Source: Rockford Morning Star 5/21/1978
City Council
“Stalled bond sales delay Metro Centre; Lawsuit filed” – May 1978, April 1978
Source: Rockford Morning Star 5/17/1978
Source: Rockford Morning Star 4/11/1978
“Metro tax endorsed by council” – April 1978
Source: Rockford Morning Star 4/4/1978; by Tom Schafer
“Metro tax endorsed by council” – 4-4-1978
Source: Rockford Morning Star 4/4/1978; article by Tom Schafer
“White: City Not Ready for Metro Centre” – 2/15/1978
Source: Rockford Morning Star 2/15/1978
“Hotel-motel tax prompts controversy” – Feb 1978
Source: Rockford Morning Star 2/4/1978 and Rockfordiana: Municipal centers – 2, page 9
Rockford Newspapers, 1952 – 97 East State St.
97 East State St. : (all of below) 1952
Rockford News Tower
Winnebago Newspapers, Inc.; Rockford Morning Star and Rockford Register-Republic
Consolidated News Service; Rockford Downtown Merchants Association
2nd Floor: Rockford Broadcasters Inc.; WROK – 1948,
Room 201: Maurice Miller, barber
Room 202: Rockford Community Chest, Inc.
Room 203-4: Placement Bureau
Room 206-212: Miller, Thomas, Hickey & Collins, lawyers
Room 209: Winnebago County Tuberculosis Association
Room 211: Illinois Children’s Home and Aid Society
Room 214: Raymond Knowland, architect
Room 216: Robert C.C. Fringer, physician
Room 219: Boy Scouts of America (Blackhawk Council)
Room 220-223: Rockford Broadcasters Inc., WROK
Room 221: Family Consultation Services
Room 224-226: Rockford Council of Girl Scouts
Room 225: Smith Hayes Advertising Agency
Room 301: Alvin G Gunter DDS dentist
Room 302: Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Agency
Room 401: Clarence E. Werner DDS dentist
Room: 404: Carrico & Wilgus real estate and insurance
Room 501: Williams McCarthy and Kinley: lawyers
Room 601: vacant
Room 606: Wedell C. Galloway, independent advertiser
Room: 701: Albert G. Simms office
8th Floor: Council Rooms
Source: 1952 Polk’s Rockford City Directory
Rockford Journal, May 25, 1978 – Page 3
“Aldermen give initial centre OK” – 8/28/1977
Source: Rockford Register-Star 8/28/1977 by Dean Todd and also Rockfordiana: Municipal Centers – 2, page 1
“Civic Center Study Fund Stalled” – 1/21/1977
Source: Rockford Morning Star 1/21/1977 and also
Rockfordiana: Municipal Centers – 1, p. 100