Grosse Point Light, Lighthouse Beach and the Harley Clarke Grounds
The 1873 Grosse Point Light, Lighthouse Beach and the Harley Clarke Mansion grounds sit side by side to form Evanston’s best-known north-end lakefront.
Neighborhoods
Downtown, Central Street, Main-Dempster, Howard Street, the West End and the rest of the map.
Mount Trashmore: Evanston’s Landfill Hill
Mount Trashmore, a 65-foot hill in Robert E. James Park, began as an Evanston landfill closed in 1965 and became a skiing, sledding and training spot.
Ladd Arboretum and the Channel Trail: Evanston’s Green Spine
Ladd Arboretum, 23 acres of themed tree groves beside the North Shore Channel, links to the channel trail running from Evanston’s north end into Chicago.
Central Street, Where Evanston Shops on a Neighborhood Scale
Central Street, Evanston’s APA-recognized shopping strip, pairs a Metra stop and independent food shops with a small-town pace near Northwestern’s stadium.
CTA Holiday Train to Run Through Evanston in Late December
The CTA’s decorated Holiday Train, with Santa and his reindeer, was set to stop on the Purple Line in Evanston on Dec. 17, 19 and 20, 2014, at regular fares.
Heartwood Center Adds Skylight Wing on Dempster Street in West Evanston
Heartwood Center, a holistic health and wellness business at 1818 Dempster St., set a ribbon-cutting for its new Skylight addition in West Evanston.