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Highland Park is a minimally walkable city in Illinois with a Walk Score of 41. Highland Park is home to approximately 29,831 people and 14,393 jobs. Find your dream home in Highland Park using the tools above. Use filters to narrow your search by price, square feet, beds, and baths to find homes that fit your criteria. Jan 06, 2015 Highland Park was defined on the west by Cannon Creek, to the east by Shockoe Creek, and in the south by the confluence of the two. Magnolia Street formed the northern border. In 1908, Chestnut Hill’s association voted to unite with its northern neighbor, and the combined communities became the independent Henrico County town of Highland Park.

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Highland Park from atop Highland Park Public School, early 1900s

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Intersection of Milton Street and Maryland Avenue, Highland Park, early 20th century

'Annexation Decree Marks New Era In City’s Progress” blared the June 28, 1914, Richmond Times-Dispatch headline — the same day that Austria-Hungary’s heir apparent, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and his wife Sophie, were assassinated in Sarajevo. The large above-fold type would soon carry news of European war.

The decree of annexation, which took effect after Sept. 1, gave Richmond independent communities that included Highland Park, Ginter Park, Barton Heights and Sherwood Park. Richmond also expanded beyond the James River by absorbing Woodland Heights, Forest Hill, Oak Grove and Swansboro, more than doubling the area south of the former city of Manchester (consolidated with Richmond in 1910).

Electric streetcars ran across the Fifth Street Viaduct, operated since its 1892 completion as a toll bridge by the Virginia Railway and Power Co., and made possible an extensive planned community. The suburb grew along the heights overlooking downtown Richmond. Highland Park was defined on the west by Cannon Creek, to the east by Shockoe Creek, and in the south by the confluence of the two. Magnolia Street formed the northern border.

In 1908, Chestnut Hill’s association voted to unite with its northern neighbor, and the combined communities became the independent Henrico County town of Highland Park. Many of the houses built in the expanded neighborhood used lumber supplied by the Chestnut Hill company of Thomas C. Ruffin and Joseph M. Fourqurean. Fourqurean was a member of both the Chestnut Hill and Highland Park development companies. The firm, later known as Ruffin and Payne, moved in 1966 to Laburnum Avenue.

The development ultimately included the 1909 Charles A. Robinson-designed, Mediterranean Revival-style Highland Park Public School and the columned, 1915 building called Chandler Middle School, now Richmond Community High. Highland Park even had a gambrel-roofed town hall, below Brookland Park Boulevard, at 2915-2917 Fourth Avenue (later converted into four apartments that burned in 1956).

Alluring advertisements promoted Highland Park’s open air and its convenience, with a less-than-15-minute ride by trolley to Seventh and Broad streets.

Builders constructed residences that were elaborate variations on Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival and American Foursquare styles.

Wallace Bryan Stockton, a member of Mizpah Presbyterian Church, recalled in a 1975 church history that as Highland Park grew during the 1920s, it “became neat, with mixed architecture. The citizens were of mixed economic strata, from one end of the spectrum to the other, but basically they and their community were modest … board fences abounded. There were chicken lots in backyards and barns for horses and cows. There were chicken thieves, too, and Gypsies from the C&O tracks. The community abounded with vacant lots for ball games and lots of ice houses for boys on hot summer days.”

At Six Points, an intersection that knits together Highland Park and the Chestnut Hill/Plateau sections, commerce took root. Brookland Park Boulevard thrived with grocers, restaurants, clothiers and the Art Deco Brookland Theatre. But like many of the mushrooming suburban trolley-dependent enclaves, residential prohibitions blocked blacks from living there.

The electric streetcars that birthed and nurtured Highland Park were destroyed in 1948 in favor of buses and cars. The community was further altered by the construction of public housing and school integration that started in 1960 at Chandler Middle. Outgoing whites rented their former homes to whoever came next, usually blacks. Absent landlords were often poor property managers.

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A 1964 Richmond planner called Highland Park an “almost ideal community,” then 14 years later, a city redevelopment official in the News Leader described the neighborhood as “sliding fast.” By 1978, planners labeled Highland Park a “transitional neighborhood,” possessing a stock of solid houses suitable for repair instead of demolition. Geek speed dating in hayward wisconsin area.

The Highland Park Restoration and Preservation Program (HP-RAPP), led by future City Council member Ellen Robertson, formed in 1988 to maintain the community’s involvement with its own revitalization.

In 1994, HP-RAPP renovated a century-old Queen Anne residence at 2400 Third Avenue for its own offices, and named it for neighborhood activist Naomi Hall. The group restored houses and pressed for decrepit apartments to be demolished and replaced by Victorian-style townhouses. Its name changed to the Highland Park Community Development Corporation (HPCDC), and in the early 2000s, it partnered with the Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods to promote Highland Park’s impressive housing stock. During this time, too, murderous gangs like the Meadowbridge Boys and Poe Street Boys were broken up by convictions.

In 2002, the industrious Martha Rollins founded the Boaz & Ruth nonprofit, which provides training and employment opportunities for the formerly incarcerated. The abandoned and blighted Firehouse 15 at 3011 Meadowbridge Road became a mini-mall with a restaurant. Revitalization hit a snag when the HPCDC ran afoul of then-Mayor Doug Wilder in a property dispute as the organization sought to acquire and renovate the blighted Matthew Heights apartments. The group’s properties were split with two other nonprofits, Boaz & Ruth and the Southside Community Development & Housing Corp.

The longtime eyesore of Dove Court began a phased renewal in 2013. Small commercial enterprises are on the rise.

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Having come through its belly-of-the-whale experience, Highland Park is in the process of determining what comes next.

The Valentine’s Fifth Community Conversation series, in collaboration with Richmond magazine, begins with a discussion of Highland Park on Jan. 6, 6 to 8 p.m. at the Valentine, 1015 E. Clay St.; a bus tour takes place Jan. 10. There are five other locales: North Church Hill, Feb. 3 (tour, Feb. 7); Old Town Manchester, March 3 (tour, March 7); Carver, April 7 (tour, April 11); Barton Heights, May 5 (tour, May 9); and Forest Hill, June 2 (tour, June 6). For further information, call 649-0711 or visit thevalentine.org.

Lakeshore Recycling Systems
As of January 1, 2016 Lakeshore Recycling Systems (LRS) is Highland Park's waste and recycling hauler for all residential, commercial and multi-family properties. Please visit lrsrecycles.com to read about Lakeshore Recycling Systems.

Service Schedule

Area	Primary Day (Once a week)	Second Day (Twice a week)
Southeast Quadrant	Monday	Thursday
Southwest Quadrant	Tuesday	Friday
Northeast Quadrant	Thursday	Monday
Northwest Quadrant	Friday	Tuesday

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Please refer to this map to locate your street and quadrant.
Hours of Collection
Collection begins at 7:00 AM Please have your materials ready in their appropriate locations at that time. For the sake of appearance, please put your materials out no earlier than 7:00 PM the evening before your scheduled pick-up. Note: Pick-up times will vary with routing changes or extreme weather conditions.
Pricing
Monthly Base Fee: $6.04 charged to all Highland Park residents regardless of service.
Service options:
Curbside Volume-based Service:
35 gallon trash $2.66 per service + base fee $6.04
64 gallon trash $5.32 per service + base fee $6.04
96 gallon trash $7.98 per service + base fee $6.04

Backdoor Volume-based Service:
35 gallon trash $2.66 per service + $23.39 per month ($17.35 backdoor charge + base fee $6.04)
Curbside Subscription Service: (1) 35g or 65g *trash cart + (1) 35g, 64g, or 96g recycle cart
1x per week service $24.48 per month ($18.44 per month + base fee $6.04)
2x per week service $43.05 per month ($37.96 per month + base fee $6.04)
*Customer may choose a 96g trash cart for an additional Premium fee of $5.11 per month
Backdoor Subscription Service: (1) 35g trash cart + (1) 35g or 64g recycle cart
1x per week service $41.83 per month ($18.44 + $17.35 backdoor charge + base fee $6.04)
2x per week service $61.35 per month ($37.96+ $17.35 backdoor charge + base fee $6.04)
Landscape/Organics Service: April 1st – December 15th includes (1)35g cart upon request
Subscription Service $244.31 per season
Volume-based (Sticker) $2.66 sticker per 32g cart, kraft bag, or bundle not exceeding 4ft in length,
24in in diameter and 50lbs in weight
Additional Fees:
Additional Carts: $3.25 per cart per month
Extra Waste: $2.66 sticker per 32 gallon bag
Large & Bulky Items: $15.30 per cubic yard – 2yd minimum
Appliances: $41.70 per appliance
Cart Delivery or Exchange: $27.11
Ancillary Services:
Rate for Equipment & Personnel: $135.57/ hour per worker and vehicle

Helpful Links
A list of FAQs have been compiled to help answer any questions in regards to waste, recycling and composting. If you have further questions about waste and recycling programs, please contact LRS at 773.685.8811.

Additional Programs
Landscape Waste Collection
The landscape waste program runs from April 1st to December 15th of each year. Service is provided on the same day as refuse and recycling collection. Yard waste is to be placed in a 30-gallon biodegradable paper bag, bundled or placed in a metal or plastic container up to 33 gallons in size. Bags, bundles and containers may not exceed 50 pounds and are to be placed at the curb for collection. Containers must be marked as yard waste. Bundles cannot exceed 4 feet in length and 2 feet in diameter. Branches within each bundle may not exceed 3 inches in diameter.
Annual spring clean-up/ Bulk Item Pickup

Spring clean-up is offered year-round through Lakeshore Recycling Systems’ (LRS) bulk item pickup service. Highland Park residents are permitted to dispose of one bulk item (up to 50 pounds) per pickup on the same day as service and must be placed by the curb. These items do not include white goods, electronics, items over 50 pounds (requiring two employees to lift safely) or construction debris. For these items, Lakeshore Recycling Systems asks customers to call the customer service line at 773.685.8811 or email Info@LRSrecycles.com. Get the word out to neighbors - you don't need to wait for spring to get rid of unwanted items!
Carpet is considered construction debris and must be less than 4 feet in length and 18 inches in diameter. For proper carpet disposal, please call the customer service line at 773.685.8811 to arrange for special pickup.

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Mattresses that are placed out for removal should be wrapped and sealed. Shrink-wrapping is optimal, but plastic bags that have been taped together is acceptable too. This will help drivers avoid bed bug issues, and/or mattresses that are difficult to lift due to soaking up rain or water.

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The same spring cleanup restrictions apply (No white goods, no electronics, construction debris, items must be under 50IBS). Please call ahead to notify LRS of the bulk item at 773.685.8811.
*If more than one bulk item is left out for pickup you will need to call LRS to receive a quote for removal.

Electronic Recycling Pickup
LRS will collect one large electronic under 50lbs waste item (televisions, monitors, computers, speakers, etc.) or three small electronic waste items (phones, mice, radios, adding machines, etc.) on the first customer collection day of each month. Local hook up galveston. Please contact LRS for information regarding large or small sized electronic waste options at 773.685.8811or info@lrsrecycles.com.
White Goods
White goods and appliances (washers and dryers, refrigerators, ovens, dishwashers, stoves, AC units, hot water heaters, freezers, etc.) are not accepted. If you have an appliance or white good that needs removal, please contact a LRS Service Representative at 773.685.8811 or info@lrsrecycles.com to schedule service. A charge of $40.00 per item will be charged.

Holiday Service

• New Year's Day
• Memorial Day
• Independence Day
• Labor Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• Christmas Day

If a holiday falls on a weekday or Sunday, collection is delayed by one day for the rest of the week. Pick-up will be made on Saturday so that service is back to the normal schedule by the following Monday. Learn more.