The traditions continued – songs, prayers, speeches, reflections, wreaths, and salutes – but for many there was a new feeling, as a crowd of about 250 gathered Monday at Fountain Square for Memorial Day ceremonies. Noting that last year’s Memorial Day ceremony was canceled and that planning for this year’s ceremony was uncertain because of […]
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The RoundTable Congratulates the ETHS Class of 2021
You made it! It was a tough year by any measure. Nevertheless you persisted – or, to borrow from the great Chicago songwriter Curtis Mayfield, you kept on keeping on. In lieu of hackneyed advice, we offer you some of the words of that song: Everybody gather round and listen to my songI’ve only got […]
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Evanston Plaza Sold, Valli to Stay
Azzuri of Evanston, the owner of Evanston Plaza, Dempster Street at Dodge Avenue, has sold the property. The purchaser, BI Evanston, LLC, paid $36,180,000, and the City received $325,620.00 in transfer-tax revenues. Azzuri purchased Evanston Plaza in September 2014 for $16 million and established The Valli Produce as its anchor tenant in the sparsely leased plaza. […]
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‘Five-Fifths TIF’ Heading Toward Approval
Approval could come in the next few weeks for another tax-increment financing (TIF) district in west-central Evanston. This proposed TIF is located primarily in the City’s Fifth Ward and is called the Five-Fifths TIF; it lies just north of current West Evanston TIF. The redevelopment project area is generally located along the east and west […]
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Packing Up Family History – Off to the Newberry
Letters, diaries and photos documenting three generations of Linda Gartz’s family have found a new home at the Newberry Library. “These archives were the inspiration for my book, Redlined: A Memoir of Race, Change, and Fractured Community in 1960s,” Ms. Gartz told the RoundTable. The trove of 46 boxes contains, among other things, letters from Transylvania, […]
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Microaggressions at ETHS Uphold Oppressiveness
Evanston Township High School sophomores work on a project every year to make a change in the community during our mandatory civics class. The project varies from class to class, but in my class, the first step was to choose our problem and write a position statement outlining the effects of the issue. After recently […]
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Poppy Days Are Here Again
In anticipation of Memorial Day, veterans of VFW Snell Post 7146 and its auxiliary are selling poppies. The red poppy has become a symbol of World War I, as poppies sprang up on many of the battle sites in France and Belgium. Scientists attribute this to the relics of cannon balls and other war rubble […]
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Harley Clarke Mansion Booked for Next 40 Years
Artists Book House, led by Evanston Township High School alum and award-winning author Audrey Niffenegger, received City Council approval earlier this month to lease the Harley Clarke mansion, 2603 Sheridan Road, for 40 years. Terms of the Lease Rent: The lease is effective May 10 of this year, and, through May 10, 2031, the annual […]
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Citizens Network of Protection Holds Session on Body-Worn Cameras
Videos from police officers’ body-worn cameras are used as evidence not only in court cases but also in complaints against a police officer. Some even have value as training videos, said Evanston Police Commander Ryan Glew in a May 18 remote presentation to the local group Citizens Network of Protection. Since 2019, nearly all Evanston […]