Oak Park, IL Lake Street, Oak Park Oak Park, Illinois, USA Reconverted from a pedestrian mall back into a street in 1988. These blocks , especially the storefronts on Lake Street , contain a variety of retailers and restaurateurs, including sidewalk cafes, casual and formal dining, clothing, manufacturing, and dry goods purveyors. The downtown is now a destination for the city's residents.
Children play in the nearby park, and participate in special family events in the city center.
Couples and elderly residents sit on the pedestrian mall or at cafe tables off Lake Street, and watch life surge around them.