Week 9 - Campustown

    This week we took a tour through Campustown, which effectively is Green Street between 1st and Wright. It's the center of non academic life on campus, and is make up of restaurants, shops, and bars. We learned about the battle between the University, Champaign government, and local business, and saw how it shapes the environment. Basically, Boneyard Creek was a sensitive subject, so Green Street does not have any interaction with the creek, and the creek is actually ran underground.
    When it comes to the buildings, there are a few things in common. The buildings are mostly two stories, and all have glass fronts and tend to have awnings. An extremely interesting feature of a few buildings is that they've been built onto existing houses. The Clybourne and Firehaus both are built that way. I've been there many times and never noticed that those buildings are part house. We also got some interesting history of buildings, such as 309 Green being built where Burger King used to be.