Some suburb pics (56K BEWARE!) (Chicago, Naperville: luxury, mcmansion, condos)

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Alright, having a few spare hours yesterday granted me some time to drive around and snap some shots of a few towns. Of course I needed ALOT more time to cover more ground, but in 2.5 hours I covered areas of Wheaton, Naperville, St. Charles, Geneva, West Chicago and Wasco. I tried to show some pics of neighborhoods, downtowns, houses, etc, etc. Like I said, there just isnt enough time to cover the cities I wanted to do, so I guess these will have to do for now. When I finished uploading them on the computer and naming them, it categorized the photos alphabetically, so now theyre out of whack, so youll notice alot of skipping around, sorry! I also shot all of these from my car, so none of them are special photos in any sort of way, just snapshots. Hopefully these pics will help paint a decent picture of the far west burbs. Enjoy!

Downtown Naperville:


Downtown Naperville:


Park near downtown Wheaton:


Your average street near downtown Wheaton:


Wheaton Historical Society:


Some of the new condos in Wheaton:


Wheaton College:

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Wheaton clocktower and new condo developments:


Private high school in West Chicago (Wheaton Academy):


Heading westbound on Rt. 64 into St. Charles:


Wasco park:


Villa Verone in Geneva:


Storefront in Geneva:


The Herrington Inn in Geneva:


Sullivans and Rosebuds in Naperville:


Some more Geneva storefronts:

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Some Geneva storefronts:


Skate park in St. Charles:


St. Charles homes near Patowatomie Park:


Homes in St. Charles near Peck Road:


New St. Charles condos:


More St. Charles condos:


And even more St. Charles condos:


Catholic church near downtown St. Charles:


Park near downtown St. Charles:


Mansions in Naperville:


Your average north St. Charles home:


Another St. Charles home:

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Westbound on Rt. 38 into Geneva:


Downtown Naperville:


Drover should like this one lol (near the AMC 30 Theatres in Warrenville):


Part of St. Charles' Potawatomie Park as viewed from the west side of the river:


Paw Paw Center in Naperville:


Cool old St. Charles building:


Older brick Wheaton home:

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New condos in downtown Naperville (starting at 800K!!!! lol):


Another part of downtown Naperville:


Entrance to Naperville's Riverwalk:


The one of 3 (!?!) Starbucks in downtown Naperville:


Naperville has several murals downtown, this is one of them:


Nice country-style home in Naperville:


Along Naperville's Riverwalk:


Muldoons Irish restaurant in downtown Wheaton:


Naperville's Millenium Carillion, which plays music via bells:


Mill Race Cyclery and the Rain bar in Geneva:

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McNally's Irish Pub in St. Charles. Abe Lincoln once gave a speech here, obviously before it was converted into a bar:


Main Street Promenade in downtown Naperville:


Mmmm, Lou Malnati's pizzeria (Naperville):


Looking westward along the edge of downtown Geneva:


New developments in downtown Naperville (retirement center, condos and Giordano's):


Jimmy's Bar and Grill patio:


Jimmys and the requisite Barnes n Nobles shot:

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Ivy covered walls in Wheaton:


Part of Warrenville's industrial park (with heavy hitters such as Navistar and BP Amoco):


Homes in Geneva:


West Chicago home (along Indian Knoll Road):


More downtown Geneva shopping:


Geneva ice cream shop:


Geneva neighborhoods near Randall Rd:

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More Geneva neighborhoods near Randall Rd:


Near downtown Geneva:


Quaint old homes near downtown Geneva:


Your typical house and lifestyle in Geneva's new neighborhoods (read: KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES):


Dobson Square along 3rd St in Geneva:


Randall Road, the shop-a-holics dream come true, with about 15 continuous miles of shopping:


Old building and car in Geneva:

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DuPage Forest Preserve headquarters in Wheaton, near the Danada Equestrian Center:


This has nothing to do with a city, but it was a sweet V-Rod. lol


The Filling Station Pub n Grill in St. Charles:


The McMansion spectacle that is Wasco:


Old buildings in St. Charles (including the good Erik n Me restaurant):


The yuppy Danada Square in Wheaton:


Geno's and El Zarape in Wheaton:


The ever-popular DuPage Children's Museum in Naperville:


And even more Geneva shopping:


More Geneva shopping:

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Delnor Hospital in Geneva:


St. Charles mansion:


More St. Charles homes:


Gigantor St. Charles home:


Danada Square in Wheaton: