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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


Family Focus, 2010 Dewey Ave. The Evanston Preservation Commission voted Tuesday to designate the Family Focus building, which previously housed the Foster School, as an Evanston landmark.

Evanston Preservation Commission votes to make former Foster School building historic landmark

July 16, 2018

The Evanston Preservation Commission passed a motion to support the designation of the former Foster School building as an Evanston landmark during a meeting last week. The Foster School building, located...

1726 Hinman Ave.

City Council rejects landmark designation for Sigma Chi-owned house

August 16, 2017

Evanston City Council voted Monday against an ordinance that would have designated the mansion at 1726 Hinman Ave. a landmark. The 7-2 decision, with only Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) and Ald. Ann Rainey (8th)...

Evanston Preservation Commission members, along with the city’s preservation coordinator Carlos Ruiz, deliberate Northwestern’s proposal to rezone the campus. Their changes to the proposal included dividing NU into five zones as opposed to its current two, as well as requesting the ability to review proposals for major projects within 250 feet east of Sheridan Road.

Northwestern to review Evanston Preservation Commission’s revised rezoning proposal

April 17, 2015

Members from the Evanston Preservation Commission passed a motion at a special committee meeting Thursday night to redivide Northwestern’s campus into five lots. The proposal now goes back to the University...

Preservation commission to vote on Northwestern subdivision proposal

March 3, 2015

Members of the Evanston Preservation Commission will meet Wednesday evening to vote on a Northwestern proposal to alter the boundaries of the campus’ landmark status. The plan seeks to split the...

Bonnie Humphrey, director of design and construction, defends Northwestern’s proposal for resubdividing the campus. The Evanston Preservation Commission evaluated the plan that would redraw the lines of Northwestern’s landmark status areas.

Northwestern proposes new campus subdivisions

February 11, 2015

The Evanston Preservation Commission heard a proposal Tuesday from Northwestern to alter the zoning boundaries of areas of campus east of Sheridan Road. Paul Weller, the director of facilities planning,...

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