Congratulations to Oak Park: City of the Week with WCSX! Look for WCSX in Oak Park this week.  You can scroll down to check out our pictures of Oak Park.  You can find out more about Oak Park on our facts page.  Here’s some intel from our man on the Oak Park streets, Joel Morgan.

Joel’s Notes:

It’s good that WCSX is located so close to Oak Park. The wind was blowing and it was snowing pretty hard, but the roads are well-plowed and salted in Oak Park!

Water Tower District

First I headed North to the new Water Tower District along 11 Mile Road, where consumption of alcohol was only recently legalized in Oak Park. Are you a craft brew fan? Then try Dog & Pony Show Brewing Company or Unexpected Craft Brewing Company.  Oak Park Social features domestic brews and liquor as well as great burgers!  These places open later in the afternoon, so look them up before you drive out. Take your drinks “To Go”, but for heavens’ sake- don’t take your alcohol out of the Water Tower District!

Time to Blow

Leaving the Water Tower District, I drove through the neighborhood behind it. A guy was snowblowing his driveway- he waved at me in the WCSX van. I pulled over to meet him. It was Eugene, a WCSX Classic Rocker from way back! I congratulated him on living in the WCSX City of the Week and gave him some tickets to the Novi Home Show and a few WCSX Stickers!

Honest Abe in Oak Park!

Next stop, Lincoln Liquor & RX on Lincoln Avenue at Coolidge. Lincoln Liquor & RX has a massive painted mural of President Abraham Lincoln. The quote is from his famous Gettysburg Address.

Shleppie Encounter

Time to meet Shleppie! Shelppie is the Big Jim’s House Morning Show listener who has famously been Ryan’s enemy for so many years!   Shleppie works down the street from WCSX at V-Gage making gages and fixtures for the the automotive industry. Shleppie pulls no punches and holds no “sick burn” back on Ryan Logan. He feels obligated to call out Ryan’s “Stupid Puns on The CSX Files: They SUCK.” According to Shleppie, the dumbest thing Ryan ever did was let his brother give him a tattoo. Deep down somewhere, I think Shleppie really does LOVE Ryan…somehow.

Oak Park is a great city to live in or visit- any time of the year!

Oak Park Photos

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  It's Ryan Logan's nemesis- "Shleppie"!! This is the guy who is unafraid to call out Ryan's "Stupid puns on CSX Files"... Shleppie is a charter member of Big Jim's House B.S. Club (Before Six Club) and has been listening to 94.7 WCSX since Day One! Thank You Mr. Shleppie!

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  It's the tallest object in Oak Park- The Oak Park Water Tower! It's the symbol and namesake of Oak Park's new legal alcohol zone along 11 Mile Road.

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  "We come from the land of Ice and Snow..." WCSX listener Eugene rocks out while he snow blows his driveway in Oak Park!
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  "Four Score and Twenty Beers Ago..." -NOT an Abe Lincoln quote... Seriously, this is an incredible mural that captures President Abraham Lincoln and a quote from his Gettysburg Address. This art is on the side of Lincoln Liquor and RX, at Lincoln Avenue at Coolidge!

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  This is the dedication plaque that is mounted next to the mural at Lincoln Liquor & RX.

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  It's a good time for Oak Park's (Free, Family Friendly!) Winterfest coming to The Oak Park Rec. Department on January 28th!
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  "That better be water in you cup!... A boundry sign for the Water Tower District that includes Oak Park Social, Dog & Pony Brewing Co. and Unexpected Craft Brewing Company.

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