What happened? Here is the joint statement released on Tuesday of last week:
“The University of Chicago and the Yerkes Future Foundation (YFF) are pleased to announce an agreement in principle for the transfer of ownership of Yerkes Observatory and related property located in Williams Bay, Wisconsin to the Yerkes Future Foundation. Over the next several months, both organizations will be working closely on all aspects of the proposed transfer.
The Bright Side Oh yes, the forces of development are coming for Lake Geneva. They are doing it...
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HILLMOOR, RIVIERA, AND THE YERKES OBSERVATORY
What do these wonderful Geneva Lake edifices have in common, and how is it that they seem mired in the same kind of frozen bureaucratic miasma and mess of serious, secret and never-ending decision-making that might make most socialistic cultures, even compared to those of Geneva Lake’s small size, seem pure and wonderfully efficient?
Living Here Article by Terry O’Neill, reporter, and former Lake Geneva alderperson: Approaching...
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Living Here Penetrating the security at the Yerkes Observatory. There’s a game going on with the...
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Our Place The Baker House Phantom. They called. The PR department (allegedly) of that place called...
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Living Here Repair, Renovate or Repurpose. The Riviera is in need of repair and the cost of the...
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Our Place The Nord wind. A welcome to David Nord, the new city administrator. His job will not be...
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Letters to the Editor I have analyzed the Charles Yerkes letter that details the gift he...
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Little Gems Wild Thing Beachwear. This great small store is located at 858 Main street, and is one...
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What’s going on over at the Yerkes, and why is the University of Chicago acting like it’s got loads of stuff hidden up in its moth-eaten attic that it doesn’t want the public to see or hear about?
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The earth under the Yerkes moves, like an earthquake, building into a tsunami.
Let’s go all the way back to when Mr. John Johnson donated the land that the Yerkes Observatory sits on. Mr. Johnson gave the property to the University of Chicago, apparently without restriction…
