Although this story presents the local history of creating needed housing in landlocked Evanston, it is not about affordable ...

EVANSTON, Ill. (WGN) – There was no shortage of patriotism at one of the largest Fourth of July parades around. Thousands of ...

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The Evanston History Center is highlighting those innovators and their creations with its latest exhibit, “It’s All Fun and Games: Historic Toys of Evanston,” through Jan. 5, at its Charles ...

Evanston Police Chief Demitrous Cook remembers stopping by the home of then-Mayor Lorraine Morton a couple of times a week when he was a beat cop in the 1980s to catch up on neighborhood policing ...

Instead of enjoying brunch at home, some Evanston residents spent their Mother’s Day wandering around strangers’ houses. For the 38th year, the Evanston History Center hosted the annual Mother ...

To commemorate the tumultuous year 2020 for future generations, the Evanston History Center is recording the city’s history with a time capsule to be opened on Jan. 1, 2031. The vision for the ...

The historic plan by Evanston, Illinois, to make reparations to its Black residents — including housing grants for a fraction of the city’s families — has prompted questions about whether ...

Evanston, Ill., Approves Historic Reparations Plan For Black Residents The new program, which aims to address harms suffered by Black residents due to the city's past discriminatory housing ...

EVANSTON, Ill. — If you placed the terms “cupola” and “English rose garden” into the keywords menu on a search of homes for sale, you probably wouldn’t find too many listings, at least ...