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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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic district ⓘ
planned suburban community ⓘ
residential neighborhood ⓘ
contains Riverside train station ⓘ
Riverside water tower ⓘ
public parks and parkways ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Cook County, Illinois ⓘ
designedBy Calvert Vaux ⓘ
Frederick Law Olmsted ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle Colonial Revival architecture ⓘ
Italianate architecture ⓘ
Prairie School architecture ⓘ
linked to: Prairie School

Queen Anne architecture ⓘ
linked to: Queen Anne Revival

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 ⓘ
National Register of Historic Places district ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Frederick Law Olmsted ⓘ
locatedIn Riverside, Illinois ⓘ
locatedNear Chicago, Illinois ⓘ
linked to: Chicago
NRHPType historic district ⓘ
partOf National Historic Landmark Districts in Illinois ⓘ
Village of Riverside ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Village of Riverside → partOf → Riverside Historic District ⓘ
Riverside, Illinois → hasHistoricDistrict → Riverside Historic District ⓘ
Riverside Township, Cook County, Illinois → contains → National Historic Landmark District of Riverside ⓘ
linked to: Riverside Historic District