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Woodstock Square National Historic District

Problematic preservation: Commission questions process that bypassed historical review of depot work

Three months after the more than $200,000 restoration of the Metra station in Woodstock was dedicated during a ribbon-cutting ceremony, the city’s Historic Preservation Commission voted 5-0 to deny the project a certificate of appropriateness. Although the five commission members realized the practical futility of their action, they wanted to go on record about how […]

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