"Picture Decatur" (Decatur IL)

Here's a collection of beautiful photos from "Gabrielle Gaia" featuring Decatur's Greenwood Cemetery as it awakens to Spring 2014. Follow all of Gabrielle's photos on her Flickr photostream at:  https://www.flickr.com/photos/gabriellegaia

Here's a collection of photos from the THE STALEY JOURNAL that feature the Staley Club House. This is the structure that sits on the north side of the Route 36 bridge over Lake Decatur. Special thanks to Eric Lutz for finding these photos and supplying them to us! ( click on any photo to enlarge ) click on picture to enlarge & read more pictures of the Staley Club House (pump house) can be found HERE

James Millikin Homestead 125 North Pine Street Decatur Thanks to Mike Isenberg for sharing his collection of B&W's from the 70's (shown below) (before the Stephen Decatur statue was relocated downtown)

Here is a set of 6 illustrations depicting the **PROPOSED** Brush College Road overpass that is currently in the planning stages. Funding has not yet been secured, so this is still a long way off.   There is a town hall meeting coming up on April 22, 2014 out at the National Sequestration Education Center on the campus of Richland Community College to discuss the plans for this work.  Contact City of Decatur Engineering at 217-424-2747 for more information. **CLICK ON EACH PHOTO TO ENLARGE replace the current underpass on Brush College Road with an overpass a closer look at what that overpass might look like Option 1: intersection of Brush College Road and Faries Parkway Option 2: intersection of Brush College Road and Faries Parkway  (yes, those are "roundabouts") looking south towards the proposed overpass over Faries Parkway looking west towards the proposed overpass carrying Brush College  (note the "roundabout")

The new season for Scovill Zoo began yesterday (April 5), with the opening of the zoo for 2014. There's an amazing new attraction this year.... an incredible new exhibit full of PENGUINS!  Yes, penguins in Central Illinois. original artist's drawing of the exhibit before the start of construction exhibit under construction Summer 2013 exhibit under construction Summer 2013 exhibit under construction Summer 2013 ribbon cutting ceremony March 2014

Here is a collection of photos of the Decatur Municipal Band dating back to the 1960's. PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF MIKE ISENBERG Directed by Robert Kruzan: (band director in the Decatur Public School District, including at MacArthur High School) ---------------------------------------------------------- Recent photos of the Decatur Municipal Band are HERE (Summer 2013 Concert) Robert Kruzan obituary: Robert I. Kruzan, of Decatur, Illinois, died May 17, 1997 at his residence. Mr. Kruzan was born in Warrensburg, Illinois, the son of John A. and Minnie B. (Berman) Kruzan. He was the brother of Josephine Major, of Ten Mile Lake. Mr. Kruzan began working for the Decatur Public Schools in 1947 as Elementary and Junior High Band Director, and later served as Band Director at Johns Hill Junior High, MacArthur High School, and Harris Elementary School. He was a member and the Director of the Decatur Municipal Band, and the leader of the