Local coverage
Project conversations across DuPage County.
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Aurora
Aurora's older housing carries the exterior-material legacy of its dual origin as East Aurora, incorporated in 1845, and West Aurora,...
Local planning notes →Wheaton
Wheaton's continuous growth since 1837 and its status as the DuPage County seat since 1867 has left exterior materials that shift with each...
Local planning notes →Lisle
Because Lisle wasn't formally incorporated until 1956, most of its housing uses the aluminum and early vinyl siding typical of postwar...
Local planning notes →Warrenville
Warrenville's riverside origins date to Julius Warren's 1833 claim, but the community's formal incorporation didn't arrive until 1967,...
Local planning notes →Bolingbrook
Bolingbrook's original housing, built between 1961 and 1965 across the Westbury, Colonial Village, and King's Park subdivisions, used the...
Local planning notes →Woodridge
Woodridge's first subdivision, developed from 1958 for veterans using GI Bill-insured loans, used the exterior materials standard to that...
Local planning notes →Downers Grove
Downers Grove's growth from Pierce Downer's 1832 founding through the 1864 railroad arrival to 1873 incorporation and continuous...
Local planning notes →Glen Ellyn
Glen Ellyn's historic core, shaped by the railroad's 1849 arrival and the village's 1892 incorporation, includes some of the area's oldest...
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