Rare rejection of teardown request in Arlington Heights, amid home's 'historical value,' officials say
Dozens of single-family homes have been torn down every year in Arlington Heights as part of the McMansion craze of recent decades. So it was rare when a lower-level village panel this week denied a developer's request to demolish a 19th-century home that would be replaced with a modern, bigger one.
Source: dailyherald.com