City Hall

400 Block of East State (south side of street) City Hall expansion Loss of 4 Historic Buildings

Marie

Source: Nuggets of History  Summer 1990  Vol. 27  No.3

McGaw: Metro Centre in Jeopardy – June 1978

Andrew

Source:  Rockford Morning Star 6/21/1978

“Centre parking draws concern” –

Andrew

Source: Rockford Morning Star 5/21/1978

“Coronado to fit in Metro Centre plan?” – Feb. 1978

Andrew

Source: Rockford Morning Star 2/15/1978 and also Rockfordiana: Municipal Centers – 2, p. 14

“Tax Help Sought on Metro Centre” – 2/7/1978

Andrew

Source:  Rockford Register-Republic 2-7-1978

 

“UEP unveils new developments” – 2018, The Rock River Times

Andrew

Source: The Rock River Times, April 25, 2018, Vol. 25, No. 28,, page 2, article by Jim Hagerty

“Civic Center Study Fund Stalled” – 1/21/1977

Andrew

Source: Rockford Morning Star 1/21/1977 and also

Rockfordiana:  Municipal Centers – 1, p. 100

Civic Center; a dream that’s old, but persistaemt – and it could come true” 1976

Andrew

Source:  Rockford Morning Star 7/18/1976

Source:  Rockford Morning Star 7/18/1976  And Also Rockfordiana: Municipal Centers – 1, pages 87, 88 and 89

 

“McGaw provides answers to civic center questionnaire” – Feb. 1975

Andrew

Source: Rockford Register Republic 2/4/1975

Also found in Rockfordiana:  Municipal Centers – 1,  pp 74-75

5th paragraph from bottom, lower page, center column, mentions “That’s why we want the hotel-motel-restaurant tax.”