Highland Park is an odd shape—a trapezoid to be exact. Its borders include West McNichols Road on the north side, railroad tracks along the eastern edge, alleys behind Tennyson and Tuxedo streets to the south, and the Lodge freeway forming part of its western boundary.Highland Park is a trapezoid with an area of less than 3 square milesThese have been Highland Park’s city limits since officials incorporated it 1918.That’s how it managed to avoid…