Memories of Life in Downers Grove

A Downers Grove Youth

Through the Generations

Downtown Downers Grove was like our amusement park and we spent most of our time there when our kids were in school. We would buy blankets from the old Army surplus store on Main Street. Little did we know that my son, Frank, would one day own Tribeca Cigar Company in that same store. Frank still lives in Downers Grove with his wife and children, and I remember when he would go sledding on the hills around town. Now, his children play at McCollum Park. Frank remembers watching the trains at Grove Premium. Today, his children can see them at the library.

I now live in a townhome on the south end of town that used to be a cornfield. We used to walk to the cornfields -- now we walk to the stores there!

Dorothy Gadzala