Three Evanston residents hope to halt construction of a seven-story visitor center and parking garage planned for the lakefront at the south end of the Northwestern University campus.
Three Evanston residents recently filed suit against the city, in an attempt to block construction of a controversial seven-story parking garage and visitor center at the southeast corner of the Northwestern University campus. In the suit filed in Cook County Circuit Court Friday, Matthew Mirapaul, Ann Jennett and Mitchell Harrison argue that the proposed building at 1841 Sheridan Rd. does not meet city zoning standards and that the city council was wrong to approve its construction so close to the lake and city beaches. They argue that the building will ruin the lakefront views that residents currently enjoy from Clark Street Beach and destroy a stretch of natural land filled with trees and wildlife. The lawsuit requests that a judge …
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Shortly after the preservation commission voted down a parking garage on Northwestern’s south campus, the university is seeking approval for an even bigger garage on north campus.
Another major Northwestern University construction project will soon go before the preservation commission for approval, not long after the city committee voted down a parking garage on the university’s south campus. Northwestern is planning to construct a new, $40 million parking garage on its north campus that will provide 1,125 spots as well as new weight and fitness rooms and space for some academic programs, according to a press release from the university. The proposed building will be connected to the Henry Crown Sports Pavilion/Norris Aquatics Center at 2311 Campus Dr. “The new facility will provide significantly expanded and improved space for fitness, wellness and other programs for use by the entire Northwestern community,” …
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Millie
10:00 pm on Friday, January 25, 2013
they think nothing about raising taxes and then sit and wonder why we have foreclosures. more ›