Archive for October, 2007

This is one of about six remaining cobblestone buildings in Elgin. Lucky you, it’s for sale.

(photo by Seth Gaines)
The city council voted 5-2 last night to allow the Family Life Church to remove the masonic compass and square icon in the pediment of the building, as well as the masonic cornerstone. Michael Powers and John Steffen voted against it.

Unfortunately I missed the Committee of the Whole meeting, which had some interesting things on their agenda this evening:

a DOJ grant for surveillance and recording systems–what is that all about?
consideration of appeal for a denied permit to remove masonic symbols from the old masonic temple–an important landmark, now the Family Life Church
$250K $40K to Rodney […]

It was clear when it happened that we would pretty much lose the bank, but I had expected the trees to survive. Well, as you can see in the above photo taken Friday, some of the trees suffered death by drowning. It’s a shame, because the riverbank was beautifully landscaped with native plants […]