Locked out of your home or car? Lost car keys? Need locks replaced or rekeyed? Call Secure Locks and we will send a qualified locksmith your way as soon as possible.
Regardless of the type of emergency, our technicians are confident of resolving even the most complicated job. No job is trivial or inconvenient, call Secure Locks, your local Park Ridge residential locksmith.
Developing a reputable relationship in Park Ridge and other northwest suburbs is our top priority. We will do our best to become a crucial long term partner for all your locksmith needs. Our professional technicians are ready to be dispatched any time of the day or night, 24/7.
Choosing a locksmith requires a relationship of trust and understanding. Our goal is to make sure you are comfortable with us being in your home or while working on your vehicle. For this reason, all of our professional locksmiths are background checked prior to becoming a team member. Secure Locks is licensed and insured, and our vans are marked with our company’s name and Illinois state license number. Our technicians have a proper company uniform and will introduce themselves appropriately. We are completing more than a task, we strive to build lifelong relationships with all of our clients. Call us anytime, we are always there for you.
One interesting historical fact about Park Ridge is that it was originally named Brickton. In 1873 Brickton was officially incorporated, but the residents voted to rename it to Park Ridge. Over the next decades, as Park Ridge established its identity as a residential community, its leaders sought to develop the look of a traditional New England town, with large homes on wide lots and a profusion of trees. Apartments were banned and industrial development discouraged.
Park Ridge experienced a major building boom during the 1910s and ’20s. City dwellers discovered the pleasant surroundings and convenient commuter trains. From 2,009 in 1910, the population ballooned to 10,417 in 1930. Anticipating annexation pressure from Chicago, the village had reorganized as the city of Park Ridge in 1910. Maine East High School and the landmark Pickwick Theater date from this era.
As its population grew, Park Ridge moved to increase its tax base by encouraging office development and allowing a limited number of apartments. Lutheran General Hospital relocated from Chicago, and a second high school (Maine South) opened in 1964. In later years, as the community filled up its vacant land and property values soared, builders began to tear down small, older homes and replace them with huge new dwellings.
Park Ridge entered the twenty-first century as a mature, upper-middle-class residential suburb. The population continues to be largely white Anglo-Saxon Protestant, but now with a significant number of Polish Roman Catholics. Concerns include maintaining the residential strengths of the community and alleviating the noise from O’Hare Airport.
