Among Chicago Magazine's No. 1 places to live, the City of Elmhurst is a community rich in its heritages, invested in its present and focused towards the future. Elmhurst is a community rich in its heritages, invested in its present and focused towards the future. Conveniently located just 16 miles west of Chicago's loop is a dynamic new world: Elmhurst, a vibrant, tree-lined community with thriving retail shops, fine dining, outstanding theatre and art, excellent museums, and different events during the year.
Whenever you visit, explore the colorful and rich history at the Elmhurst Historical Museum located in the Glos Mansion or the Elmhurst Art Museum with its McCormick House, designed and built by Mies van der Rohe. Or attend the Lizzadro Museum, with its extraordinary exhibitions of gems and gemstone carvings dating to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), and the York Theatre. Famed architects Frank Lloyd Wright and Walter Burley Griffin have their design prints on Elmhurst’s housing stock.
There's always plenty of excitement in Elmhurst....winter, summer, spring or fall. Attend the annual Memorial Day Parade starting in the downtown area, ending in the award winning Wilder Park. Or join the festivities every month of the year with special events, performances and activities such as Cool Cars under the Stars, Farmers Market, Fall Feast, Music in the Gazebo and special summer events in Elmhurst City Centre.
Shop in the revitalized downtown, which offers everything from elegant specialty boutiques to renowned national retailers. Give your taste buds a treat at 50 delicious, delightful, delectable restaurants with cuisine from around the world and every Thursday night, at different restaurants, are special dining delights. Take a leisurely walk, bike ride or jog down the pastoral 37-mile Illinois Prairie Path. View a "living museum" of indigenous plants and animals at the Great Western Prairie, or visit the city's impressive library in Wilder Park- voted Best Suburban Park by Chicago Magazine. And take time to smell the roses (and the carmine Crab Apple, Bradford Pear and Chinese Dogwood) at the Elmhurst College Arboretum. It's a world like no other....a world to delight, entice and excite you. Elmhurst......the world next door.