Northeastern Illinois University is attracting a lot of eyes with the flashy new El Centro—and a lot of criticism for its expansion plans.
by Deanna Isaacs
If you've driven the Kennedy Expressway this year, chances are good that you've spotted Northeastern Illinois University's flashy new $27 million campus outpost, El Centro, perched above the east side of the highway at Kimball, just where the Kennedy takes a major bend. Even before the building got its gleaming fins, it was a striking sight, a big, boomerang-shaped whale of a structure looming over the traffic as if it had just landed from outer space.…[ Read more ]