Near West Suburbs

CTA Green/Blue + Metra

The inner-ring western suburbs immediately adjacent to Chicago's West Side, served by the CTA Green and Blue lines and the Metra BNSF and UP-West lines. Oak Park — famous for Frank Lloyd Wright's home and studio and Ernest Hemingway's birthplace — is the corridor's cultural anchor. River Forest, Forest Park, Berwyn, Cicero, Riverside (a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed village), and Brookfield (home of Brookfield Zoo) offer walkable pre-war housing stock, strong transit, and a short commute to the Loop. The region includes the LaGrange and Western Springs 'stop' communities on the BNSF line.