The Morgante Wilson building at 2834 Central

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Wonderful example of adaptive reuse, this conversion of the old Saxophone Shop store by the firm of Morgante-Wilson Architects, Ltd., now serves as their headquarters at 2834 Central Street. This picture was taken in 2007 when the old firehouse was still standing, and before the firm had finished out the building with a balcony and landscaping.

McDaniel Place signage

McDaniel Place, June 2008

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McDaniel Place, slated to be a 6-unit condominium development across the street from Ackerman Park. Click here to read the June, 2008 story. For an update and to see how the building had progressed by late 2009, click here.

McDaniel Place Progress

One of our regular readers and contributors asked what's up with the condos at McDaniel & Central. I assumed she meant the project just a little south of that intersection, so I decided to check it out next time I biked by. I had met the developer and architect of McDaniel Place, a 6-condo structure on the site of an old 3-flat farmhouse across from Ackerman Park, at a SPAARC meeting, and they seemed like nice folks.

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Summary of Central Street Plan Ordinance

Click to read a summary of the 2008 zoning ordinance change that implemented the Central Street Master Plan. For the ordinance itself, click here to access the Evanston Municipal Code and then use the left sidebar at that site to scroll to the the Central Street Corridor Overlay District text, which starts at Chapter 6-15-14.

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