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Archive for July, 2008

Should next year’s fireworks be downtown?

Monday, July 7th, 2008
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Paula over on the Lovin Elgin blog asks if July 4th fireworks should be held in downtown Elgin:
The FoxFireFest proved that a supreme fireworks show could be held at Festival Park. If any of you were unable to go to the last FoxFireFest….it was spectacular. Especially the fireworks. With all the parking […]

Elgin celebrates Independence Day

Friday, July 4th, 2008
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Elgin fireworks display in 2006. Photo by James Jordan

Elgin’s July 4th celebrations starts off with a parade at 9:00 a.m. in downtown Elgin at the corner of Slade and Douglas. The parade’s grand marshall is…Tammy Duckworth! Yes, that Tammy Duckworth, who is now director of the Illinois Department of Veteran Affairs. From 11:00-4:00, a blues […]

Elgin Water Tower

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Filed under: architecture

Elgin Water Tower, Photo by James Jordan

Could this be the most handsome water tower in Illinois? What do you think?
The Elgin logo on the water tower is not used anymore, which is too bad, because I think it looks better than the current logo, which to me just looks like some generic cursive writing. I […]