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Newaof~ctivitr on the Nortb Shore · North Shore Sets a Record tn · STATITICS SHOW BIG INCREASE IN PERMITS Total for Year Ia $7,318,811, Which Ia MiDi· More Than Volume for 1128 B~ They Head Nor!h Shore Real Estate Board -- GAINSO E. T. Sella7 Another record in building activities on the north shore was established during the year 1927, with a total of $7,318,819 expended, an increase of $1,098,378 over the former high record year of 1926. In the villages of Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka and Glencoe, a total . of 876 building permits were issued, an increase of 115 over the preceeding year. With the development now underway of many new subdivisions and annexed territory to most of the north shore to'Wns; the contemplated apartment and business blocks in some of them and the ever increasing inflow of people seeking homes on the north shore, th~ building outlook for 1928 is even better than for the year just closed. Maa~ New Reaidencea A total of 325 new residences at a cost of $5,238,450, exclusive of ground ese four north values, were built in th" shore towns last year. This was an increase of 26, over the previously high record of 1926, and it is confidently expected, by many, that the momen- 1 tum thus attained will continue with I corresponding increase for some time to r.ome. Another outstanding feature of the splendid showing, is the ratio of increase which has been maintained in the · number and value of buitdin~~ designated as "apartment, commercial and public," which also i n c I u d e s churches and .schools. The total num ber of permits for this type of buildings in 1927 was 58, costing $1,221,689. as compared to only 25, at a cost of $783,MO in 1926. A total of $647,069 was expended for repairs. additions and alterations, as authorized by 202 permits for this class of work, an increase of 65 in number and an increased expenditute F. ColeJDaD BIIITOualaa, VicePreaicleat (Top) of almost $350,000. Spend $15,- for Garapa Gibson Casebeer Photo Despite the fact that two less private Harold R. Vant, Treaaarer (Below) garages were built in 1927 than in 1926, Wlllblte Photo almost $65,000 more was spent for this c:lass of building, indicating, it is said, HE North Shore Real Estate board, the increase in the number of two car which ·is functioning at high speed, garages. will hold its first meeting of the new On other pages. elsewhere in tl1is year next Monday night at the Glensection, will be found detailed sum- gables Tea Room in Glencoe. Also it . maries of building activities in each will be the first meeting under the new of the four vil1ages, during both 1926 administration of which Lewis T. and 1927. Dodds is president, F. Coleman Burroughs, vice-president, Harold R. Vant, treasurer and Robert H. Flaherty, · McGuire and ~ Report secretarv, these men having been inSales of Vacant Property ducted ·into office last month. TJle McGuire & Orr report two recent board reports that during the late sales of va-cant property. Leo P. months of the past year the memberPerron has purchased 100x150 feet east ship was nearly doubled and that inof his home on Tower road, Winnetka, dications point to a further increase · from E. I. Osler. This property lies this year. between Prospect avenue and Bryant avenue. Charles R. Norman Joins Foreman Trust and Savings bank E. E. Stultz Realty Firm have taken title to the southwest corCharles R. Norman for two years ner of Sheridan road and Mary street, The seller was connected with the Kroll and Smith Hubbard Woods. George Hughes. The property meas- Real Estatt> firm on Fourth street, ures 200 feet on Sheridan road, by 194 Wilmette has severed his connection feet on Mary street. McGuire and with that organization and has joined Orr were the sale brokers in both the E. E. Stults company with offices ~>n· Linden avenue. transactions. B~ Roltert H. F'lal.dY (Secretary, North Shore ·Real Estate Board) There is a big story in the rapi· sure-fire development of our . north shore suburbs, Wilmette, Winnetlc& and Glencoe. In only a decade, the last ten years, there has com· · a remarkable growth, which hu brought bigger and more prosper business and the transformation ot thousands of acres of vacant into fin home sites on which stand todaJt beautiful residences. There is no better way to show th great building progress of Wilmette; Winnetka and Glencoe, and he it also should be m e n t ion e that other suburbs ranging farth northward also have scored notab· · gains, than by citing a few figure·· covering the year 1927. I have at hand the report of the S. W. Strau company which shows that during the year just closed there was, in the United States, a building shrinkage of approximately $700,000 from 1926. Bia GaiDa - Nortla S._. These figures are startling, but the big decline is not viewed with ~ as prospects for this year, wit~ coo· ditions more stabilized, are sound an indications are that there wiU be .110' further decline. Attention, however, is caUed to the Straus report for the purpose of offer· ing a · comparison. This shows that while there was a national shrinkage of $700,000, Wilmette, Winnetka, Glenc . and other. north shore suburbs actually moved forward and scored remarl!.able gains in 1927. Gaze on these figures : WllaeUe .......... t1Jit,75t Wlaaetb . . . . . . . . . . 1,111,771 Gleaeoe .. . .. .. . . .. . 1,178,1N .. , Lewia T. Dodda, Preaicleat (Top) Eugene Ray Photo Rolaert H. Flalaerty, Secretary (Below) Willhite Photo T Rally in December Enables Evanston to Beat '26 Figures By means of a spirited December rally, 1927 was enabled to win the title of Evanston's banner building year. The year's building total was $16,017,225, a $191,555 increase over the 1926 total, $15,825,670. More permits were issued during 1927 than during any other year, and the total value of construction work started was also a record. Dt1ring the last year the building department issued 1,524 permits, 124 more than were issued in 1925, the ·previous high water mark as far as the number of permits issued is concerned. The previous banner year in the dollar column was 1926. During December 75 permits for a total of $1,316,750 were issued. Last December only 65 permits for $1,026,750 were issued, $290,000 less than last month. It will interest the people of oar north shore suburbs to know that hacl it not been for the building activity ia · the suburban sections the national de· cline would have been greater. There was no slowing up in building in the suburbs during the past year, but · was. Wilmette, Winnetka, Glencoe an other north shore suburbs. that set the speedy pace. Ideal Locatio· f· a This naturally forces the questi011t why were these north shore suburbl the leaders in building activity? That question is not hard to answer. Ia Chicago one often hears the tenn "north shore" and alwa;vs the term associated with "home.' It is to the north shore, · Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Glencoe and other suburbl that the big percentage of Chicagoan~ come when they are apartment-weary and seek the great privacy of a home with its accompanying lawn, the treel, the garden, the restful environment. Perhaps there are some who be6eft that "north shore" is synomomous with "wealth." True there are mansions Oil the north shore indicative of If wealth. But just as true is it that there are more and more mod dwellings being erected, where ~le, substantial people, can abide 1n same atmosphere of comfort and ~ tentment as their wealthier neigh1Mir*. That, in .short, accounts for t gains made in building on ihore in the last yea.-..