Riverside Historic District

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Riverside Historic District is a nationally recognized planned suburban community near Chicago, Illinois, celebrated for its curvilinear streets, expansive green spaces, and pioneering landscape design by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux.

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instanceOf historic district
planned suburban community
residential neighborhood
contains Riverside train station
Riverside water tower NERFINISHED
public parks and parkways
country United States of America
surface form: United States
county Cook County, Illinois
designedBy Calvert Vaux NERFINISHED
Frederick Law Olmsted NERFINISHED
hasArchitecturalStyle Colonial Revival architecture
Italianate architecture
Prairie School architecture NERFINISHED
Queen Anne architecture NERFINISHED
Tudor Revival architecture
hasCharacteristic curving streets following natural topography
extensive tree plantings
generous public parkways
large setbacks
picturesque suburban layout
hasLandUse integrated parkland
primarily residential
hasStreetPattern curvilinear streets
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark District NERFINISHED
National Register of Historic Places district NERFINISHED
influenced later garden suburbs
suburban planning in the United States
influencedBy English garden suburb concepts
picturesque landscape tradition
knownFor curvilinear street plan
expansive green spaces
integration of parkland and residential areas
pioneering suburban landscape design
landscapeArchitect Calvert Vaux NERFINISHED
Frederick Law Olmsted NERFINISHED
locatedIn Riverside, Illinois NERFINISHED
locatedNear Chicago, Illinois NERFINISHED
NRHPType historic district
partOf National Historic Landmark Districts in Illinois NERFINISHED
Village of Riverside NERFINISHED
periodOfSignificance late 19th century
planningConcept curvilinear street system
park-like suburban community
separation of pedestrian and vehicular circulation
state Illinois
transportationAccess commuter rail to Chicago

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Riverside, Illinois town plan associatedWith Riverside Historic District