PARK FOREST

village, Cook county, northeastern Illinois, U.S., a southern residential suburb of Chicago. Developed after World War II, it attracted widespread interest because its planners assumed responsibility for all phases of community development. It was designed by Elbert Peets for American Community Builders, Inc., primarily for middle-income families, to include rental and privately owned dwellings as well as schools, churches, shopping centres, municipal services, and an industrial park. Park Forest was incorporated in 1949. Pop. (1990) 24,656.