Stop in for a cup of coffee

I learned to drive in Orland Park, I ran a dozer all summer there while my grandfather built the Orlando Park Mall/Square. Not sure if running a dozer counts as driving tho? Most all of us learned to drive trucks while hauling hay. We were to small to pick up bails but with some creative ingenuity we could drive trucks. Think blocks, duct tape, bungee cords and milk crates. Really all we did was steer!


I went to the grade school across the street from Orland Square Mall when they built it.... They closed it after they started building the mall.... I remember seeing the flat land when they dozed it before the mall was built....

We hung out there all the time when we were older...

Then they re-opened it many years later...