I just read your article on the Evanston Inn/Hotel that was published in the RoundTable and I was curious if you had any information on the old Pembridge Hotel that […]
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Evanston Dimensions | Brief portraits of pioneering Black Evanston residents
In 1905, Naomi Willie Pollard Dobson (1883-1971) became the first Black woman to earn an undergraduate degree at Northwestern University. She lived with her family in Rogers Park and commuted […]
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Evanston Dimensions | Ask the historians
After our last column, Holly Martin submitted the following question for historians at the Evanston History Center: “So a few years ago after I moved back to Evanston as an adult I found myself walking around downtown by Fountain Square. And suddenly I notice this plaque on a building with the name “Chandlers.” Is this where my beloved planner came from?”
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Evanston Dimensions | A shifting shoreline, part 3
Legalized Restrictions In 1920, Evanston City officials paid $6,000 a year to advertising specialist Charles Ward “to extol the advantages of the summer suburb as a summer resort.” [1] The […]
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Evanston Dimensions | A shifting shoreline, part 2
Policing the beaches In the direct wake of the 1919 Chicago race riot, Evanston City officials would intensify the monitoring of the City’s beaches. Part of that process involved establishing […]
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Evanston Dimensions | A shifting shoreline, part 1
Beaches today are widely viewed as sites of recreation, relaxing places where land meets sea. But the history of these sites is nothing if not natural. Evanston’s lakefront has undergone […]
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Evanston Dimensions | Ask the Historians
After our last column, Paul Ilmer submitted the following question for historians at the Evanston History Center: I was wondering what the original construction and use of the building was […]
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Evanston Dimensions | Ask the Historians
After our last column, Libby Hill submitted the following question for historians at the Evanston History Center: In the 1950s, several City departments were run out of red brick two-story […]