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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
one annoying thing about chicago neighborhoods names is that WAY too many of them are named after parks - lincoln park, portage park, hyde park, rogers park, marquette park, albany park, wicker park, garfield park, jefferson park, humboldt park and on and on. it's unoriginal and repetitive.
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Edmonton has a common suffix too - "wood".
Lakewood (supposedly a shallow lake was there, more typically a slough, though.)
Knottwood (named after a former mayor)
Lynnwood (there is a lynn in this neighbourhood)
Elmwood
Crestwood (It is on a slight hill overlooking downtown and Hawrelak Park)
Callingwood
Norwood (is just north of downtown, so one must assume it is actually in the north)
Westwood
Eastwood
Southwood