by Bill Murphy | Oct 27, 2021 | Updates
The former Copley Hospital stood as an eyesore for nearly a quarter of a century on the east side of Aurora. Its vacant buildings attracted vandals and trespassers. The deterioration of the 9-acre property at Lincoln and Weston avenues was affecting the neighborhood... by Bill Murphy | Sep 13, 2021 | Updates
For a quarter-century, the shuttered Copley Memorial Hospital haunted an east-side Aurora residential neighborhood. Vandals broke its windows and painted graffiti inside and out. Ghost-hunters, squatters and the just-plain curious broke in and roamed its halls.... 
by Bill Murphy | Aug 3, 2021 | Updates
After decades of hearing it can’t be done, the residents of the Bardwell neighborhood are watching a blight turn into a gem right before their eyes. And few have a better view than Myra and Albert Fonseca, who bought their Aurora home 29 years ago mainly because it...
