Hmmm...No
I DO remember the Sunoco gas station near "old" downtown Palatine (when I lived there it was a village township with a volunteer fire department...kinda like Mayberry). The population then was ~15,000 or less.
One of my friends dads owned the Ben Franklin downtown...he was on the volunteer fire dept. and died trying to save his own store from burning down. He almost made it out, too. They found him about 4 steps from the door. It totally sucked!
Sorry for the downer story. I went to Sanborn and Wood St Elementary...
I've heard that Palatine is huge now...
