Arlington Heights is
a village in Cook County, Illinois and a northwestern
suburb of Chicago. It is located about 25 miles northwest
of downtown Chicago[2]. A 2003 Census recount gave the
village a population of 76,031, the largest for a village
in the United States, with neighboring Schaumburg, Illinois
not far behind in second place. It is also the twelfth
largest municipality in the state of Illinois. Arlington
Heights is known for Arlington Park Race Track, home
of the Arlington Million, a Breeders' Cup qualifying
event; also hosted the Breeders' Cup Classic in 2002.
It is also home to the Arlington Heights
Memorial Library(Wikipedia entry), which has one of
the largest collections in the state (that includes
books, ebooks, eaudiobooks, DVDs, games, puppets, premium
web databases, etc.), as well as the Metropolis Performing
Arts Centre, Saint Viator High School , and John Hersey
High School.
Arlington Heights has experienced a
recent boom in development of condominiums, restaurants
and other businesses in the Central Business District
or downtown area of Arlington Heights, with restaurants
experiencing the greatest overall success.
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