There are reminders everywhere in The Glen. The statues in the middle of the shops in Glen Town Center. The commemorative signs on walls along Tower Drive. Six flags in the park. And the street names…Independence Avenue, Valor Drive, Constitution Drive, Admiral Court, Patriot Boulevard, and Annapolis Drive. Here once proudly stood Naval Air Station Glenview!
The Glen is the North Shore’s premier lifestyle community which resides on the land which was an operational air base for the United States Navy from the 1923 until 1995. Naval Air Station Glenview was used for aircraft training and as a base for sea planes on Lake Michigan, approximately 5 miles away. During World War II alone over 9,000 Naval, Marine and Coast Guard cadets received their air training on the base. After the war it was used to support the Naval Air Reserve and active duty Coast Guard.
Among the thousands of service men who received training at Naval Air Station Glenview were some men whose names you will recognize. President George Herbert Walker Bush received carrier qualification training in Glenview’s base. President Gerald Ford was stationed here and at nearby Great Lakes Naval Training Station. And movie star Robert Taylor was a flight instructor for a time at NASG.
The planes no longer fly in Glenview as the base was closed and sold to the Village of Glenview which developed what is known today as The Glen. Today The Glen is a premier destination venue for shopping and for those who want to dine in one of our many wonderful eateries. In fact residents of The Glen can walk to 17 restaurants and scores of shops, as well as a movie theater, book store, art gallery, park, lake, pools, Kohl Children’s Museum, and two golf courses. The Glen is also home to some of the finest single family homes, townhomes, duplexes, villas, two-flats, and condos in the Chicago metropolitan area.
The Glen has it all…including a rich military history. If you may be interested in living in The Glen, please contact me. I have been a resident of this beautiful community for ten years. I can be reached at margaret.ludemann@cbexchange.com or 847-401-1802.
Margaret Ludemann, Coldwell Banker Realtor