Northwestern Nostalgia

I felt twinges of college nostalgia today, when I read the Square Feet column in the Times about the booming commercial real estate market in Evanston, Illinois.  Evanston is the home of Northwestern, and is where I met Helen and made several good friends.

Downtown Evanston is booming. This is where Helen and I lived while she finished school as I went to library school.  The Barnes and Noble that we used to hang out in is moving across the street to a larger development,which was in the beginning stages when we were in town.  Condos sell for as little as $224,000 in Evanston; this would buy you a bathroom in Manhattan!

It's more than a bit maudlin to recall the glory years of college, but they really were great.  An easy college student sport was to talk about how lame Evanston was, but I always found it to be an interesting town.  It's good to see that it's even more vibrant today.