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'''Lattof International YMCA''' was at {{LinkToMap|300 E. Northwest Highway}}.  It was originally named '''Northwest Suburban YMCA'''
'''Lattof International YMCA''' was at {{LinkToMap|300 E. Northwest Highway}}.  It opened January 15, 1961 as '''Northwest Suburban YMCA'''.  It was renamed '''Latoff International YMCA''' in 1980 after Nicholas Latoff (d. 1987), owner of Lattof Chevrolet in Arlington Heights.
 
The pools were named after [[Thomas M. Blake]], Charles Bruning, and the Busse family.


The north gym was added in 1976.
The north gym was added in 1976.
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|[[file:YMCA.jpg|thumb|left|450px|post card]]
It closed in 2020.
|[[File:YMCA 1976.png|thumb|left|430px|1976 photo]]
 
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<gallery mode="packed" heights="300px">
YMCA.jpg|post card
YMCA 1976.png|1976 photo
Lattof YMCA 1983.jpg|1983 advertisement
Lattof YMCA 1985.jpg|1985 advertisement
</gallery>
[[Category:Organizations]]
[[Category:Northwest Highway]]
[[Category:Northwest Highway]]

Latest revision as of 12:37, 2 March 2026

Lattof International YMCA was at 300 E. Northwest Highway. It opened January 15, 1961 as Northwest Suburban YMCA. It was renamed Latoff International YMCA in 1980 after Nicholas Latoff (d. 1987), owner of Lattof Chevrolet in Arlington Heights.

The pools were named after Thomas M. Blake, Charles Bruning, and the Busse family.

The north gym was added in 1976.

It closed in 2020.