August 2024 – The Dearborn Express

Grant Park Framework Plan at Cliff Dwellers Club on July 24th.

August 26, 2024 by Allan Hippensteel

Jim Wales and Lelsie Recht presented on behalf of the Grant Park Advisory Council. Part of the 2002 plan was preserving the Historic Core around Buckingham Fountain. Making baseball diamonds in Hutch Field. Decking over the railroad tracks southwest side of the park near Roosevelt Rd Some of the items for the next plan from … Read more

“Mr. Downtown” Dennis McClendon RIP

August 26, 2024 by Allan Hippensteel

Hearing about the death of “Mr. Downtown”—Dennis McClendon—stirred up a small memory of city history that even his closest friends likely don’t know. I’d even forgotten it myself. Dennis designed one of the earliest Newcity logos, our second in fact. The first one was a particularly amateur, if somewhat ambitious, creation I’d made on one … Read more