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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. Although land and space is now limited in Arlington Heights; business
and community development along with community design are key concerns
of the Arlington Heights Chamber of Commerce with over 800 individual members
and about 500 business members. The Village of Arlington Heightsis also
instrumental in business, residential and community development. The community
is served by many fine hotels, including the Sheraton Hotel and Hotel Indigo
(Palatine), located near Arlington Park racetrack.
From 1964-1970, Arlington Heights served as the home to The Cellar (in
two different locations: -- first, in the basement of the former St. Peter's
Church administration building, and -- second, it in an unused warehouse
on Davis Street, along the Chicago and Northwestern railroad tracks). Founded
by local record store owner Paul Sampson, The Cellar offered live Rock
and Blues bands for its mostly teenage audience to listen and to dance.
It hosted a wealth of regional "house" bands / repeat performers,
such as the Shadows of Knight, The Mauds, H.P. Lovecraft, and Ted Nugent.
As if that was not enough to make music-hungry teenagers happy, it hosted
a significant array of national and international rock bands as well, including
The Who, The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, and The Spencer Davis Group. [4]. |
