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60 WILMETTE LIFE November 2, 1928 : Something New for Central Avenue We are as proud of our Cape Cod Clapboard at $18,000 as are we of our Early English Stone at $78,000. ~WO 11" Wilmette merchants are going to "put on . a front," which }nterpreted 1 means that the stores of A. S. VanDeusen the grocer and Schultz and WHY? Because each graces its own lawn space-the one of 8o feet-the other of two acres-in a harmony of design and landscaping that is architecturally ~orrect. Nord, cleaners and dyers which stand "side by each" ori Centra! avenue will present a different appearance after the first of December. It 1s an!lounced that remodeling con~racts were ·l.et several .days 3:go and that ":ork ts to be started immediately m transformmg the butldmg mto an attracttve structure. The new front is to be of the Spanish style, and the material will be stucco and concrete blocks. The architect is Edgar Ovat Blake of Evanston, who distinguished himself in drawing the plans for the Lloyd Hollister ~uildin~. Both Van Deusen and Schultz and Nord announce that they wtll contmue business as usual while the remodeling is under way. The picture shows how · the building will look when the job is completed. In remodeling the heating apparatus of your home, cover the steam, vapor, hot water or hot air pipes with asbestos, and also the furnace and boiler with the same. .... LAWNS ARE LARGER AND PRICES ARE LOWER IN Evanston Works on Plans for Widening West Railroad Ave. Evanston has drawn up tentative plans showing the possibility of widening West Railroad avenue, Al<J. Dyer Bent told the North End Improvement association Thursday night. The city's attitude, as later explained by Mayor Bartlett, is that it wishes to be in a position to widen the street from McCormick road north at the same time that West Railroad is opened up north of its present terminus in Wilmette, but not before. He pointed out that the proper procedure for improving West Railroad is for the property owners who would be assessed to present a petition to the board of local improvements. , To discuss widening of West Railroad avenue was the chief purpose of Lambert Kaspers, president of the Improvement association, and the directors in calling the meeting and Ald. Bent's announcement came as a surprise. According to the speaker the plans would continue the McCormick link by widening West Railroad from McCormick north to Isabella and also eventually south from the McCormick intersection to Ridge avenue. The po;,sibility that the north link will be accomplished first was pointed out because no condemnation proceedings would be necessary. County aid in the cost of the widening is expected, since it has peen given to Wilmette, Winnetka and Hubbard Woods in their· projects · of widening West Railroad. Evanston's plan is to make a 50 foot roadway of which the county will probably pay for the center 20 feet. Earl Orner, president of Wilmette, addressed the meeting tellin~ of the widening of the road in his vtllage. He stated that Wilmette's paving and widening of West Railroad would be completed this week with the exception of a short strip in the north of the village. iS· : lubiau BUt £.statts THAN IN ANY OTHER FINE COMMUNITY ON THE NORTH SHORE. ~ Distinctive WINNETKA HOME New tan brick, tile roof, breakfast roo·m, 4 large bedTwo colored tile rooms. baths, extra lavatory. Unusual closet space. Electrical refrigeration. Hardinge Oil Burner. Attached garage. 60-foot lot. Close to station and schools. Priced for immediate .sale. West from Sheridan Road on Winnetka Avenue to its junction with Ridge Road; North one-half block to Hill Road; West to Locust Road and South along West boundary of Indian Hill Club to lndiaTJ Hill Estates. DIRECTIONS: $28,000. Terms ... ltWinu ·i;ill fstntts ..,, 6v BILLS REALTY, Inc. Loop OAca. 2ol Soatb La SaUt Stmt-Statt 0266 ladiaa Hill Bltata OAca, Loaast aacl Aabba...._ Crosby & McKendry 566 Center St. Winnetka Ph. Winnetka 20 3 2 WiL 2692-2792 Sbtricba Road Olica. Dtl La1o Diltrict-WiL 3740 Opm BUininga