Nothing demonstrates just how much Naperville has changed in the last several decades than an aerial view of how the city’s downtown looked in the mid-1950s. This view north shows a small town that had a population of fewer than 12,000 people, a far cry from the 150,000 or so call it home today. (Naperville Heritage Society/Naper Settlement)
The Way We Were: Aerial view shows just how small Naperville was in the 1950s
