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 […]
Author Archives: Mary Gavin
Mary Gavin is the founder of the Evanston RoundTable. After 23 years as its publisher and manager, she helped transition the RoundTable to nonprofit status in 2021. She continues to write, edit, mentor and serve on the Advisory Committee.
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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Family Focus Poets Celebrate Each Other and Second Book With Video Trailer, Virtual Snap
Isolation does not always foster loneliness. During the lockdown of 2020-21 that kept some people close and others apart, the poets of Family Focus looked inward – together. Meeting together […]
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City to Provide Summer Program for Youth Stressed by COVID-19 Pandemic
In one of their last acts, the retiring City Council members on May 10 gave approval to a proposal from Health and Human Services Director Ike Ogbo to implement a […]