Woodfield Mall rises from Schaumburg cornfields
In the early 1960s, Schaumburg still had more open fields than buildings, but the village had already set aside its northeast corner for big businesses, since the new highway plans sped things up.
The plan depended on Interstate 90 and IL-53 crossing in the same place. The goal was to make the area a center for the region, and seeing the roads on the map made it feel more real and organized.
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