Local coverage
Project conversations across DuPage County.
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Aurora
Aurora's evolution from the McCarty brothers' 1834 river-mill claim into a manufacturing city after the 1857 merger of East and West Aurora...
Local planning notes →Wheaton
Wheaton's steady growth since 1837 and its long tenure as DuPage County seat since 1867 produced denser in-town lots near the government...
Local planning notes →Lisle
Lisle's housing, built mostly after its 1956 incorporation, sits on lots typical of the postwar suburban era, near the Morton Arboretum...
Local planning notes →Warrenville
Warrenville's riverside origin, dating to Julius Warren's 1833 claim on the DuPage River, means many of its older lots back directly onto...
Local planning notes →Bolingbrook
Bolingbrook's original subdivisions -- Westbury, Colonial Village, and King's Park, platted between 1961 and 1965 -- established a fairly...
Local planning notes →Woodridge
Woodridge's original 1958-59 subdivision was built on a ridge above the DuPage River's East Branch, giving many of the village's oldest...
Local planning notes →Downers Grove
Downers Grove's growth from Pierce Downer's 1832 founding through 1873 incorporation and continuous development since has produced yard...
Local planning notes →Glen Ellyn
Glen Ellyn's historic core, shaped by the 1849 railroad arrival and the 1892 incorporation, sits near Lake Ellyn, an artificial lake...
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