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Glenview is a suburban village located approximately 18 mi (29 km) north of downtown Chicago in Cook County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 41,847. The population is estimated at 44,655 for 2004.

Geography:
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 13.5 square miles (34.9 km�), of which, 13.4 square miles (34.8 km�) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km�) of it (0.30%) is water.

Commerce:
A number of major U.S. corporations have major facilities or offices in Glenview, including Anixter International, Aon Corp., Avon, Family Video, Illinois Tool Works, Kraft Foods, Pearson Scott Foresman, and Republic Tobacco.

Military base:
Naval Air Station Glenview was a major facility present for years in Glenview. It was the host for a number of squadrons, including the Coast Guard Air/Sea rescue helicopter service for Chicago/Lake Michigan and a squadron of P-3 Orions which had the mission of East Coast antisubmarine warfare. The rationale for basing the Squadron there was that so many reserve staff were in the Central US, and it was convenient to base the facility near the staff. As a 1–2 hour checklist had to be executed before scanning the seas, there was actually little dead time in the flight to the coast. The base consisted of 1 million cubic yards (800,000 m�) of concrete, 1.5 miles of runways and 108 U.S. Navy buildings.

The Glen:
In 1995, the base was closed as part of a military restructuring. The land was deeded back to Glenview by the U.S. Department of Defense. A reuse plan was completed by the Village of Glenview in 1995 and updated into a master plan by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in 1998. The village then assumed the role of Master Developer. The 1,121 acre development was named The Glen in 1999. The Glen comprises approximately 15% of the land mass in Glenview. It contains new homes, offices, and shopping centers, including The Glen Town Center and Kerasotes Movie complex. Among other amenities, it also includes a lake, walking and biking trails, two golf courses, Kohl Children's Museum, and a commuter train station nearby.

Wildlife:
Glenview is home to a rich variety of animals. These animals coexist with the human residents of Glenview and thrive in the many forest preserves that call Glenview home. The most frequently spotted birds in Glenview include Robins, Sparrows, Cardinals, Brown Birds, Crows, Canada Geese, Mallard ducks, and occasionally Great Horned Owls. On nature walks through the Glen, the forest preserves, or The Grove, one can come upon white tailed deer, and an occasional coyote. Also to be seen are brown rabbits, cicadas (both the 17 year and the 4 year varieties), box and alligator snapping turtles, and sometimes small frogs and toads. Among the arthropods and insects seen in Glenview are ants, bees, mosquitos, daddy-long-legs, wolf and black widow spiders, and many others.

The Park:
Near the center of Glenview, just south of the Glen development, "The Park" is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the village. The Park was established as home to a religious society in 1894 by Hugh Burnham, the first Village president and nephew of the architectural icon Daniel Burnham. In the late 1800s through the turn of the century New Church [4] members built their houses in an oval surrounding a common park area where the church and school were built.

As part of the New Church service mission to be universally accepted as a guidepost for kindness and character, today, the New Church school ("GNCS") is open to many students beyond the congregation and the church has been updated and expanded to accommodate a much larger Sunday service. Despite its new open focus and broadening congregation, the original church in the center and many of the surrounding buildings remain the same today as they were in 1900.

- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia