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

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David Brown, president of Harrington Brown, LLC, speaks at a Plan Commission meeting Wednesday. The commission voted 5-1 to recommend City Council’s approval for a building at 128-132 Chicago Ave.

Plan Commission recommends council approval for mixed-use building

April 19, 2018

The Evanston Plan Commission decided at a Wednesday meeting to recommend that the City Council approve a five-story mixed-use building at the border of Evanston and Chicago. Commissioners voted 5-1...

Northwestern parking lot east of Kemper Hall. The Plan Commission recommended that the city approve changes to a university parking ordinance.

Plan Commission recommends modifying Northwestern parking requirements to standing committee

February 21, 2018

Members of the Plan Commission voted at a meeting Wednesday night to recommend a decrease in the number parking spaces Northwestern is required to have, opening the way for the city to use the lot east...

Ald. Melissa Wynne (3rd) speaks at a meeting.

Aldermen to discuss planned development, new restaurants at City Council

January 21, 2018

The next chapter in Evanston’s planned development saga will play out at Monday’s City Council meeting as aldermen are set to debate a proposed 33-story residential building on Davis Avenue. The...

An artist rendering of the proposed 16-story building on Sherman Avenue. Albion Residential’s proposal passed 4-2 in the Plan Commission on Wednesday.

Plan Commission approves proposal for new apartment tower

September 14, 2017

The Evanston Plan Commission recommended Wednesday that City Council approve a proposal from Albion Residential for a new apartment tower on Sherman Avenue. The vote passed 4-2, but the commission’s...

1829 Simpson Street

5th Ward restaurant moves one step closer to approval

August 24, 2017

Following the second week of discussion over the fate of a new restaurant on Simpson Street, members of the Design and Project Review Committee voted Wednesday to recommend the business owner’s request...

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