Week 1: Where does any self respecting student start?

Well hello there! I'm glad to see you're joining me as I begin my journey through Lincolnwood.

Right, my first week and I totally forgot. I started working on this yesterday, and left it to read again today. Then I visited a friend and we played the most intense game of Life ever. Each of us were using four cars, and in total 35 people were created in our fictional universe. Just got home, but there's still time for week 1. Which is now.

What is this week's topic, you might be wondering? I know I graduated recently, but in many ways I still consider myself a student. Where is the one place every student paper begins?
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If you guessed The Library! you are an obnoxious over achiever and you need to calm down. The answer is obviously Wikipedia. Wikipedia is a wonderful source for introductory information on a myriad of things, even if it isn't reputable enough for academic work. So let's see what can be dug up from the Lincolnwood entry as a historical foundation for future posts:

1. Lincolnwood is really a 1.1, as originally it was called Tessville. The name Lincolnwood only came later, as Lincolnwood 1.0 was named for Johann Tess, who bought 30 acres around 150 years ago.

2. Tessville formally incorporated in 1911 in order to be able to dispense liquor licenses to the saloons and halfway houses. Then, during prohibition, Tessville became a destination for speakeasies and gambling.

3. Mayor Proesel turned Tessville's image around by working with the federal government to make Lincoln Ave a state highway, 10,000 elm trees were planted, and Tessville passed the model ordinance for liquor license distribution. Seedy Tessville (v 1.0) became Lovely Lincolnwood (v. 1.1) in 1936.

4. As of the 200 Census, Lincolnwood is home to 12,359 people, with over 40 different ethnicities represented.

Starting next week I will go through important Lincolnwood landmarks in more depth, one by one. Tune in next week for Lincolonwood Jewish Congregation.