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Downtown Train Station
Renovation (1978-1986) 
Toward the end of the 1970s, the historically significant 1899 Frost and
Granger railroad station in downtown Lake Forest was in such a state of disrepair
that the RTA (now known as METRA) proposed to replace it with a more utilitarian
structure. As its first major project, the Foundation, working with
the City and the RTA, raised over $400,000 to renovate the building. In
addition to selling tickets and sheltering passengers from the elements,
the station is now home to the Chamber of Commerce, a bank, a barber,
a shoe repair, a newstand and a cleaners. The Foundation continues its stewardship
of the station with repeated platform plantings and annual holiday decorations.
[Pen & ink drawing by Alice Moulton-Ely] |
| Walden-Bluff's Edge Bridge (1996-1998) |
By 1995, the Walden-Bluff's Edge Bridge had deteriorated so much that the City budgeted $201,000 for its demolition.
The Foundation campaigned to save the bridge and raised
over $125,000, which, together with the funds the City had set aside for
demolition, was used to restore the bridge instead. It reopened in January 1998
and was rededicated on August 16, 1998. [Watercolor by Mark McMahon] |
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