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Lost in Highland Park Pt. 2: The Highland Ave. Houses

This is the second part of my presentation, “Lost in Highland Park”, commissioned by the Highland Park Conservancy. I presented this at their annual meeting on April 29th, 2026, and have been posting the contents piecemeal via this blog. You may click the following link to access Lost in Highland Park Pt. 1: The Foreman’s…

May 16, 2026

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Buildings, Cemeteries, Fire, Highland Park, Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Horses, Houses, Mt. Hope Cemetery, Park Foremen, People, Streets, World War II
Lost in Highland Park Pt. 1: The Foreman’s House

I was invited by the Highland Park Conservancy to give a presentation at their annual meeting, which was quite an unexpected honor. I was asked to simply do what I do at Gonechester, but in Highland Park. The resulting presentation, which I call “Lost in Highland Park“, will have been performed at the time of…

May 1, 2026

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Elm Trees, Fields, Highland Park, Houses, Landmarks, Park Foremen, Parks, Streetcars, Streets, Trees, World War II
A Corner’s McHistory

On the northeast corner of East Main and Culver, there is now a McDonald’s. Yes, classy, I know; that’s not the thrust of this article, though. What’s really in question, as per most Gonechester articles, is what came before, and how it came to be, in the end, a McDonald’s. At the outset of its…

January 6, 2026

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Buildings, People, Restaurants, Streets, Trees, War, World War I

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