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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

The exterior of the Robert Crown Community Center, a large stone building with glass windows on the first floor.

In Focus: Nearly two years after its reopening, residents remain divided on the Robert Crown Community Center’s impact

November 22, 2021

Tucked into the bottom left corner of Evanston’s 4th Ward, a looming stone building with towering windows sprawls across 130,000 square feet. Behind its sliding glass doors, visitors can find two ice...

Five photos of outgoing Mayor Steve Hagerty with the recipients of the Keys to the City award. In the top left, Hagerty is shaking hands with someone in a black jacket holding an award with the key on it. The other four photos are the recipients posing in a room with a blue wall, brown podium and gray floor.

Mayor Hagerty presents five Key to the City awards

May 10, 2021

In his last week in office, outgoing Mayor Steve Hagerty awarded five Keys to the City, which he announced at the final convening of the 80th Evanston City Council meeting Monday. The Key to the City,...

The old Robert Crown Community Center. The newly renovated center’s gymnasium will be named after the Logan Family.

Robert Crown Center Gymnasium to be named after Logan family

October 15, 2020

The gymnasium in the newly renovated Robert Crown Community Center will be named the Logan Family Gymnasium, after the Logan family, who have been longtime residents of the city, the city of Evanston and...

The new Robert Crown Community Center. Friends of Robert Crown will advance $637,500 towards the new community engagement center.

Friends of Robert Crown advances funds to ease COVID-19 budget stress

May 26, 2020

Friends of the Robert Crown Center will transfer $637,500 to the city to assist with debt payments for the new Robert Crown Community Center amid the pandemic. The funds will cover the costs of the...

The Robert Crown Center at 1701 Main St. Although Beacon Academy withdrew funding from the project, the Friends of the Robert Crown Center is in no rush to finance the rest of the project.

Robert Crown funding still on track, set to open in January

September 26, 2019

Although Beacon Academy withdrew $500,000 from funding the Robert Crown Community Center in August, the Friends of Robert Crown Center remain confident in their ability to finance the project. When...

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