Explore Evanston history beyond downtown with local historian Janet Messenger. Join her on a walk around the city’s south by southwest side.
The “South by Southwest” walking tour is Saturday, May 14 from 10 a.m.-noon. The cost is $10 for members and $15 for non-members. Space is limited. Reserve today.
The walk will explore the Dempster-Dodge intersection, for decades home to our largest for-profit employer; the Florence-Crain area, once the city’s Polish neighborhood and home to Ascension of Our Lord Catholic Church with its golden statue of the Virgin Mary; and Crown Park, originally called Boltwood Park. It occupied a fraction of today’s park and was anchored by Boltwood Field House, serving local residents with more immediate needs than ice skating rinks.
Submitted by McGaw YMCA
Will the South by Southwest walking tour be offered again? I grew up in that neighborhood, and would travel back there from Indianapolis to go on the tour.