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Archive for July, 2007

Dundee & Kimball development

Thursday, July 19th, 2007
Filed under: downtown

Here are a couple of views of the development at Dundee & Kimball (Elgin Academy’s new building is going up right across the street from it). The store that occupies the corner of the development, La Baguette, it turns out is yet another panaderia, not the hoped-for boulangerie.

ps. I’ll be on vacation for a […]

City Council wrap-up

Thursday, July 12th, 2007
Filed under: citycouncil

Elgin Area Convention & Visitors Bureau delivered a presentation:

Focus on sports as a way to bring people to Elgin
Go to trade shows to encourage interest in the city
Hotel sign pilot project implemented on I-90, thanks in part to Ruth Munson
2008 Illinois Wine Festival will be held at Festival Park
Web site traffic up 30% to 240,000 […]

Elgin Then & Now - The Little Castle

Sunday, July 1st, 2007
Filed under: history

I received a message in my Flickr account last week:
I was born in Elgin but only lived there 4 years, although I visited my grandparents and aunt there very, very regularly for the next 12 years. I haven’t been back since the early ’70s when my family moved out of state
Most of my memories of […]