Editing Glenview, Illinois (section)

===The Park===
"The Park" is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the village. Located near the center of Glenview, just south of the Glen development, The Park was established as home to a religious society in 1894 by Hugh Burnham, the first village president and nephew of architect [[Daniel Burnham]]. This religious society is based on the writings of [[Emanuel Swedenborg]] a scientist and theologian who lived and wrote in the 1700s.  In the late 1890s through the turn of the century, [http://www.glenviewnewchurch.org/ New Church] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711052744/http://www.glenviewnewchurch.org/schools/ |date=July 11, 2011 }} members purchased 40 acres of land and built their houses in an oval surrounding a common park area where the church and school were built. Architect Swain Nelson, one of the designers of Lincoln Park, designed the neighborhood.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2012/10/04/church-tears-down-home-of-glenviews-1st-village-president/ | work=Chicago Tribune | title=Church tears down home of Glenview's 1st village president | date=October 4, 2012 | access-date=July 29, 2013 | archive-date=December 24, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224124153/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-10-04/news/ct-tl-glenview-mansion-demolished-20121003_1_burnham-home-park-dwellings-park-neighborhood | url-status=live }}</ref>

As part of the New Church service mission to be universally accepted as a guidepost for kindness and character, today, the [https://web.archive.org/web/20110711052744/http://www.glenviewnewchurch.org/schools/ Glenview New Church Schools] are open to many students beyond the congregation and the church has been updated and expanded to accommodate a much larger Sunday service.  Despite its new open focus and broadening congregation, the original church in the center and many of the surrounding buildings remain the same today as they were in 1900.