Name:
Evanston
Population:
75,527
Size of City:
7.80 sq mi
Founded:
1872
Government:
Mayor–council
Demographics:
median income for a household in the city was $40,732
Employers:
Northwestern University are the largest employers
Interests:Evanston’s variety of housing and commercial districts, combined with easy access to Chicago, make it a popular filming location. Evanston as of December 2008 is listed as a filming location for 65 different films, notably those of John Hughes.Much of the 1984 film Sixteen Candles was filmed in and around Evanston,as was the 1993 film Dennis the Menace,and the 1997 film Home Alone 3.A number of scenes from the 1986 Garry Marshall film Nothing in Commonwere filmed on the Northwestern University campus and Evanston’s lakeshore.Although not filmed there, the 2004 film Mean Girls is set in the Evanston suburbs, and makes several references to the area. In the 2003 film Cheaper by the Dozen, the family moves to Evanston.Additionally, the baseball movie Rookie of the Year, featuring Gary Busey andThomas Ian Nicholas, was partially shot at Haven Middle School.In The Princess Bride, according to IMDB, the screenplay says that the boy and his grandfather live in Evanston.This was also stated by Mandy Patinkin in a behind-the-scenes interview.The story’s author, William Goldman, was born in Chicago and grew up in Highland Park just a couple of miles away from Evanston