Tower talk in Evanston has died down recently, with the Fountain Square project tabled until the Plan Commission acts on the larger downtown plan.

The 29th annual Fountain Square Art Festival runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, June 28-29.

The 29th annual Fountain Square Art Festival runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, June 28-29.

The fountains that give Fountain Square its name are back in operation this week.

A city consultant says Evanston's commercial real estate market has several times the vacant Class B space needed to relocate office tenants who'd be displaced by the proposed Fountain Square tower.

Larry Booth, lead architect of the proposed Fountain Square tower, will be seeing a lot more of Evanston soon, whether or not the building finally wins approval from the city.

Evanston aldermen this evening voted to postpone a vote on the proposed Fountain Square tower project until after the Plan Commission delivers a new downtown plan to the City Council.

A tower on the Fountain Square block shorter than the current 38-story design would not be economically viable, the city's real estate consultant told Evanston's Economic Development Committee Wednesday.

The city's real estate consultant told Evanston's Economic Development Committee Wednesday that the developers of the proposed Fountain Square tower are asking for more city financial help than necessary to rehabilitate the landmark Hahn Building next door.