I was a kid in Schaumburg in the 70s. Our mayor was Robert o. atcher one of the first singing cowboys. Predating the Grand Ole Opry , Chicago had the barn dance he was one of the first people to record "you are my sunshine my only sunshine" . The swimming pool next to Jane Addams Junior high School is Atcher
In 1954, the Hoffman's bought 160 acres and developed Chicago's first version of Levit Town. The German farmers in the area saw this as a change to their autonomy and formally incorporated in 1956 as a chess move against the Hoffman development to hamstringing their (Hoffman) ability to annex tracts of land and continue to control their own destiny. Schaumburg, mostly stayed pretty quiet thru the remainder of the 50's electing Bob Atcher mayor in 1959. The 1960's saw that Schaumburg had secured themselves from the forces that drove post WWII 1st generation development till the Woodfield development started in 1968. Most of the original German farmers had aged out/sold out when the Woodfield Mall opened up in late 1971 (for the Christmas season) and the second generation of suburban development began. Schaumburg took a cue from Rolling Meadows to set their fiscal foundation and NOT levy a real estate tax on citizens homes, relying on their share of sales tax from Woodfield and the Auto Mall that sprang up on Golf road (both considerable). Bob Atcher retired in 1975 as mayor.
Can you do a video on Roselle, IL please...it's a cute little town just south of Schaumburg...I believe they even share facilities with Schaumburg. If you could make a video on Roselle that would be great!
I was a kid in Schaumburg in the 70s.
Our mayor was Robert o. atcher one of the first singing cowboys. Predating the Grand Ole Opry , Chicago had the barn dance he was one of the first people to record "you are my sunshine my only sunshine"
. The swimming pool next to Jane Addams Junior high School is Atcher
I am living in the Real “Schaumburg“, a Country in the German state of “Niedersachen“.
In 1954, the Hoffman's bought 160 acres and developed Chicago's first version of Levit Town. The German farmers in the area saw this as a change to their autonomy and formally incorporated in 1956 as a chess move against the Hoffman development to hamstringing their (Hoffman) ability to annex tracts of land and continue to control their own destiny. Schaumburg, mostly stayed pretty quiet thru the remainder of the 50's electing Bob Atcher mayor in 1959. The 1960's saw that Schaumburg had secured themselves from the forces that drove post WWII 1st generation development till the Woodfield development started in 1968. Most of the original German farmers had aged out/sold out when the Woodfield Mall opened up in late 1971 (for the Christmas season) and the second generation of suburban development began. Schaumburg took a cue from Rolling Meadows to set their fiscal foundation and NOT levy a real estate tax on citizens homes, relying on their share of sales tax from Woodfield and the Auto Mall that sprang up on Golf road (both considerable). Bob Atcher retired in 1975 as mayor.
Can you do a video on Roselle, IL please...it's a cute little town just south of Schaumburg...I believe they even share facilities with Schaumburg. If you could make a video on Roselle that would be great!
On my list...I live a few minutes away! Thanks for watching and commenting
I live in Schaumburg, Roselle Is amazing! Amazing Parades Every year, I feel like these are 2 amazing Chicago Suburbs.
Can you rerelease this with less volume on your background music? I couldn't catch some of this.
I turned it way down with closed caption