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Submitted by jeffpsmith on Fri, 06/13/2008 - 19:48

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New Firehouse Nears Completion

Submitted by jeffpsmith on Fri, 06/13/2008 - 19:36
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The new firehouse on the 2800 block of Central St., photographed last week (early June 2008).

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The Morgante Wilson building at 2834 Central

Submitted by jeffpsmith on Fri, 06/13/2008 - 19:20
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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.

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McDaniel Place signage

Submitted by jeffpsmith on Fri, 06/13/2008 - 19:15
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Sign for McDaniel Place condominium development.

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McDaniel Place, June 2008

Submitted by jeffpsmith on Fri, 06/13/2008 - 19:10
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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.

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McDaniel Place Progress

Submitted by jeffpsmith on Fri, 06/13/2008 - 19:05

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

Submitted by jeffpsmith on Fri, 06/13/2008 - 11:29

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.

Dawes Descendent Wants NU to Re-Open Dawes House to Public

Submitted by Mpeterson on Fri, 06/13/2008 - 08:11

One of the last surviving grandchildren of General Charles Gates Dawes wants Northwestern University to preserve her family home, Dawes House, in perpetuity for the citizens of Evanston.

In an interview posted on YouTube earlier this week, (see link at the bottom of this article) Caroline Maxey, 86, said the University must respect the wishes of her grandfather, a Nobel Prize winner and former Vice-President of the United States, who entrusted his home to Northwestern for use by the Evanston History Center.

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Rogers Park Lakefront Plans on View Tonight

Submitted by jeffpsmith on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 11:59

The Chicago parks advocacy organization, Friends of the Parks, will host a planning meeting on expansion and enhancement of the Rogers Park lakefront parks, from Devon Avenue north to the Evanston border, tonight at approximately 6:30 pm at Loyola Park, 1230 W. Greenleaf, Chicago. The meeting will review plans developed in previous Design Charrettes held in March.

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Let's Discuss the Issues Not Attack Individuals re Planning

Submitted by Mary Rosinski on Sat, 06/07/2008 - 13:30

Why in the world would Bill Smith take what appears to be righteous delight in making sweeping generalizations about all Northwest and North East Evanston residents, or for that matter any it seems, any resident who lives in a singe family neighborhood, or who ask questions and demands answers as to what direction the city of Evanston is going in terms of density and planning.

It seems that that Bill thinks it is ok to say things like “density-phobic neighbors” or” status-conscious neighbors” to infer that the residents are somehow neurotic or shallow.

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