Editing Evanston, Illinois (section)

==Nicknames==
* Early after its founding, because of its strong Methodist influence, and its attempt to impose moral rigor, Evanston was called "Heavenston".<ref name="A Brief History of Evanston">{{cite web | url = http://www.epl.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=216&Itemid=327 | title = A Brief History of Evanston | access-date = January 8, 2009 | publisher = Evanston Public Library | archive-date = April 20, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140420105455/http://www.epl.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=216&Itemid=327 | url-status = live }}</ref>
*In the early 20th century Evanston was called "The City of Churches".<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = The Encyclopedia Americana | title = Evanston, Ill. | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=NLFPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA593 | access-date = January 8, 2009 | year = 1918 | volume = X | page = 593 | quote = It is really a residential suburb of Chicago, and called "City of Churches." | archive-date = September 30, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230930085405/https://books.google.com/books?id=NLFPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA593#v=onepage&q&f=false | url-status = live }}</ref>
* The varied works of numerous prominent architects, and many prominent mansions, especially near the lakefront, gave the town by the 1920s the sobriquet "The City of Homes",<ref name="A Brief History of Evanston"/><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.epl.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=216&Itemid=327 | title = Welcome to Heavenston | access-date = January 8, 2009 | last = Green | first = Caryn | date = January 2009 | work = North Shore Magazine | archive-date = April 20, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140420105455/http://www.epl.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=216&Itemid=327 | url-status = live }}</ref> a fact often touted by local real estate agents.<ref>e.g., {{cite web | url = http://www.chicagorealestate-bw.com/Evanston-real-estate.htm | title = Evanston Real Estate - Evanston MLS | access-date = January 8, 2009 | year = 2007 | publisher = Baird & Warner | archive-date = January 22, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090122220747/http://chicagorealestate-bw.com/Evanston-real-estate.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref> Use of the phrase has been attributed to a 1924 speech at the local [[Kiwanis]] club.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.pargroupltd.com/PDF%20profiles/Evanston%20CM%20profile%2008.pdf | title = Evanston CM | access-date = January 8, 2009 | date = January 2009 | publisher = City of Evanston (advertisement for City Manager) | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140718050151/http://www.pargroupltd.com/PDF%20profiles/Evanston%20CM%20profile%2008.pdf | archive-date = July 18, 2014 | df = mdy-all }}</ref>
* Since the late 20th century, because of Evanston's activism and often left-of-center politics, it is sometimes humorously (or sarcastically) referred to as "The People's Republic of Evanston".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/surprise-this-bank-refuse_b_146522 | title=Surprise! This Bank Refuses Fed Bailout | last=Reed | first=Robert | work=[[HuffPost]] | date=November 26, 2008 | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 15, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815203934/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/surprise-this-bank-refuse_b_146522 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Traffic Guy |title=The Traffic Guy Hears |date=June 11, 2008 |url=http://www.evanstonroundtable.com/rt_061108/index.html |work=Evanston Roundtable |access-date=January 8, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212032727/http://www.evanstonroundtable.com/rt_061108/index.html |archive-date=December 12, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://centralstreetneighbors.com/?q=node/530 | title = CSNA Mayoral Forum Q. #9 (gentrification) & Q.10 (People's Republic of Evanston) / Central Street Neighbors Association | access-date = March 26, 2009 | date = March 23, 2009 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120707064753/http://centralstreetneighbors.com/?q=node/530 | archive-date = July 7, 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref>