Elmhurst
Chicago suburban community
Elmhurst is a place name for several American cities and neighborhoods, most notably a residential neighborhood in Queens, New York, and a suburb west of Chicago, Illinois.
The name suggests a grove of elm trees on a hill—a common pattern in American place-naming that evokes pastoral English landscapes.
Easternmost NYC district
- residentialRelating to housing
- suburbOutlying residential district
- enclaveSurrounded distinct territory
- districtBounded administrative area
tree-lined · blocks · streets · diverse · immigrant · families · shops · restaurants
Notable point of reference
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- colonialOf occupied territories
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
Dutch · settlement · architecture · legacy · tradition · Victorian · homesteads · archives
Underground transit passage
- transitMovement between places
- densityMass-to-volume ratio
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- zoningSectioning areas by use
congestion · traffic · apartments · commercial · storefronts · Broadway · infrastructure · metropolitan
Queens
Easternmost NYC district
- residentialRelating to housing
- suburbOutlying residential district
- enclaveSurrounded distinct territory
district · tree-lined · blocks · streets · diverse · immigrant · families · shops · restaurants · plaza
landmark
Notable point of reference
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- colonialOf occupied territories
cemetery · Dutch · settlement · architecture · legacy · tradition · Victorian · homesteads · archives · century
subway
Underground transit passage
- transitMovement between places
- densityMass-to-volume ratio
- developmentProgress toward maturity
zoning · congestion · traffic · apartments · commercial · storefronts · Broadway · infrastructure · metropolitan · gentrification
Elmhurstmetropolis
Large important city
Manhattan · urban core · inner city · megacity · major city
Elmhurstwilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
industrial zone · commercial district · frontier · backcountry · hinterland