Downtown Skokie

Skokie is one of Chicago's "urban suburbs", meaning a pre-WWII suburb, with many urban features, such as a grid of streets, houses without driveways, multiple housing styles (apartment, duplex, urban house, etc.), and mixed use areas. Downtown Skokie was at one point very prosperous, but it fell on hard times for a period. The Village of Skokie has poured a lot of money into its redevelopment, and a new CTA Yellow Line station was opened nearby. There are Afghan, Jamaican, Korean, Eastern European, and Jewish businesses lining Oakton Street, Skokie's principal street. The area has urban commercial businesses, apartments, offices, townhouses, and urban houses, creating an interesting corridor to live, work, or visit. An amazing place, ready to leap forward into something even better!