Local coverage
Project conversations across DuPage County.
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Aurora
Aurora's location straddling the Fox River, established when the McCarty brothers built sawmills there in 1834 and formalized when East and...
Local planning notes →Wheaton
Wheaton's continuous growth since 1837 and its role as DuPage County seat since 1867 has produced a dense pattern of roofs, streets, and...
Local planning notes →Lisle
Lisle's housing, built mostly after its 1956 incorporation, sits on DuPage County's glacially deposited clay -- soil documented as among...
Local planning notes →Warrenville
Julius Warren's 1833 claim placed Warrenville directly on the DuPage River, and the town's long wait for incorporation -- finally achieved...
Local planning notes →Bolingbrook
Bolingbrook's original subdivisions -- Westbury, Colonial Village, and King's Park -- were built between 1961 and 1965 to a fairly uniform...
Local planning notes →Woodridge
Woodridge's original 1958-59 development was built on a ridge above the DuPage River's East Branch, and the grading used to build that...
Local planning notes →Downers Grove
Downers Grove's growth from Pierce Downer's 1832 founding through 1873 incorporation and continuous development since has left a patchwork...
Local planning notes →Glen Ellyn
Glen Ellyn's identity has been tied to water since 1889, when residents dammed a stream to create Lake Ellyn near the town's historic core,...
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