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The Best Parts of Rockford, Illinois: Northeast side Rockford, Illinois 5K.
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- Опубликовано: 25 апр 2021
- Not all of Rockford, Illinois is like what you hear in the news headlines. This video will show you all of the best things about Rockford, Illinois, as most of the good things in Rockford happen to be in the northeast side of the city.
Sinnissippi Gardens - 1:35
Sinnissippi Park - 3:38
Anderson Japanese Gardens - 6:19
University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford - 7:38
Sweedish American Hospital - 11:10
Amos Catlin Spafford House - 12:23
State Street - 14:45 - 25:55
Rockford University - 17:00
Midway Village - 26:35
Frank Lloyd Wright Laurent House - 33:58
Guilford High School - 35:30
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Hey chris relocating to rockford for work. After your experience with rockford wondered if you could recommend me what parts of town to stay in. Also any apartment complexes?
@@hdexplorations9921 Anything north of State Street and east of Alpine Road seems like a safe bet. Maybe even Loves Park or Machesney Park.
Grew up here, and dad was principal of Guilford in the 70s and 80s- was a good school then, with over %70 of grads going on to college. It was a great place to grow up. Thanks for not making another 'hate Rockford' video. No place is perfect, but there's something about 'home'. During the years I lived in Texas, after nursing school, I still considered Rockford to be home. I returned 2 decades ago, and have had no regrets.
I grew up in this section of Rockford and graduated from Guilford HS. You drove past so many places and streets that brought back memories. Thanks for these videos. (I also worked in Davenport and Dubuque and enjoyed those videos too).
Grew up there too! Went to Guilford H.S. And ended up leaving for college in Southern Illinois. Now living in Tennessee and really enjoy the people and weather here! Enjoyed seeing the home town again how it’s changed.
@@ironmike7339 Relocating to rockford for work. Looking for recommendations on apartments and what parts of town to stay in? Thanks.
I went to guilford too…
@@KathleennebelG vikes baby
Nice to see Rockford again. 😀 although we are part of the Percentage that moved out of Illinois. We now live in Florida.
Lucky
@@greedothedorito438 you can have that humidity. No thank you. The food just isn’t the same in the south either.
@@thrasherx2k1 no
@@greedothedorito438 no what?
@@thrasherx2k1 no
You did a great job on Rockford, Il. I would like to correct one statement you made that Rockford has two major hospitals. Rockford has three major hospital systems. Rockford Memorial Hospital, now part of Mercy Health, named Javon Bea. They have the older hospital at 2500 N Rockton Ave, 144 Beds & a new one at E Riverside Blvd & I-39/I-90, 188 beds. Then there is Swedish American Hospital, now part of UW Health System, 324 beds. Third one is St Anthony Hospital on E State St known as OSF, Order of St Frances with 285 beds.
I was born in the Rockford Memorial hospital, but I’ve never lives there so I have never seen it in person. I’m going back next week and my mom wants me to go and take pictures. Im scared 😂
Brilliant! I grew in one of those suburban style neighborhoods off Mulford. I had lived in 7 other cities before settling down in this part of Rockford. Perfect experience as a teen, like living through a John Hughes movie.
Once again you outdid yourself on this project of our stateline. Awesome job.
How much the East Side has changed since the early 70's when I left. Gave me goosebumps watching you drive down Guilford, with Mauh-Nah-Tee-See Country Club on the left-hand side, then passing the entry to my neighborhood on the right just before turning onto Alpine. E State St, Bell Road, Mulford, Perryville Road, that was all cornfields when I grew up in Rockford. I Graduated from Boylan in '71 and RockValley College in "73. Off to Northern Illinois University, Springfield, Champaign/Urbana, Bloomington, and then to TX in '81, and unfortunately, I never regretted moving away even though I still have family in Rockford/Belvedere. Back then I always said Rockford was a big town with a small-town mind as evident in your previous videos showing the decay of Rockford and the National Highest Unemployment in the 80"s. It was nice seeing how the East Side has grown over the years due to the close proximity to Chicago. We were just visiting a couple of weeks ago and I had to chuckle at the sign coming up the I-90, Chicago Rockford International Airport, little Rockford Airport is now an International Airport. That says it all, Rockford East Side is evolving into a Chicago Suburb. Not a small town mind anymore, but it is still too cold and too much snow. I Love Texas.
You should drive by Sinnissippi when its in full bloom for sure! Also around christmas time, its ALL decked out with thousands of lights... absolute favorite thing to do during that time of year
I'm a house painter here in town and saw about 30 homes I've painted in this vid. lol. Cool stuff!
At 34 minutes you drive by the house I grew up in on Spring Brook, it’s the brown brick house and was built in 1930. Just past is the Laurent house on the left, which is a Frank Lloyd Wright house. Mr. Laurent became paralyzed in WWII and had the house built to accommodate his wheelchair with the money he got from the military for his disability. My younger sister went to school with his daughter Jean. It’s a beautiful house and is open for tours.
Use to love walking my dogs along sinnissippi Park. From Thanksgiving to end of the year they have a drive thru Christmas lights event there that's pretty cool. Especially if u have kids
I lived in Rockford almost 20 years. Worked as a roofer for many companies there. Kenz roofing, instant roofing,Lask and Taylor roofing doing new construction for 3 hammer construction. I lived on North main Street. Lived in machesney and loves Park as well. The crime and the work running out when everything crashed 10 years ag o we left. I do miss it sometimes even with it's flaws.
Hard to not miss a place that you have roots in.
Thank you for this video, I currently live here and I don't know if you knew but we had an EF 1 tornado come through last August and went straight through this area that you showed. Rock Valley College used to have a lot more trees before the tornado hit which you can see on google maps. I love seeing a different perspective on Rockford so thank you for these videos.
Didn’t know that!
I delivered pizza for years...drove down all these streets thousands of times. I remember when I was a kid, there was nothing but farm land on State St east of Mulford. I remember going to the Belford drive-in (where the Showplace theater is now...you didn't go quite that far east) and it seemed like it was way out in the middle of nowhere.
I attended Rock Valley College; I think everyone who lives or has lived in Rockford has at some point, lol.
I'm really enjoying these videos of Rockford,
in your Northside video you almost drove past my house
I was Born & Raised in Rockford, Il… I now Live in Los Angeles… I DO Plan To Move back to Rockford Very Very Soon… This Is Nice!😊🌹
42:25 I used to sit on that rock on the sidewalk. Crazy seeing it in a video.
From 1983-1986, I lived in Rockford. The downtown was then a shadow of its former self: a decaying urban center with empty lots and parking lots with abandoned buildings. I am glad and relieved that the downtown is now evolving into something memorable and inviting. Watching from the Netherlands (my fatherland), I have, however, a very different notion of what constitutes a "beautiful, thriving city." Rockford epitomises ugly urban sprawl, endless strip development, and wide roads. Perhaps city leaders can look to the Netherlands for inspiration on how to create truly magical places.
It's really pretty when everything is green. Tons of parks and Rock cut park
Yes, southeast Rockford, Cherry Valley and New Milford have plenty of nice parks never mentioned in his southeast Rockford video.
My neighborhood! at 12:23 on the left side of the frame that's the house I grew up in, just down the block from the Amos Catlin Spafford House. As kids we'd sneak in through the groundkeeper's gate and cut a path through the "forest" to the grocery store at the 5 points intersection. aww man, so much nostalgia. :)
My mom lived in the 4th house in from Prospect on Jackson St. I love that neighborhood & I always thought the Spafford house was so cool when I was a kid. My grandparents would take us to Highlanders to get snacks when we stayed with them. My family’s last name is Erickson… some of the many Swedes in Rockford! Maybe you’d know them since you lived right there!
This video really makes me miss Rockford.
Enjoy watching this video, from a 16-years resident.
My mom dated Robin Zander through high school and my half sister is his daughter
He wrote several songs for my mom
So they did go to Guilford? Weird. Always thought it was Harlem. Friends from church said they went to school with the guys and they went to Harlem. My buddies and I almost killed ourselves getting to a concert in Dane County. Think it was in '76. Blizzard. We went with one headlight. My poor Mom. Told her we were hitching if she wouldn't let me drive. Already bought tickets. Went down under an overpass on the way home, but we got a nice ride from there. I was out of my mind by the time we got to my friends grammas.😈 My poor Dad was so mad. I couldn't even tell them where the car was....fantastic Cheap Trick show!😍🤘
@Laura Metheny no they both went to Harlem, my mom has a year book with them both in it
I was in Rockford in 2002 and the town seemed in search of a new identity 18 years later it's still going on
As a native i can say you are spot on!
I lived right behind Old Chicago in the apartments by East State St and Mulford for a couple of years. It was a massive upgrade in terms of safety and lifestyle for me compared to where I grew up on the south side of Chicago.
Rockford looks like a paradise compared to Baton Rouge.
I had no idea Baton Rouge was that bad.
@@douglee8158 it is one of the worst places in the south.
Thank you so much! I really enjoyed the video and learn a few things. You missed a few beautiful historical houses on State St, right after downtown ends. Maybe next time? By the way you remind me of the " Welcome to the Plathville" sons. Cheers!
Glad that you enjoyed!
And no matter where I go for whatever video I make on a place, there’s always going to be things that I miss. Always. It’s unavoidable unless I make like a 4 hour long video each time lol.
You are doing a great job! I moved here last year, not knowing much about this city, being paranoid going out due to the Corona virus and learning a lot from you! Awww, spring is here! Definitely going to visit the Japanese Garden!
@@slonecznikdoniczkowy Thanks so much!
@@ChrisHarden yes and yo! My Polish spirit. LoL.
Great video and information. I swear I saw my vehicle in this video but I need to watch it again.
Great video. A magnificent part of town!
Rockford is also the home town of CHEAP TRICK
He mentioned that. Tho I thought they went to Harlem instead of Guilford.🤘
@@laurametheny1008 I made this comment in the video that talked about Sinnissippi park and the Conservatory on Monday
Great format for a city tour. Mad Respect!
You should come back to this park in the Christmas season for the festival if light's in the park and the conservatory
I feel like a lot of people would like their hometown/city to be filmed at night when Christmas lights are up.
Rockford is a good place to make money in real state and construction and there is many jobs available people just need to want to work instead of dreaming of going to a bigger city where its way harder to live on minimum wage
The northeast side has basically been the stomping grounds of my childhood. It's a shame that some of the notable locations were hard to get good views of, though that is not your fault. My mom's ford escape (black with sticker on the left side) made a guest appearance on State St. passing Perryville. She's a decently prominent realtor so any viewers that are planning to move to Rockford, I can hook you up. ;) There were also a couple of Olivo Taco trucks on state that you passed. I say a few because Olivo Taco is popular enough to have 4 or 5 trucks all over the city, and is basically the only taco joint popular enough to do so. Deservedly so. At 3 tacos for $5 (3 for 5 as they call it), their truly world class steak tacos are to die for. Definitely a lot of memories in this one. Thank you. :)
22:22 the one thing Rockford as going for them is you can stop by Lino's for Rockford style pizza.
Been looking at places out there. Rockford, machesney park, loves park, Freeport, roscoe......
In the 70s and 80s Rockford was not bad. It wasn't the greatest but, better then now. In the 90s alotWe of businesses got muscled out by big box stores going up on the far east side. We used to have several grocers around town, Pacemaker, Jewel, Highlander, ect. Then we just seemed to have Logli and Highlanders. When Logli sold out to Schnucks they came in and tried to take over. We have a few new ones, superstores, on the far east side. That is the story of alot of the town and along with the loss of manufacturiing, good jobs, we have big pockets of nothing. Everything today is still on the far east side or north in Loves Park and Machesney Park. It's depressing. You should have seen Charles st., between Alpine and Swedish American Hospital back in the 70s and 80s before everything disappeared. Rockford is divided into all or nothing in the city.
I loved Pacemaker and the little grocery in Rockford Plaza, the Shopping Bag. I miss how Charles St was before they redid it and added the Heart Hospital to Swedish American.
You're completely full of sh*t. In the 1980s Rockford's downtown was non-existent nothing but abandoned storefronts. The assault rate was 4x higher than today. What are you smoking😂
I've been planning on road tripping thru Rockford and Freeport soon, never been in Northern Central IL. Looks like there are some definite finds!
Stop at the Union Dairy in Freeport for some of the best sundaes around.
Rockford is horrible waste ur money somewhere better
@@1d2y depends on which side of town you live in.
@@thrasherx2k1 It doesnt matter which side. Its a dead boring town. No need to go out of the way to visit a trash town lol
@@1d2y you don’t have a clue. No city in Illinois is better than Rockford overall. Not that that’s saying much but it’s the truth.
That whole strip mall has been abandoned for a while. Circuit City, Pepboys, Oak Furniture Store, army recruiting station ect used to be in that strip
My family lived in Rockford since 1910. I moved in 1970.
Anderson Gardens is beautiful
I grew up on the Westside of Rockford but moved to Loves Park were i raised my 3 kids after they graduated from the Harlem district i moved to Florida.
40:15 you described that neighborhood spot on
14:58 That white stucco house with the red tile roof on the left is the house I grew up in.
I was born and raised here, and even though i've moved away, i'm going to come back in a couple of years. Rockford will always be home
Home of the famous Rockford peaches, Michelle Williams of Destiny's Child, Cheap Trick, and gospel group Sounds of Blackness members...yeas I'm a native
I grew up in Winnebago and moved into the "big city" of Rockford after meeting my wife. We've lived in the Sinnissippi area for the last 20 years. You almost drove past my house lol We'll be moving out of this state shortly.. p.s. Sorry for the crappy roads!
You state that you will do a video on Loves Park and Machesney Park.
Will you be posting a Belvidere video since you were already in the area?
Yup! Coming next week.
@@ChrisHarden YAY!
27:46 - My soulmate grew up near here.
Going down pepper dr used to make me sick all the winding and turns 🤢
Are you going to post the East side?
To anybody who lives on Rockford. I'm looking at a house out there by the intersection of alpine and Harrison. How's the area right there ?
Incase nobody responds... from what I could tell, It's not the worst area but it's not the best. I go through that area in this video: ruclips.net/video/0OEuSvZVlL8/видео.html
I haven't lived there in ten years, but it always used to be a decent area.
Rockford is called the Forest City, but they had even more trees until Dutch Elm disease destroyed a huge amount of trees in the city. Rock Valley College men’s & women’s basketball team have dominated the Juco D3 division for a decade.
Well Done !!
Great execution as always on the video. The two side cameras add a lot to the experience.
More descriptive words and less crappy music would be an improvement.
I actually live in Fairview Road. It's kind of funny that you drove past it lol
I love Rockford, but unfortunately the Illinois laws are forcing me to move my entire family out of state. Anyone know of a good place to go?
I work in rockford... i get there are some nice areas, but in the years ive dealt with the locals it just seems like the place is bad and getting worse. even in this video, while yes the building appear to be in good condition it almost seems like there is a dull quality of life. reminds me of the adage that "even a broken clock is right twice a day"...
honestly, some heavy gentrification is in order, i know that a lot of people would have to move but when you only cater to the lowest of the low, most of whom come from bad places carrying their habits with them because rockford is so cheap, you end up with a city whom most from outside of look down upon. it's almost like you can tell most of the residents do not care. I know there are some who do, but in my experience it isnt enough people and they are simply outnumbered by people looking to exploit rather than build.
Yes I do miss Rockford Illinois I went to Kennedy Middle School I know they have in Rockford Golden Corral it's a buffet place there used to be before goldencorral Old Country Buffet now I'm very sad that it's gone that was my childhood place to get a bunch of good junk food after I graduate from Kennedy Middle School I went to Guilford High School home of the Vikings yes there's Chuck-E-Cheese in Rockford it's still there I wonder if they're going to bring out trolly car 36 when I was a little kid I used to be scared of the Rock River because it was very deep I was afraid to go on the boat
You should do Milwaukee😊
Rockford. I just love it😐
No mention of The Symbol...that big steel orange structure he passed up
Next time your in Rockford show the people the briggs mansion it's across the street from Swedish American hospital
hey NT can you post a list of the songs you play on your vids there very cool thx
Ahh the nice part. I was raised in the 09
You should take a drive down central from state street going towards school street there's alot of condemned houses
Did in my video titles as “the worst parts of Rockford”
I live off of 11th and charles st never really had anything bad I've been here for a year and only had one bad thing and that was it
Aurora next!
You missed the dilapidated hulk of a dormitory aka “ivory tower” at Rock Univ.
Rockford Illinois is my birth town I'll let you know
Honestly if the roads were redone, It would look 100% better.
U have to bring JOBS back to ILLINOIS
Burn Rockford Down it's a to
Anyone remember “that one place”
I used to live there
I love Rockford
Your high!!¡!!,
@@paulhuntley7399 "You're"
@@tomshaw6373 I'm hi look who's in dream Land dam wake. Up
I've lived in this town my life. I. No how crooket it and does ever people who. Say. I love Rockford. Have. To be on drugs. That's. The dumbest thing I've ever heard of you love
This tolets. Town in joy the guns
me watching you drive past my apartment and seeing my car in the lot 👁👄👁
I wanna house here!!!
Rick nielsen of cheap trick lives on the northeast side of rockford.
Lot history Herr,
Bro I live in Rockford
HE DROVE PASS MY HOUSEE
Enjoying the video, music…nope.
Hmm.
ha just finding out things even tho i can drive there why waste my gass
When are you going to do rochelle
Before you know it
@@ChrisHarden Would you do Pinckneyville Illinois?
@@jameschristiansson3137 since it has 5,000 plus residents, yes. Can’t tell you when I’ll be able to get to it though.
@@ChrisHarden Thank you for the reply.
@@jameschristiansson3137 Carroll County Illinois?
Don't be a left lane bandit.
Where’s section 5 the south East side?
Check back on Wednesday
Rockford has never been nice.
All of Rockford is bad
Not all but a lot of it can be.