Northbrook celebrates Shermerfest despite disruptive cow
TBT: July 26, 1980, I hosted a Scorpions in-store appearance at the Dog Ear Records' Northbrook, IL location where I was manager and head of marketing for the chain.
The other notable non-blog is www.reddit.com/r/northbrook
Low volume with some interesting posts on a variety of topics. You want to see a picture of Tonelli's being destroyed? It's there.
Bonus: it's not yet overrun with posts about M***** P****
northbrookreport.com is blog-like but has no feeds.
Some good info here that I suspect is done through AI scraping. Looks nice and I'll be watching it.
Northbrookreport LLM, if you're listening, please add some RSS feeds
I have two more sources to mention, though they are not blogs:
NORTHBROOK: 2460 DUNDEE RD, NORTHBROOK IL 60062-2620
gosh...
If you haven't seen Pulte's formal application, check it out: www.northbrook.il.us/DocumentCent...
That's just two 5500 sq ft commercial spaces. Not a fan, personally.
"Reports are that the schools could comfortably handle substantial additional enrollment, and there is typically a stark difference in student yield between condos and detached single-family homes."
"Flooding does not particularly concern me. The proposal replaces a shopping plaza that is almost entirely impervious surface with a development that includes actual stormwater detention."
"Traffic deserves serious scrutiny, although I am coming to the conclusion that truly vibrant retail may create a much bigger traffic issue than concentrated residential density."
"The loss or displacement of the Meadow Plaza businesses is real and painful, but also largely outside Village control and governed by whatever leases were signed between the tenants and their landlord."
"Hometown Coffee & Juice still does not appear close to opening, should never have been treated as the cornerstone of a downtown strategy, and now will receive back the sales tax it generates under its revised incentive agreement."
Catching up with engagenorthbrook.com/blog/f/thing...
Recommended reading to get a perspective on Meadow Plaza that's critical of both the board/village and the yellow shirt folks.
Some quotes:
Call out to my #booksky, #MutantFam, @themutantfam.bsky.social. My wife and I are thinking about heading to Northbrook, IL in October for our anniversary. We would love to spend a day going to Indy bookstores and I hear Chicago is a 30 min drive away. Please send me some recs.
BLUE BOX: 470 N LAKE ST, MUNDELEIN IL 60060 BLUE BOX: 350 WAINWRIGHT DR, NORTHBROOK IL 60062 BLUE BOX: 155 CENTRAL WAY SW, BANNER ELK NC 28604 PO LOBBY: 1451 GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL HWY, GLOUCESTER PT VA 23062
BLUE BOX: 1 HARPST ST, ARCATA CA 95521 PO LOBBY: 4010 UNICOI DR, UNICOI TN 37692 BLUE BOX: 555 SKOKIE BLVD, NORTHBROOK IL 60062 BLUE BOX: 310 N VALENCIA BLVD, WOODLAKE CA 93286
www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/309...
It says they're remaining headquartered in CA so this isn't technically local eats. Yet.
Check out this sac just south of GBN
