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Evanston Now The new development would replace the Vogue Fabrics store. A rendering of the proposed 718 Main St. development. Evanston’s Plan Commission Wednesday night recommended approval of a five-story, 120-unit apartment development on the site of the Vogue Fabrics store in the 700 block of Main Street. The development will include 12 affordable units under the city’s inclusionary housing ordinance and a total of 47 parking spaces along with 3,774 square feet of ground-floor commercial space. Paul Dincin, of developer Catapult Real Estate Solutions, says un...

Evanston Now Dustin Golden. Evanston’s Plan Commission Wednesday night backed a staff recommendation that the city change its zoning code to permit tattoo parlors. The code now includes a definition of tattoo parlors, but doesn’t permit them in any zoning district. The staff proposal would allow them as special uses in most commercial districts, providing they met state licensing rules. Dustin Golden, who owns the Fudo Tattoo shop at 5612 N. Western Ave. in Chicago, spoke in favor of the change. Golden said he tattoos lots of people from Evanston and thinks ther...