Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

People sitting in a room, some of whom are watching a person speak, hold signs that read “Enough Tax Avoidance,” “NU Chair Peter Barris is Right: Protect us from unbridled development” and “NU venue! Use NU properly on the lake = better than Ravinia!”

University-City Committee attendees walk out of meeting after NU officials decline to discuss Rebuild Ryan Field

April 16, 2023

About 40 residents and Northwestern students — out of almost 50 attendees total — walked out of the Northwestern University-City Committee meeting Wednesday night after NU representatives repeatedly...

A woman wearing a gray shirt and a white vest speaks into a microphone behind a table.

Northwestern University-City Committee discusses building and zoning issues

November 20, 2019

The Northwestern University-City Committee proposed solutions to several building and zoning issues at Tuesday’s meeting. The committee – comprised of Ald. Judy Fiske (1st), two Northwestern representatives...

A man jogs against a red light down Sherman Avenue toward downtown Evanston. The 1st Ward encompasses much of the city’s downtown area, and is nestled just to the south and west of Northwestern University.

Change on the horizon: 1st Ward residents aim to reconcile development, character

February 15, 2016

Fifty years ago, when former Mayor Jay Lytle moved to Evanston, the downtown area resembled a ghost town. Empty department stores lined the streets, foreclosed signs stuck out of the ground and Lytle said...

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