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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


Evanston constructs stabilization project along lakefront, implications of shoreline destruction

November 13, 2020

Because of shoreline erosion caused by high lake levels, the city of Evanston hired coastal engineering group SmithGroup to assess lakefront damage and start construction. Project affiliates and University...

‘We Are Water’ Project assesses Evanstonians’ relationship with water

‘We Are Water’ Project assesses Evanstonians’ relationship with water

October 8, 2020

When Clare Tallon Ruen worked with students in Evanston/Skokie School District 65 to teach kids about water in their community, she said she encountered a lot of misconceptions about Lake Michigan. Some...

Northwestern partially closes Lakefill to start coastal stabilization project

Northwestern partially closes Lakefill to start coastal stabilization project

September 23, 2020

Northwestern is closing the eastern path of the Lakefill to start work on an Emergency Coastal Stabilization project, according to a Wednesday email. The project, which starts the week of Sept. 28,...

Edward Spencer Illustration

‘Did I do my best?’: The mythology of Edward Spencer, hero of the Lady Elgin Disaster

September 7, 2020

When the Lady Elgin departed from Chicago’s LaSalle Street dock around 11 p.m. on Sept. 7, 1860, it was the start of a routine trip up the coast of Lake Michigan with its first stop in Milwaukee the...

illustration by Catherine Buchaniec

In Focus: As climate change worsens, combined sewers pose new issues

May 26, 2020

Evanston’s sewer system has been flooded with problems for decades. As early as 1902, the city’s commissioner of public works declared the sewer system to be “inadequate in size and depth to serve...

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