Editing Urbana, Illinois (section)

==Arts and culture==
[[File:Cinema cafe Urbana IL.jpg|thumb|The Cinema Gallery in downtown Urbana]]

===Candlestick Lane===
[[File:Christmas lights 2.jpg|thumb|A house on Candlestick Lane colorfully decorated for Christmas]]
Candlestick Lane is the name of a neighborhood in eastern Urbana.  This neighborhood consists of Grant Place and adjacent properties on Fairlawn and Eastern Drives.  It is called Candlestick Lane because every year the residents decorate their yards for Christmas with a lot of lights and figures.  The tradition began in 1961 (maybe 1960) as a house-decorating contest sponsored by the Illinois Power Company.  The neighborhood used its prize money to purchase electric candlesticks for each home.  The City of Urbana installs special red and green street signs, reading "Candlestick Lane" and "Grant Place" during the Holiday season. The lights are turned on from around 5:00 to 10:00&nbsp;p.m. from the third Saturday in December through New Years Day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.news-gazette.com/blogs/central_illinois_gazette/2006/12/14/candlestick_lane_debut|title="Candlestick Lane Debut" by Tom Kacich, The News-Gazette Weblog}}</ref>

===Market at the Square===
[[Image:Urbana illinois farmers market seen from roof.jpg|thumb|Market at the Square]]
The '''Market at the Square''', also known as the '''Farmers' Market''', has been a community event in Urbana since 1979.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ci.urbana.il.us/urbana/community_development/economic_development/market/Main.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070726172406/http://www.ci.urbana.il.us/urbana/community_development/economic_development/market/Main.htm|url-status=dead|title=Market at the Square|archive-date=July 26, 2007}}</ref>  Every Saturday morning from some time in May to some time in November, dozens of vendors set up shop in the Lincoln Square parking lot in downtown Urbana.  They primarily sell local produce (including corn, tomatoes, lettuce and watermelons), but one can also find local crafts, music, kettle corn and booths for various community and political organizations.

===Urbana Sweetcorn Festival===
The Urbana Sweetcorn Festival is an annual festival in Urbana. It was first held in August 1975 in the Busey Bank parking lot in downtown Urbana. It was a community event put on by employees of Busey Bank. Since then the Sweetcorn Festival has continued to grow. The Urbana Business Association is now responsible for the planning of the festival, over the years adding a local car show, an expanded family area, live music on multiple stages, food, vendors, beer, in the heart of downtown Urbana.

In addition to corn and beverages, the festival has offered a range of activities and events, including a display of antique and other collectors' cars and [[volksmarch]]es, arts events, a dog show, and a book sale organized by the Friends of the Urbana Free Library.<ref>{{cite news |first=Maureen |last=Wilkey |title=Corn festival comes to C-U |url=http://www.illinimedia.com/di/news/2451 |work=Daily Illini |date=August 27, 2004 |access-date=April 7, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080325142023/http://www.illinimedia.com/di/news/2451 |archive-date=March 25, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| first = Bob| last = Puhala| title = It's time for corny fun at Midwest festivals| url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB36D7E4CD624A4&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM| work = Chicago Sun-Times| page = 15| date = August 9, 1987| access-date = April 7, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| first = Greg| last = Kline| title = Putting the sweet in corn| url = http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2003/08/18/putting_the_sweet_in_corn| work = The News-Gazette| location = Champaign, Illinois| date =  August 18, 2003| access-date = April 7, 2008}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

===Urbana Lincoln Hotel===
The [[Urbana-Lincoln Hotel-Lincoln Square Mall|Urbana Lincoln Hotel]] is connected to Lincoln Square Mall, an indoor walking mall, in the center of Urbana. The hotel was designed by famed Urbana architect [[Joseph Royer (architect)|Joseph Royer]] in 1923 and opened several rooms on November 1, 1923, to accommodate guests for the university's Homecoming game. The original building was built in the Tudor Revival style. A convention center was added in the 1970s in the Bavarian style. While being forced to close twice between 1990 and 2009, the hotel was purchased by a private developer in 2010 and underwent major rehabilitation. The hotel opened under new management and with a new name, Urbana Landmark Hotel, on December 1, 2012, but it closed in July 2015<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news-gazette.com/news/hotel-back-on-market/article_169b1d36-3d7d-56b3-ac7a-d2cd7036072a.html|title=Hotel back on market|first=Tom|last=Kacich|website=The News-Gazette}}</ref> and sold January 2020 for redevelopment as a Hilton Tapestry hotel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news-gazette.com/business/economy/developer-completes-purchase-of-urbanas-landmark-hotel/article_5ab4b754-41fd-11ea-86e6-5f5e7fbbe34b.html|title=Developer completes purchase of Urbana's Landmark Hotel|first=Ben|last=Zigterman|website=The News-Gazette}}</ref>

=== Points of interest ===
* [[American Football House]]
* [[University of Illinois Arboretum]]
* [[University of Illinois Conservatory and Plant Collection]]
* [[Krannert Center for the Performing Arts]]
* [[Spurlock Museum]]
* [[Station Theatre (Urbana)|Station Theatre]]