Articles in the Downtown Category

Pictures from Nightmare on Chicago Street, a Halloween festival held in Downtown Elgin on October 29, 2011. The event attracted countless zombies and costumed revelers.

The Afterset has had a past of disturbances since its opening in 2004. Elgin’s liquor commission has allowed it to operate while shutting down at least one other establishment with ostensibly less incidences, Anthony’s, which was shut down by the city after only two years of operation under much disputed circumstances.

The 3rd Annual Art and Soul on the Fox festival will be held this weekend in downtown Elgin from 11am to 6pm Saturday and til 5pm Sunday.

Wednesday night, Elgin’s city council voted to provide another $250,000 of your money to the Artspace project. Hearing our seven fearless leaders describe this “investment’ that will soon be paying off got me thinking…

Elgin City Councilman John Prigge would like to see carnivals banned from downtown Elgin.

Rare peregrine falcons have been living in downtown Elgin for at least several years it seems. They are nesting on the Tower Building.

Thunder on the Fox, a speedboat race, is planned for Elgin in June. The Kimball Street Dam should be removed.