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==Landmarks== The village is perhaps most noteworthy for its [[Grand View Drive]], a residential street on top of the bluff overlooking the Illinois River with many elegant homes and a [[country club]]. The road also has several panoramic look-outs of the river and beyond into [[Tazewell County, Illinois|Tazewell]] and [[Woodford County, Illinois|Woodford]] counties as well as a park with a children's playground, picnic area, and baseball diamond. [[Teddy Roosevelt]] purportedly called the street the "World's Most Beautiful Drive" when he visited the Peoria area in October 1910; [[WMBD (AM)|WMBD]], a local radio and TV station, gets its call letters from Roosevelt's expression.<ref name="nrhpnom">{{cite journal |author=Baietto |first=Michael E. |date=August 25, 1995 |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Grand View Drive |url=http://gis.hpa.state.il.us/hargis/PDFs/201044.pdf |url-status=dead |journal=NRHP |publisher=National Park Service |pages=25β26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203114941/http://gis.hpa.state.il.us/hargis/PDFs/201044.pdf |archive-date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=December 9, 2011}}</ref> The town is also recognized by its distinct, red [[water tower]].<ref>[http://www.peoriaheightschamber.com/aboutus.htm Peoria Heights Chamber of Commerce About Us] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715063443/http://www.peoriaheightschamber.com/aboutus.htm |date=July 15, 2011 }}. Peoriaheightschamber.com. Retrieved on March 28, 2011.</ref> One can ascend the tower in an elevator and survey a sizable portion of Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford counties from three observational decks. The tower has a 6 ft. wooden woodpecker on the side.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Cody |first=Tom |date=April 27, 2023 |title=It's Happening in the Heights |url=https://www.peoriamagazine.com/article/its-happening-in-the-heights/ |access-date=November 26, 2023 |website=Peoria Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> The tower forms the nucleus of Peoria Heights Tower Park. Tower Park is a centerpiece of the community which underwent sweeping and controversial renovations in 2002, costing the Village nearly $800,000. The nearby downtown business area includes upscale restaurants and shops. In addition to this water tower there is another modern tower on Toledo Avenue colored white with the Peoria Heights logo; it was formerly painted a distinctive Red, White, and Blue (the school district colors). A bronze sculpture of Lincoln's head by [[Gutzon Borglum]] is near the Village Hall within Tower Park.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tower Park |url=https://www.peoriaheights.org/tower-park |access-date=November 26, 2023 |website=VILLAGE of PEORIA HEIGHTS |language=en-US}}</ref> On and below the bluff, there are several parks and recreational areas. [[Forest Park Nature Center]] is a nature reserve on the bluff containing several miles of [[trail]]s of varying difficulty and the village's only native [[prairie restoration]] site.<ref>[http://www.peoriaheightschamber.com/community.htm Peoria Heights Chamber of Commerce Community] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715063457/http://www.peoriaheightschamber.com/community.htm |date=July 15, 2011 }}. Peoriaheightschamber.com (March 17, 1969). Retrieved on 2011-03-28.</ref> The Pimiteoui Trail links up Forest Park Nature Center's visitor center with Grandview Drive. Bielfeldt Park is a more traditional park with sports fields, a paved trail, children's playground, and [[picnic]] area. The southern terminus of Grandview also sports a park with swings, slide, and pavilion. The Rock Island Greenway has a section through Peoria Heights.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Peoria Heights |url=https://www.illinoisriverroad.org/communities/united-states/illinois/peoria-heights/community/peoria-heights/ |access-date=November 26, 2023 |website=Illinois River Road |language=en-US}}</ref> The [[Duryea Motor Wagon Company]] once had a production facility nearby (the reason for the aforementioned visit by Teddy Roosevelt).<ref>[http://www.peoriaheightschamber.com/duryea-history.htm Peoria Heights Chamber of Commerce Duryea Auto History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715063431/http://www.peoriaheightschamber.com/duryea-history.htm |date=July 15, 2011 }}. Peoriaheightschamber.com. Retrieved on March 28, 2011.</ref> The town was also the site of a [[brewery]] for [[Pabst Blue Ribbon]] from 1934 to 1982.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Heights Life |url=https://www.peoriaheightschamber.com/the-heights-life |access-date=November 26, 2023 |website=Peoria Heights Chamber of Commerce |language=en-US}}</ref> The closing of the Pabst brewery in 1982 had a severe impact on the local economy and population, from which the community has never completely recovered.<ref name=":3" /> The Peoria City [[mass transit]] company, [[Greater Peoria Mass Transit District|CityLink]], offers a History Trolley, which starts its tour in the Prospect Commercial Sector. The [[Peoria Heights Public Library]] is located off Glen and is not far from Grandview Drive or Downtown Peoria Heights.
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