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Project conversations across DuPage County.
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Aurora
Aurora's older housing stock reflects its dual origin as East Aurora, incorporated in 1845, and West Aurora, organized in 1854, before the...
Local planning notes →Wheaton
Wheaton's continuous growth since the Wheaton brothers settled in 1837 and since the town won the DuPage County seat in 1867 has left...
Local planning notes →Lisle
Because Lisle wasn't formally incorporated until 1956, the great majority of its housing uses postwar window sizing standards, even though...
Local planning notes →Warrenville
Warrenville's riverside settlement dates to Julius Warren's 1833 claim, but the community didn't formally incorporate until 1967, meaning...
Local planning notes →Bolingbrook
Bolingbrook's original housing, built almost entirely between 1961 and 1965 across three subdivisions ahead of its 1965 incorporation, used...
Local planning notes →Woodridge
Woodridge's first subdivision, built from 1958 for veterans using GI Bill-insured loans, used the standard window sizing and materials...
Local planning notes →Downers Grove
Downers Grove's growth from Pierce Downer's 1832 founding through the 1864 railroad arrival to 1873 incorporation and continuous...
Local planning notes →Glen Ellyn
Glen Ellyn's historic core dates to the railroad's 1849 arrival and the village's 1892 incorporation, meaning homes near Main Street and...
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