Prospect Heights

noun

1. a town in N Illinois.

Example Sentences

The son of an architect who grew up in the well-to-do Chicago suburb of Prospect Heights, Kirk attended a community college near Chicago before dropping out to devote himself to political activism.

From BBC

“Paul Auster was the Brooklyn novelist back in the ’80s and ’90s, when I was growing up there, at a time when very few famous writers lived in the borough,” the author and poet Meghan O’Rourke, who was raised in nearby Prospect Heights, wrote in an email.

From New York Times

Just before last Christmas, the beloved ice cream parlor in Prospect Heights — and all 12 of its remaining scoop shops across the country — shut down after a decade-long roller-coaster ride of brand-building, bankruptcies and heartbreak.

From New York Times

“Toward the end, I was in the office so much that I felt like I didn’t even know how to make ice cream any more,” Mr. Smith said, as a batch freezer making Banana Pudding churned loudly at the Social, a Prospect Heights ice cream parlor that a surprise investment helped them open in 2021.

From New York Times

For instance, the co-working location of Industrious in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, has become a draw for young parents.

From New York Times