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Rhoda Perlman founded Lakeside Realty in Highland Park. She served as the president of the Highland Park Chamber of Commerce, the first woman in that role, where she initiated the sidewalk sale and other business district initiatives.
According to Perlman's obituary in the Chicago Tribune, her "great passion was the theater" as a supporter and participant. She was a founding board member of Steppenwolf and Apple Tree Theaters. She was active in "Senior Producers" where she hosted Cuisine Scene. a
Perlman was born in Chicago and graduated from the University of Chicago. She and her family, husband Harry and daughters Barbara and Joan, moved to Highland Park mid-century.

Pike attended one year at Elm Place School in Highland Park, Illinois, 1927-1928. According to his daughter Terri, Pike gave a speech at the 1928 graduation and attributed, in part, achievements in later life to a "good start under the tutelage of Jesse Lowe Smith."
Pike was highly involved in Elm Place alumni activities throughout his life.

Charlotte (Lottie) Pinkerton Blazer (1879-1966) was born to missionaries in South Africa and spent her earliest years in Wisconsin. As a young woman at the beginning of the 20th century, Pinkerton attended the Art Institute of Chicago and worked as a lantern slide colorist. She worked in California and founded the Santa Cruz Art League after her 1914 marriage to lawyer James Blazer. Pinkerton’s work can also be found at the Autry Museum of the American West, Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, and in other collections.

In addition to her woman's club activities Plant served as assistant to the Deerfield (Moraine) Township supervisor, William W. Steele.

Port Clinton Associates was founded from the political conception of increasing the productive economy of downtown Highland Park in 1983. A real estate development firm was given the tasks of developing the architectural design and construction implementation of the area once bank funding was obtained by the developer.

The history of what was constructed and when it was constructed was
given and the city government eventually okayed the marketing for rental
of office space. The history of who rented first, second, and third was
also given.