Evanston asking residents to shed light on street lamp luminance

Evanston residents are asked to evaluate varying light levels in the city’s street lamps after city officials decided not to replace the unique Tallmadge lights, but instead to swap out the bulbs. “The city is committed to keeping the existing Tallmadge lighting system and has no plans to replace Tallmadge lights with standard roadway-type poles,” city officials said in a news release. Classic bulbs were replaced with LED lights of various wattages, according to the release.