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…escape the city without escaping the city

In the northernmost part of Chicago, Sauganash and surrounding areas are so full of parks, scrambling kids and single-family homes, you’d almost forget that you’re in the city. Yet this is still Cook County, and it’s within Chicago’s limits, despite the fact that it’s surrounded by forest preserve.

One surefire way to tell you’re around the city is by looking at the styles of homes. Part of the “bungalow belt,” this area is teeming with the traditional Chicago home, built of brick and offering a big, Sunday-afternoon stoop or porch on which to perch. Sauganash also has ranch houses, Cape Cods, Georgians and older frame homes.

Check out Sauganash Park, with its expansive fieldhouse that offers everything from hip-hop and theater classes to basketball, volleyball, floor hockey and more. 

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Block party central

Main drag:

Peterson Avenue

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A Toy Store Untouched by Time

Cut-Rate Toys on Devon is a familiar sight that has been in business for over 50 years. My mother used to tell me tales of watching frantic mothers literally fighting each other to get a Cabbage Patch Doll during Christmas time in 1984.

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