Author: Maureen Callahan
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The Way the Cookie Crumbles
Elmhurst resident Lisa Garber bakes love into Belden Avenue Bakery BY MAUREEN CALLAHAN “I’m Italian. My love for others comes through food.” A truer statement... Read more.
SECURING THE AREA
Sergeant Robert Jacobs has served nearly three decades with the Downers Grove Police Department BY MAUREEN CALLAHAN There’s something about being from a place,... Read more.
Remembering Oakbrook Center Early Years
The mall is as much of a community builder as a place to shop by Maureen Callahan When Oakbrook Center opened in 1962, it had been specifically designed to give... Read more.
A NEW PLAYGROUND FOR ALL
Community support helps Brook Forest Elementary School reach fundraising goals BY MAUREEN CALLAHAN People love it when a plan comes together. It’s even better... Read more.
An Icy Miracle
45 years later, Jack O’Callahan remembers Team USA’s Olympic victory and one of sports’ biggest upsets By Maureen Callahan “Do you believe in miracles?!!”... Read more.
The 250th Anniversary of the United States Army
Over hill, over dale, as we hit the dusty trail, and those Caissons go rolling along… The United States Army, America’s oldest and largest branch of armed forces,... Read more.
Elmhurst Art Museum’s Skycube, 2015, celebrates ten years
By Maureen Callahan Want to look down at the sky? It’s possible to do just that in the Skycube Plaza of the Elmhurst Art Museum. Now celebrating its tenth anniversary,... Read more.
Of Her Own Design: Marion Mahony Griffin, Frank Lloyd Wright’s apprentice
By Maureen Callahan “America’s (and perhaps the world’s) first woman architect who needed no apology in a world of men.” This was a description of Marion... Read more.
More than a century later, Sears homes are still hiding in plain sight
By Maureen Callahan If you live in the western suburbs, chances are that you’ve seen a Sears house. They’re in many Midwestern communities. Often, we drive right... Read more.
DuPage County Historical Architecture A few local architectural gems
A few local architectural gems By Maureen Callahan Old DuPage County Courthouse, Wheaton This building, opened in 1896, replaced the original structure from 1868.... Read more.