Be a History Detective with Glen Ellyn Downtown Scavenger Hunt
The Glen Ellyn Historical Society invites the community to join in its Glen Ellyn Downtown Scavenger Hunt. Orrin Schwarz | Staff Photographer, 2015
The Glen Ellyn Downtown Scavenger Hunt is ready for local history detectives!
Looking for something fun to do? This is an activity the whole family can enjoy.
Try the new downtown Glen Ellyn Scavenger Hunt. Print the map from the Glen Ellyn Historical Society website at www.gehs.org.
Walk the Scavenger Hunt in 45 minutes to one hour and mark off the landmarks as they are found. Spot some things that folks may not have seen before!
Fall start planned for downtown Glen Ellyn apartments A rendering of the 86-unit Glenwood Station apartment building planned for downtown Glen Ellyn. Courtesy of the village of Glen Ellyn
Posted12/28/2020 5:30 AM
Developers of a $30 million apartment building in downtown Glen Ellyn expect construction to begin in fall 2021.
Holladay Properties has secured village approval for the five-story Glenwood Station, a mixed-use project seen as a catalyst for future development on the edge of the downtown core.
The property has a history of unfulfilled development proposals. For six years, a former grocery store has sat dormant on the site at the northwest corner of Crescent Boulevard and Glenwood Avenue. The small lot size less than an acre and rolling topography made it challenging to redevelop.
Glen Ellyn Historical Society asks for support for historical plaques on downtown sidewalks The Glen Ellyn Historical Society is residents to show support for its proposal to add historical plaques to the downtown Glen Ellyn sidewalks as part of the streetscape plan. The design of the plaques will depend on the sidewalk materials chosen. Courtesy of Glen Ellyn Historical Society
Updated 12/21/2020 10:57 AM
The Glen Ellyn Historical Society is proposing to add historical plaques to the downtown Glen Ellyn sidewalks as part of the streetscape plan.
The two historical plaque samples are installed at the corner of Crescent and Main, near M & Em s Children s Boutique. The plaques would contain information such as the date of the first store in Danby (an earlier name for Glen Ellyn). It would also have an identifying number. There would be a website to go to learn more about the different buildings that have been at each location through the years.