Glencoe

Proposed Glencoe Park Amenity Could Skate Into The 2024 Bond Package 

By April Towery / November 28, 2023 /

A $500,000 skate park in the Glencoe Park neighborhood could appear on the 2024 bond election ballot, and strong opinions about the project have been fired from both sides of the issue.  The big issue? The proposed Glencoe Skate Park is in the middle of a residential neighborhood.  A large pro-skate community exists in Dallas,…

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UPDATE: Frank Lloyd Wright Cottage On Track For Preservation

By Jon Anderson / January 29, 2020 /

Last June, I wrote about a historic 1913 Frank Lloyd Wright cottage in Glencoe, Illinois, that had been recently purchased by owners who couldn’t wait to file for a demolition permit.  The town and the Frank Lloyd Wright world at large were incensed. The town’s historic designation meant little but was able to forestall demolition…

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