Would be nice if the announcement for vital record was at the entrance of the building indicating…read moreyou need an appointment. Super frustrating that you get there hoping to be serviced. People walking out being served WITHOUT an appointment. And when it's your turn the clerk tells you no that you need one. I clarified with so many people being served if they had an appointment and they said no. Thanks for nothing.

I needed to get copies of my daughter's birth certificate and visiting the downtown Chicago…read morelocation of the county clerk's office, although much closer, would probably have been incredibly frustrating. Skokie isn't that far away and just the availability of parking would make it an easier place to visit. This location of the county clerk, inside the Skokie Courthouse, is maybe a mile from Old Orchard Shopping Center (I guess I've never driven in this direction on that road because I had no clue it was here). There's ample parking at the courthouse. Obviously lots of court proceedings take place here but there's also offices for the Cook County Sheriff and other offices, including the clerk. It was a pretty quick visit for me--I was in and out of the building within about ten minutes. The woman who helped me seemed like a pretty unfriendly human, so that was too bad (I never understand this--it's not my fault that you work where you do or that you hate your job or whatever, so I'm not sure why people act as though they hate the fact you're making them do it). As of 2023, copies of a birth certificate are $15 for the first copy and $4 for each additional one. There's a cafeteria here though I don't know if they actually serve food here, at least anymore--maybe that changed during the pandemic. But they do have a lot of tables in the cafeteria. There's also at least one ATM in the building just past the security station. When you visit you'll have to put all your things through the security check so I'd suggest packing lightly.

When we decided to get married, we knew we wanted a City Hall ceremony, for multiple reasons. The…read morewhole time, we planned to get married downtown, but when they stopped taking appointments for awhile, I panicked and called Skokie to see if they still were. This was right before the Delta surge, so I don't know what, if anything, has changed, but at the time, we were allowed 4 people to go in with us. I later on found out downtown resumed taking appointments and made one there, but we kept circling back to Skokie, because again, multiple reasons. Downtown only allowed 2 people to go in, there's no easy parking and we wanted to take some photos at spots up north, so we'd be driving in all sorts of circles in such a short period of time. After much debate, we figured Skokie would be easier to navigate for my mom, easier to hit up our photo locations and allowed us to have 2 extra people, which ended up being really nice and much needed on the actual day. This was a rough day. My mom unexpectedly passed a couple weeks prior and I stopped caring about our wedding plans completely. My friends came through and helped get me out of my sadness long enough to have a wonderful day, and the judge? Well, he was great. We actually ended up having 5 people with us (unintentionally) and he didn't mind. He allowed (only) us to take our masks off and then claimed it was his anniversary day, too. He probably tells that to everyone, or maybe it really was, but he really put a smile on everyone's face. If I remember correctly, we were the 2nd to last to get married, but he didn't rush us. He made sure the photographer got all of her photos, and our friends, too! We had 3 separate cars of people driving here. The first 2 cars were friends we sent ahead to "check-in" for us and let them know we were on our way, since we had to make a quick pit stop after the first photo location. Security was quick to come out and remind us about masks, which we then panicked about when we realized my stepdad didn't have his and my friends who were inside had all the extras. In all that chaos, everything worked out. During covid, at least, they have you check-in, pay the fee (I think it was $10) and then have you wait a little bit before they get started. Each couple, and their party, goes in one at a time and I think they had something like 6 spots per day, which is why it was important to call and make that appointment. I recently remarked to my husband that it would have been nice to have some pictures outside of City Hall, but we had no regrets about choosing this location and there was a spot right out front where we were able to take some really nice photos.

This place bites. I needed to get some documents from the vital records office and when we got…read morethere, the security guard said that office was closed (I guess that's why there were people pouring out of the building a few minutes after 4 pm). He also told me that apparently the vital records office runs on an appointment only basis. Yet when I made my appointment for the following day, they let folks in who didn't have an appointment. Weird. I don't really love this new development, especially since you don't know about it unless you show up or I guess look at their website beforehand. This is a relatively new system, because when I went to pick up some record a couple years ago from this same office at this courthouse and was able to walk in and do it within fifteen minutes. And when you get there they make you sit directly next to one another--four of us were sitting elbow to below when there were at least a dozen and a half chairs there. If you want to walk in, go downtown for assistance.

The Glenview Public Library is an incredible resource for the community. It's bright, clean, and…read morehas an excellent selection of books, movies, and other materials for all ages. The children's area is especially wonderful, with plenty of books, interactive spaces, and engaging programs that our kids always enjoy. The staff is friendly, knowledgeable, and always willing to help. We also appreciate the variety of events and activities offered throughout the year for both children and adults. It's one of our favorite places to spend a quiet afternoon, and we're so grateful to have such an outstanding library in the community.

On my last visit here, I learned about GPL's used book store. Thanks to my two grand-darlings who…read moreare somewhat regular visitors, they told me about it. I never even noticed it before, but it's located right by the main entrance, in a somewhat easy to miss nook (that's my official excuse anyway lol). All of the materials are donated, and they are organized and priced by volunteer staffers. All of the proceeds go to the library. I picked up a fun hard cover book on baseball humor for $4. They also had a March 1/2 price sale going on landscaping, gardening, and cookbooks. One of the grand-darlings picked up a cookbook and I paid $1 for it, and then she gifted it to grandma, duh! They also have music CD's and even some vinyl records and I'll check out the music selections on my next visit. Thumbs up!

Roundtrip to Chicago: 44 bones, or clams, or... whatever you call them…read more Free wifi! Works... okay. Hiawatha service MKE --- CHI: MKE, Mitchell International, Sturnavent, Glenview, CHI (and flip it up, switch it up on the way back... in reverse order) Comfortable, easy, awesome, cheap. Also: a total win for those traveling to/from MKE, especially if you're visiting CHI and you're coming from MKE, because CHI has lots of awesome public transit, unlike MKE. Traintimez! Choo choo.

I'd say this is the best station on this metra line outside of Union Station, probably because it's…read morealso an amtrak stop. It's got everything you need while you wait for your train including two bathrooms, outlets to charge phones and devices, and access to food options nearby. It's fairly clean inside and sometimes they have donated books available as well.

As someone who sells items via eBay, I'm always at USPS locations throughout our city. I have…read morelocations mapped out near my college; near my job, and of course near my apartment, so I have gotten a feel of several around Chicago/Chicagoland. And all seem to have crap reviews by bitter customers for God knows what inner reason, and this location was no different as for reviews. As for this location it was my lifesaver because it was the only one open in route to my job, which made it convenient for me on a long workday. I have to say that out of the many post offices that I have visited throughout Chicago/Chicagoland this one was by far the cleanest, and classiest as far as its inner interior. I held back on sharing too many pictures because some post offices aren't too fond of it, so I'm pretty sneaky when it comes to snapping pictures. As for my experience it was positive unlike many other reviewers that have visited this location, however, I will return based off of how quickly my package arrives to its destination or if it does make it to its destination. Thomas G

This large super lazy and crazy rude guy behind the counter does not give a flying uck! He's busy…read morelistening to his music. Last time I came here, I wanted to get return receipt for my certified mail. Every other post office I go to asks me if I want return receipt, but not this lazy and rude guy. Not friendly at all. The guy in front of me wanted a return email sent to him with his certified mail. The lazy and rude guy told him "too bad, it's already done". Then the customer said " You didn't ask me. The lazy man behind the counter looked down and did not respond due to his ignorance. Im never coming here again!

Small library tucked away in the corner of the Cook County courthouse building in Skokie. Good…read moreplace to get some work done. Collection is small but useful for practice guides and IICLE. Librarian is helpful and friendly. Major drawback is the lack of wifi.

This new not-for-profit organization puts on some stimulating programs. Fall of 2010 I attended…read moreone about the Women's Land Army that was delightful. The author of a book told about the WLA training farm in Libertyville during WWI, showed fascinating slides, and was quite entertaining. Lunch was served, too. For 2011 the volunteers are planning a series: Sundays at 1: Dialogues in Democracy. The monthly programs will feature experts on a variety of topics followed by conversation over coffee in the living room where Adali Stevenson once entertained John F. Kennedy, Eleanor Roosevelt, and other political figures of his era.

From the owner: The Stevenson Center on Democracy holds community meetings on timely and important topics.read more

Have used services of Complete Travel in the past, but our most recent experience was the best…read more Jeanne helped us plan a 21 day trip to Vietnam for 7 adults. She helped us plan and suggested many time and money saving alternatives. She arranged flights, airport transfers, hotel stays, transfers to other cities and tour excursions. Dealing with 7 different people with different preferences must have felt like herding cats! Everything worked as planned thanks to Jeanne, we had a great time because of her hard work.

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