Two of the ten most endangered railroad stations in the country are in Skokie and Gary, according to the Great American Station Foundation (www.stationfoundation.org). Skokie’s 76-year-old prairie-style station, at the north end of the Skokie Swift, is for sale for $1 and will be demolished if it’s not sold. Some money has been allocated to redevelop Gary’s 91-year-old reinforced-concrete Union Station–a “marriage of classical architecture and modern construction”–but, as the foundation says, “No concrete proposal has been put forward.”
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Must be some new citizenship requirement. According to the January 5 issue of the “Near West/South Gazette,” mayoral chum and University Village Association board member Oscar D’Angelo recently characterized ABLA public-housing residents who filed suit, questioning whether the city’s plans for revamping the ABLA included enough replacement housing, as people who “have never built a two-car garage.”
George Orwell, call your office. From the January issue of the “Networker,” newsletter of the Science and Environmental Health Network (www.sehn.org): “Part of our education should consist of requiring students to volunteer.”
