Fate of DC Cook building in Elgin could be decided Wednesday dailyherald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailyherald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Elgin neighbors rally to save DC Cook building from demolition About 50 people turned out for a rally Wednesday organized by a group of neighbors hoping to stop the demolition of the DC Cook building in Elgin. Elgin City Council member John Steffen, right, addressed the crowd before leaving for a special committee of the whole meeting organized to ostensibly address the issue. Rick West | Staff Photographer Elgin council member Carol Rauschenberger addresses a group of about 50 people gathered for a rally in support of saving the DC Cook building in Elgin Wednesday. The Northeast Neighborhood Association s Property Development Work Group organized the rally.
Workers start removing part of DC Cook building roof Workers were tearing off a portion of the DC Cook office building s roof on Wednesday in Elgin. Neighbors and members of the city council are trying to find a way to purchase the building from the company to save it from the wrecking ball. Rick West | Staff Photographer
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Workers began tearing off a portion of the roof of the DC Cook office building Wednesday, the same day that the Elgin City Council was reportedly set to discuss a plan to save the building during a scheduled council meeting.
City Manager Rick Kozal said the city had been informed by DC Cook that work to remove the metal roof panels would begin Thursday or Friday.
Neighbors launch last-ditch effort to save Elgin s historic DC Cook building dailyherald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailyherald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.