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

Waves approach a beach as they pass by a sloping mound of rocks.

Early plans to fortify Evanston’s battered shoreline set to finish in 2024

November 9, 2023

On Tuesday, Rob Johnson picked up a piece of driftwood from Clark Street Beach. Visiting the area from Owensboro, Kentucky, for a business meeting, he said the souvenir showed signs of having washed up...

A landscape photo of lake Michigan. Northwestern’s lakefill with painted rocks in the left frame, lake in the center frame with a sandbar and the Chicago skyline in the background. Blue-ish green water shows shadows of two fish.

Evanston moves forward with shoreline reconstruction plans

April 18, 2023

When Jeff Green was growing up in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood, he’d spend his summers and winters on Howard Beach — sunbathing one season, sledding another. “I recently drove by there,...

A construction box featuring Starbucks lettering “We’re brewing something new” and “Opening early 2023.”

Shake spot to open in Norris amid Dunkin’ closure and Starbucks relocation

September 28, 2022

Norris University Center is shaking things up. A Starbucks Coffee will replace the Dunkin’ that was previously located on the ground floor of Norris starting in Spring Quarter. Shake Smart, a smoothie...

Lake Michigan. Evanston’s lakefront stabilization and mitigation efforts could cost around $46 million, said Evanston Division Fire Chief Kim Kull.

Evanston’s lakefront stabilization proves costly, city contracts SmithGroup to address issue

March 5, 2020

Stabilizing Evanston’s shoreline could cost around $46 million, says Evanston Division Fire Chief Kim Kull. This estimate accounts for the redoing of the rock wall that lines the town’s lakefront...

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