1st Ward
City rule makes zoning appeals costly
Friday, March 5, 2010, at 11:49 am by Bill SmithThe attorney for the local resident seeking to block Northwestern University's use of the Great Room dining hall on the former Seabury-Western campus will ask aldermen Monday to waive transcript fees in the case.
Demolition continues at Mather complex
Tuesday, February 16, 2010, at 11:41 am by Bill Smith
Demolition work now is well underway at the site of the planned second new Mather Lifeways building in downtown Evanston.
No decision on dining hall dispute
Wednesday, January 20, 2010, at 9:19 am by Bill SmithEvanston's Zoning Board of Appeals spent four hours hearing testimony Tuesday night in a challenge by neighbors to Northwestern University's use of the Great Room, a dining hall in a former Seabury-Western Seminary building.
Zoning issues put off until January
Wednesday, December 16, 2009, at 11:44 am by Bill SmithEvanston's Zoning Board of Appeals made quick work of its agenda Tuesday night -- postponing both issues it faced until Jan. 19 at the request of parties involved.
Frozen Kendall site to see skating
Wednesday, December 2, 2009, at 3:39 pm by Bill SmithThe Kendall College site in northeast Evanston, in the deep freeze for six years, will become a temporary ice rink this winter.
That's the word from Alderman Judy Fiske.
Fiske told residents at her 1st Ward meeting Tuesday of the plans for skating rink, but offered no details.
Pedestrian hit on Sheridan dies
Thursday, November 12, 2009, at 6:53 pm by Liz CazaresNorthwestern University business school employees are mourning the loss of one of their own, after learning today that Mavis Sotnick, who was struck by a car less than three weeks ago, died Wednesday night.
Lakefront bike path survives spending jitters
Tuesday, November 10, 2009, at 11:54 am by Bill SmithThe City Council Monday voted to go through with plans for a long-envisioned renewal of the lakefront bike path, despite concerns about the project's $1.8 million cost
The project would rebuild the bike path from Lee to Clark Streets.
The state would pick up about 60 percent of the cost, with the city to fund the rest as part of its Capital Improvement Program.
Woman hit by car on Sheridan
Wednesday, October 28, 2009, at 12:15 pm by Bill SmithEvanston police say a 71-year-old woman was hit by a car shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday in the 1900 block of Sheridan Road.
NU student robbed
Monday, October 12, 2009, at 8:30 pm by Bill SmithNorthwestern University police say a male NU student was robbed in the 600 block of Noyes Street about 2:10 this morning.
Police say the student was riding his bicycle west on Noyes when a car pulled up near him and two men jumped out, pushed him off the bike and took his backpack, containing his laptop computer, cell phone and cash.
The offenders were described as black males in their 20s, wearing dark clothing.
The police recommend that students use the school's shuttle bus service, which provides transportation to areas both on and off campus every night until 3 a.m.
The police urge that suspicious activity immediately to University Police at 847-491-3254 or Evanston police at 847-866-5000.
City: NU following rules on Seabury takeover
Wednesday, October 7, 2009, at 5:10 pm by Bill SmithSome neighbors who've sought to block any expansion by Northwestern University west of Sheridan Road got no traction for that goal at Tuesday's NU/City Committee meeting.
City Zoning Administrator Bill Dunkley said he's documented the uses of all the buildings NU acquired from Seabury-Western Seminary last summer, and University Vice President Gene Sunshine said the school has no plans to use any of the buildings for other than the existing uses.
Some of the buildings on the block bounded by Haven Street, Sheridan Road, Garrett Place and Orrington Avenue have legal non-conforming uses as classrooms, a chapel, library and student union and as dormitories and multi-family dwellings. Other buildings are single- and two-family homes that are permitted uses.
The legal non-conforming concept, Dunkley explained, means that the uses predate the current zoning for the property, and under the zoning code they can be legally continued by a new owner.
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