Editing Berwyn, Illinois (section)

==Economy==

While Berwyn is known as the "City of Homes," it also contains four primary business corridors: Ogden Ave, the Depot District, Cermak Road, and Roosevelt Road.  Ogden Ave, a segment of historic Route 66, is an automobile-centered district, and at its peak the road included over a dozen car dealerships in Berwyn.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whyberwyn.com/visit/business-districts/route-66/|title=Historic Route 66 - Ogden Avenue {{!}} Why Berwyn?|last=Berwyn?|first=Why|website=www.whyberwyn.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-09-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914161329/http://www.whyberwyn.com/visit/business-districts/route-66/|archive-date=2017-09-14|url-status=dead}}</ref>  The Depot District, the area around the train station, includes an array of independent shops and restaurants.  Loyola MacNeal Hospital, founded in 1919, is the largest employer in the city and the center of the district.  Cermak Road earned the nickname "The Bohemian Wall Street" due to the many [[savings and loan]]s located there. In 1991, the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' reported that "Berwyn has the highest concentration of financial institutions in the world - a tribute to the frugality of its forebears."

The Cermak Plaza Shopping Center, which opened in 1956, is located at the corner of [[Harlem Avenue]] and [[Cermak Road]].<ref>[http://pleasantfamilyshopping.blogspot.com/2010/02/art-of-cermak-plaza.html Pleasant Family Shopping: The Art and History of Cermak Plaza]. Pleasantfamilyshopping.blogspot.com (2010-02-02). Retrieved on 2013-07-21.</ref> Notable original tenants included [[J. C. Penney]], [[Walgreens]], [[F. W. Woolworth Company|F.W. Woolworth]], [[Kinney Shoes]], Jewel Foods and Fannie May Candies. Cermak Plaza served as the main shopping center for the area until 1975 when the [[North Riverside Park Mall]] opened a half mile west on Cermak Road. Cermak Road now includes an array of retail shops and restaurants.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whyberwyn.com/visit/business-districts/cermak-corridor/|title=Cermak Road - Berwyn's Main Street {{!}} Why Berwyn?|last=Berwyn?|first=Why|website=www.whyberwyn.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-09-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914161157/http://www.whyberwyn.com/visit/business-districts/cermak-corridor/|archive-date=2017-09-14|url-status=dead}}</ref>

According to Berwyn's 2013 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref>{{cite web
  |url=http://www.berwyn-il.gov/sites/all/files/pdfs/Finance/2013_City_of_Berwyn_CAFR.pdf
  |title=Comprehensive Annual Financial Report For the Year Ended December 31, 2013
  |date=December 31, 2013
  |publisher=City of Berwyn, Illinois}}</ref> the top employers in the city were:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
| 1
| [[Loyola MacNeal Hospital]]
|2,200
|-
|2
| [[J. Sterling Morton High School District 201]]
|1,000
|-
|3
| [[Berwyn Municipal Building|City of Berwyn]]
|550
|-
|4
| [[Berwyn South School District 100]]
|456
|-
|5
| [[Berwyn North School District 98]]
|370
|-
|6
| [[Turano Baking Company|Campagna-Turano Baking Company]]
|300
|-
|7
| Rosin Eyecare
|25
|-
|8
| Transloading Specialist, Inc.
|50
|-
|9
| Citizens Community Bank
|35
|-
|10
| Physicians' Record Company 
|35
|}