timetable to find a name. The name they chose was Berwyn, a Main Line suburb of Philadelphia noted for its beauty. After 1901, all settlements in the area were known as Berwyn.[6]

Sanborn Fire Maps show the development of the Berwyn subdivision by 1895.

While Piper and Andrews were developing the southern portion of present-day Berwyn, John Kelly was helping to develop the north part from 12th Street to 16th Street. This area was really a part of an Oak Park subdivision, and it even appeared on some maps as "South Oak Park". In fact, children who lived in this area went to school in Oak Park. John Kelly was known as "Mr. Everything" because he was a realtor, builder, insurance seller, and community servant.[7]

In between the two settlements, there was little except for a few farms. The area between 16th and 31st streets was not settled. There were only two paths by which to travel between the two settlements, and today these paths are known as Oak Park Avenue and Ridgeland Avenue. Although Berwyn was chartered as a city in 1908, it was not until the 1920s that this middle portion of land was developed.[6]

During this time, Berwyn was the area's fastest growing suburb. The city's stringent building codes resulted in block upon block of well-built brick two-story bungalows. Many also contained elaborate design elements typically not seen, such as stained glass windows, clay tile roofs, terra cotta, and intricate brick patterns. Today, Berwyn is noted as having the most significant collection of Chicago-style bungalows in the nation.[8]

Demographics[]

Demographics (2010)[9]
White Black Asian
60.5% 6.4% 2.5%
Islander Native Other Hispanic
(any race)
0.03% 0.6% 30.0% 59.4%
Historical population
Census Pop. %±
19105,841—
192014,150142.3%
193047,027232.3%
194048,4513.0%
195051,2805.8%
196054,2245.7%
197052,502−3.2%
198046,849−10.8%
199045,426−3.0%
200054,01618.9%
201056,6574.9%
2019 (est.)54,391[2]−4.0%
U.S. Decennial Census[10]

As of the census of 2010, there were 56,657 people and 18,910 households in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 60.48% White, 6.40% African American, 0.59% Native American, 2.52% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 26.61% some other race, and 3.37% from two or more races. Hispanics and Latinos of any race made up 59.44% of the population. The population density was 14,527.4 inhabitants per square mile (5,609.6/km2).[11] Berwyn also has the highest population density (2010) of any township in Illinois. It and Cicero are the only townships in Illinois that have a higher population density than the city of Chicago.

As per the Community Data Snapshot Berwyn 2013–2017, Municipality, June 2019 release [12] Berwyn had the following demographics:

Hispanic or Latino: 35,928, 63.7%

White non-Hispanic: 14,793, 26.2%

Black non-Hispanic: 3,235, 5.7%

Asian non-Hispanic: 1,823, 3.2%

All other categories: 588, 1.0%

The top five non-Hispanic ancestries reported in Berwyn as of the 2009-2011 American Community Survey were Italian (8.0%), German (7.8%), Irish (7.3%), and Polish (7.1%).[13]

In the 2010 census, there were 18,910 households, out of which 41.9% had children under the age of 18; 45.7% were headed by married couples; 16.5% had a female householder with no male present; and 30.3% were non-families. 24.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.2% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.99, and the average family size was 3.62.[11]

The age distribution was 27.8% under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 30.5% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 to 64, and 9.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.1 males.[3]

For the period 2009–11, the estimated median annual income for a household in the city was $50,388, and the median income for a family was $55,946. Male full-time workers had a median income of $42,099 versus $34,989 for females. The per capita income for the city was $20,143. About 12.5% of families and 14.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.9% of those under age 18 and 11.8% of those age 65 or over.[14]

Geography[]

According to the 2010 census, Berwyn has a total area of 3.91 square miles (10.13 km2), all land.[15] Bordering suburbs include Oak Park to the north, Cicero to the east, Stickney to the south, and Lyons, Riverside, North Riverside, and Forest Park to the west. Geologically, Berwyn is predominately composed of Glacial Lake Bottom from the Wisconsin Glacial Episode, the most recent glacial period. A beach ridge of sand and gravel, made during one of the stages of Lake Chicago, is also present in the city. This is most easily identified as Riverside Drive. The elevation change due to the ridge is clearly seen on the 2800 block of Maple Ave.[16] Prior to the settlement of Berwyn, the land was grassy marshland. The body of water that connected the South Branch of the Chicago River to the Des Plaines River was a shallow waterway or a muddy slough (depending on the season) known as Mud Lake. Mud Lake extended nearly to the southern border of today's Berwyn,[17] and the southern end of Berwyn flooded regularly during heavy rains in its early years.

Government[]

City[]

The City of Berwyn operates under a Strong Mayor form of government. The people of Berwyn elect the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and one alderman from each of the city's eight wards. The terms of elected officials are four years. The mayor is given administrative authority, and he has the power to appoint and remove all officers of the municipality, except those covered by civil service. The City Council, composed of the eight aldermen and the mayor, is the legislative organ of the city.[18]

The seat of government is located at City Hall, 6700 26th Street.

Police and fire departments[]

Berwyn Police Department

Police[]

The Berwyn Police Department, has six main divisions: Administrative, Investigative, Patrol, K-9 Unit, Communications, Records, and Parking. The Berwyn Police Station is located at 6401 W. 31st Street.

Fire[]

The Berwyn Fire Department is composed of 80 sworn professional firefighters, 30 certified paramedics, and 11 emergency medical technicians. The Fire Department is anchored by three fire stations with the following equipment:[19]

Station Location Engine Co. Truck Co. Ambulance Command Unit
Fire Station 1 (South) 6434 Windsor Ave Quint 901 Engine/Truck Combo

Reserve Fire Engine 911

Ambulance 906

Reserve Ambulance 910

Fire Station 2 (North) 6615 W. 16th St Engine 902 Ambulance 905 Command Vehicle 909
Fire Station 3 (Center) 6700 W. 26th St Engine 903 Ladder Truck 904 Ambulance 907 Command Vehicle 900

Command Vehicle 908

Federal[]

Since 2013, Berwyn has been split between three of Illinois' congressional districts: the 3rd Congressional District, 4th Congressional District, and 7th Congressional District.[20]

Post Office[]

The United States Postal Service operates the Berwyn Post Office (1940), at 6625 Cermak Road.[21] The post office contains a mural, The Picnic, painted in 1942 by Richard Haines. Murals were produced from 1934 to 1943 in the United States through the Section of Painting and Sculpture, later called the Section of Fine Arts, of the Treasury Department.[22]

Mayors[]

Term Mayor
1908–1911 George H. Murphy
1911–1914 H.S. Rich
1914–1915 Charles Rudderham
1915–1917 G.M. Smith
1917–1923 George H. Anderson
1923–1925 Fred H. Rudderham
1925–1929 Frank Janda
1929–1931 Byron C. Thorpe
1931–1934 Frank Novotny
1934–1935 Maurice Shay
1935–1943
1943–1945 Fred J. Mraz
1945–1946 Thomas Barrett
1946–1965 William J. Kriz
1965–1968 George Dolezal
1968–1969 Ralph M. Faust
1969–1977 Emil Vacin
1977–1981 Thomas A. Hett
1981–1993
1993–2005 Thomas G. Shaughnessy
2005–2009 Michael A. O'Connor
2009–present

Education[]

Berwyn is served by two K-8 school districts:

  • Berwyn North School District 98 comprises 4 schools: Havlicek Elementary, Prairie Oak Elementary, Jefferson Elementary, and Lincoln Middle School.
  • Berwyn South School District 100 comprises 8 schools: Emerson Elementary, Hiawatha Elementary, Irving Elementary, Komensky Elementary, Pershing Elementary, Piper Elementary, Freedom Middle School, and Heritage Middle School.

High school students, depending on residency, attend either J. Sterling Morton High School District 201's J. Sterling Morton High School West in Berwyn or J. Sterling Morton High School East in Cicero. Most areas are west of Ridgeland Avenue and therefore are zoned to Morton West, while those east of Ridgeland Avenue are zoned to Morton East.[23][24]

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago operates two PK-8 schools in Berwyn:

  • St. Leonard School

The third one, St. Mary of Celle, closed after the 2004–2005 school year. The building and premises are still used, however. During the great depression, the tuition at St. Odilo was only 75 cents (about $14.23 when accounting for inflation).[citation needed]

Parochial grade school students who wish to move onto parochial secondary education can attend nearby schools such as Fenwick High School in neighboring Oak Park, St. Joseph High School in Westchester, or Nazareth Academy in La Grange Park, all of which are co-educational. Trinity High School located in River Forest is a school for girls.

Berwyn North School District 98 used to host General Custer Elementary, which was built in 1908 and later torn down in 2000. In 2002, a new state-of-the-art school was built on the same site called Prairie Oak Elementary. Emerson Elementary and Heritage Middle School share a common wall, but are separate schools. When Lincoln Middle School was built in 1928, it never had a cafeteria or library, the library was across the street (now the Berwyn Cultural Center).

LaVergne School, built in 1888, was the first school built in Berwyn, the building had two classrooms with fireplaces. Despite community protest, the 50-year-old building was torn down in 1938. It was replaced with the Lavergne Education Centre which, once an elementary school, is now the headquarters of the Berwyn South School District 100.

Economy[]

While Berwyn is known as the "City of Homes," it also contains four primary business corridors: Ogden Ave, the Depot District, Cermak Road, and Roosevelt Road. Ogden Ave, a segment of historic Route 66, is an automobile-centered district, and at its peak the road included over a dozen car dealerships in Berwyn.[25] The Depot District, the area around the train station, includes an array of independent shops and restaurants. Loyola MacNeal Hospital, the city's largest employer, is at the center the district. Cermak Road earned the nickname "The Bohemian Wall Street" due to the many savings and loans located there. In 1991, the Chicago Sun-Times reported that "Berwyn has the highest concentration of financial institutions in the world - a tribute to the frugality of its forebears." The savings and loan crisis of the 1980s hit the area especially hard.[citation needed] The Cermak Plaza Shopping Center, which opened in 1956, is located at the corner of Harlem Avenue and Cermak Road.[26] Notable original tenants included J. C. Penney, Walgreens, F.W. Woolworth, Kinney Shoes, Jewel Foods and Fannie May Candies. Cermak Plaza served as the main shopping center for the area until 1975 when the North Riverside Park Mall opened a half mile west on Cermak Road. Current tenants include Meijer, Marshalls, Party City, K&G, Office Depot and Dollar Tree.[27] Cermak Road now includes an array of retail shops and restaurants.[28] Roosevelt Road is home to several music venues, including FitzGerald's Nightclub, Wire, and the Harlem Avenue Lounge blues club, and Friendly Tap.[29]

According to Berwyn's 2013 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,[30] the top employers in the city were:

# Employer # of Employees
1 2,200
2 J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 1,000
3 City of Berwyn 550
4 Berwyn South School District 100 456
5 Berwyn North School District 98 370
6 300
7 Rosin Eyecare 85
8 Transloading Specialist, Inc. 50
9 Citizens Community Bank 35
10 Physicians' Record Company 35

Transportation[]

Train[]

Berwyn Metra Station

Berwyn is served by the BNSF Railway Line, and Metra operates three stations within the city: the Harlem Avenue Station, the Berwyn Station at Oak Park Ave, and the La Vergne Station at Ridgeland Ave.

Until 1952 Berwyn was served by the Douglas branch of the Chicago "L". The line was extended in 1924 to Oak Park Ave, just north of Cermak Rd.[31] In 1952 rail service west of 54th Ave was suspended and replaced by bus.[32] The fairways that once served as the right of way for the "L" still exist as parking lots for shopping along the Cermak avenue corridor.

Berwyn was also briefly served by a steam line that ran along 19th Street at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. A station was located at Ridgeland Ave. The line was built in 1890 by the Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad under the name Chicago & Southwestern Railroad. It extended from the C&NP mainline at 45th Street south to 16th Street and then to 19th Street. It then turned north on Harlem, returning to the C&NP mainline. The different shaped lots between Austin Blvd and Ridgeland along 19th Street attest to the previous presence of the line.[33][34]

Bus[]

Bus service within Berwyn and to neighboring suburbs is provided by Pace Bus.

Walkability and carbon footprint[]

Berwyn residents may be able to lead a low carbon footprint lifestyle, according to The Five Ton Life. This is due to walkable neighborhoods of modestly sized bungalows, and easy access to grocery stores.[35]

Arts and culture[]

Berwyn now has a growing arts community with a professional equity theater, an Arts Council and music and entertainment venues. The 16th Street Theater producing live events opened in 2007.[36] It was named "Best Emerging Theater Company" by Chicago magazine in 2013.[37]

Annual events[]

From the 1920s to the 1970s, Berwyn had a large Czechoslovak population, and to celebrate their heritage the Houby Day Parade was organized in 1968. The parade continues to today, and it coincides with the fall mushroom harvest.[38]

Ogden Avenue is part of the "Historic Route 66" in Berwyn, and an annual Vintage Car Show has taken place in the city every year in early September since 1990. Ogden Avenue is closed to traffic from Ridgeland to Oak Park Avenue, and hundreds of car enthusiasts come out to celebrate the spirit of Route 66. In 2006,[39] Berwyn began to host its annual art car parade called Cartopia. Art car artists from all over the country meet to show off their latest creations and then parade through the neighborhood.

In the 1960s and 1970s, many Italian families moved into Berwyn. The Maria SS Lauretana Italian-Sicilian Religious Festival was held on the grounds of Morton West High School during Labor Day weekend until 2014.

Since the year 2000, Berwyn has held an Oktoberfest and Brew Fest around mid to late-September; the festivals are held at the tracks on Berwyn Station and Proska Park respectively.[40]

Public art[]

Berwyn was notable for the sculpture Spindle, created by artist Dustin Shuler and located in the Cermak Plaza shopping center along with other works of art. The Spindle was shown in the movie Wayne's World. It was demolished and scrapped on the night of May 2, 2008 to make way for a new Walgreens. Grassroots efforts to Save the Spindle failed to raise the $300,000+ that it would have taken to dismantle and relocate it. This was a major upset among supporters of the sculpture, considering that it did not encroach upon the new Walgreens' final location. The two topmost cars were placed in storage; as of 2012 the Berwyn Route 66 Museum on Ogden Avenue proposes to incorporate them into a reconstruction of the Spindle.

Film and television[]

Portions of the 2008 film Wanted with Angelina Jolie were filmed at Cermak Plaza. Segments of the films A League of Their Own, The Color of Money, and Adventures in Babysitting were filmed at FitzGerald's Nightclub in Berwyn.

Berwyn is also mentioned frequently on the television show Svengoolie. (The show has been shot in Chicago since 1970, while hosts Jerry G. Bishop and Rich Koz are natives of the Chicago metro.)[41]

Berwyn is also known for often being used in television productions, such as the shows Chicago P.D.[42] and Chicago Fire,[43] and most recently as of October 2019, The Chi, which is filmed at J Sterling Morton West High School.

Parks and recreation[]

Proksa Park in the winter

Many parks and community centers are located within Berwyn. Two park districts and a recreation department maintain the city's recreational facilities and organize leagues and programming for youth, adults, and seniors. The city's largest park is Proksa Park, which comprises approximately 15 acres (61,000 m2) of land. It contains numerous flower beds, 64 species of trees, 85 species of shrubs, as well as a small pond and stream. Recreational facilities include three tennis courts, two softball fields, and a large playground.

Berwyn is also home to the Pav YMCA. In 1987, the YMCA opened at 2947 Oak Park Ave, on the former site of a lumber yard that had burned down a decade earlier. The building has an Olympic-sized indoor pool, racquet and handball courts, a gym, and exercise facilities. A rehabilitation center operated with MacNeal Memorial Hospital is present as well.

The following table includes a complete list of Berwyn's public parks and recreational centers:

North Berwyn Park District Berwyn Park District Berwyn Recreation Department
Community Center / Pyrce Park 16th & Wesley Freedom Park 3701 Scoville Rec Center / Pavek Pool 6501 W. 31st
Berwyn Gardens Maple & Cermak Friendship Park 25th & Kenilworth Janura Park 28th & East
Jefferson Field 16th & Wenonah Hessler Park 34th & Kenilworth Baseball Alley East Ave. & 29th
Kriz Park 15th & Maple Karasek Park Windsor & Kenilworth Karban Park East & Ogden Alleys
Hett Park 19th & Cuyler Liberty Cultural Center 6445 W. 27th Pl
Mraz Park Oak Park & Riverside Dr
Proksa Park 3001 S. Wisconsin
Serenity Park Wesley & 26th
Smirz Park 34th & Highland
Sunshine Park 29th & Oak Park
Unity Park 25th & Cuyler

Features[]

Berwyn is a very diverse community, with some larger homes on its south side and many smaller, bungalow-type homes on the north side around Roosevelt Road and Cermak Road. The town also has many duplexes and three unit buildings. Because of the predominance of small residences in Berwyn, the community has an unusually low carbon footprint. According to data published by the Center for Neighborhood Technology, Berwyn had the lowest per capita CO2 emissions from homes and private vehicles in the Chicago area.[44]

Berwyn has one of the world's largest laundromats, 13,500 square feet (1,250 m2) in size, with 161 washers and 140 dryers, a kids' play area, big screen TVs, a bird sanctuary, and free pizza on Wednesday nights.[45] It incurred extensive damage from an electrical fire in 2004 but was rebuilt in early 2006. This laundromat received considerable recognition for using a solar thermal system (the largest such installation in Illinois) to meet its hot water needs.[46]

The Berwyn Eagles Club is a small venue that plays host as a bingo hall as well as an arena for monthly professional wrestling events held by All American Wrestling, which is considered[according to whom?] to be one of the top independent pro wrestling companies in the Midwest.

Horror host Rich Koz, aka Svengoolie, regularly comments on "beautiful Berwyn" as a long-running gag on his Chicago TV show.[41]

Notable people[]

  • Jeff Adams, football player; born in Berwyn
  • Christopher Bielawski, Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher in synthesis and polymer chemistry
  • Scarlett Bordeaux, professional wrestling valet in WWE and Ring of Honor; resides in Berwyn
  • Dianne Chandler, model, Playboy Playmate
  • Allan Cox, author and business leader; born in Berwyn
  • George E. Dolezal, state representative and judge; served as mayor of Berwyn
  • Joey Goodspeed, running back for the Minnesota Vikings, St. Louis Rams, and San Diego Chargers; born in Berwyn
  • Ozzie Guillén, Major League Baseball player and manager, lived in Berwyn during playing days with Chicago White Sox
  • Gary Hallberg, golfer with the PGA Tour; born in Berwyn
  • Fred Malek, businessman
  • Ricky Mandel, professional wrestler who competed for Lucha Underground
  • John J. McNichols, Illinois state representative and lawyer
  • Bob Miller, pitcher for Detroit Tigers, Cincinnati Reds, and New York Mets; born in Berwyn
  • Arthur Nielsen, market analyst who founded ACNielsen company
  • John Philip Novak, state legislator
  • Bob Odenkirk, actor and comedian best known as Saul Goodman on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul
  • Robert Pechous, educator and politician
  • Jim Peterik, musician, founding member of The Ides of March and Survivor
  • Sondra Radvanovsky, opera singer
  • Joseph G. Sevcik, state representative and lawyer; lived in Berwyn and served as the city attorney of Berwyn
  • Vlasta Vraz, Czech relief worker after WWII
  • Jerry Wainwright, head coach for DePaul University Blue Demons basketball; born in Berwyn
  • Dave Wehrmeister, pitcher for San Diego Padres, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, and Chicago White Sox; born in Berwyn
  • Bob Will, outfielder for Chicago Cubs; born in Berwyn

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