Evanston

The landscape around Evanston is a flat Lake Michigan shoreline on Illinois’s northeastern edge, which has shaped both the urban form and local economy. Just north of Chicago, the city combines established residential streets with a long public lakefront and the campus of Northwestern University, founded in 1851. Northwestern’s lakeside setting gives Evanston an academic presence distinct from its larger neighbor, while downtown clusters around commuter rail and rapid-transit connections. At the northern lakefront, Grosse Point Lighthouse, first lit in 1873, recalls the importance of navigation on Lake Michigan. Continue with other webcams from the area to see how this part of the Chicago metropolitan area connects regionally.

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