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Who was the Irving Park neighborhood named after?
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Posted by Mark Konkol on November 23, 2007 03:01 AM | Permalink
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Irving Park was named after Washington Irving, author of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
Posted by: Larry Kosiba | November 23, 2007 05:51 AM
Washington Irving.
Posted by: Jeff Singer | November 23, 2007 07:09 AM
The lovely Irving Park neighborhood was named for the famous author Washington Irving.
Posted by: janet rogers | November 23, 2007 08:28 AM
It was named after the author Washington Irving.
Posted by: Paul Lockwood | November 23, 2007 10:23 AM
The original name chosen was "Irvington" after the author Washington Irving, but it was discovered that another town in Illinois had already used the same name, so the name of Irving Park was adopted.
Posted by: Annette Etchingham | November 28, 2007 12:41 PM
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Irving Park was named after Washington Irving, author of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
Posted by: Larry Kosiba | November 23, 2007 05:51 AM
Washington Irving.
Posted by: Jeff Singer | November 23, 2007 07:09 AM
The lovely Irving Park neighborhood was named for the famous author Washington Irving.
Posted by: janet rogers | November 23, 2007 08:28 AM
It was named after the author Washington Irving.
Posted by: Paul Lockwood | November 23, 2007 10:23 AM
The original name chosen was "Irvington" after the author Washington Irving, but it was discovered that another town in Illinois had already used the same name, so the name of Irving Park was adopted.
Posted by: Annette Etchingham | November 28, 2007 12:41 PM