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Archive for May, 2008

ARCHES meets Monday

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
Filed under: history

Advocates to Revitalize Cultural and Historic Elgin Sites (ARCHES) is holding its inaugural meeting Monday at 6:30 at the Gail Borden Public Library.
The idea came about a few years ago when members of the Northeast Neighborhood Association rallied to save — for now — the former D.C. Cook Communications building on North Grove Avenue from […]

Elgin Academy expansion

Friday, May 2nd, 2008
Filed under: architecture

Can you imagine if it looked like this? Nobody would play hooky any more.
The [High School for the Visual and Performing Arts, LA, California] campus will include four “academies” for education in music, dance, theater arts and visual arts, and a theater for 1,000 visitors which can be open to the public.
The theater lobby, a […]