Illinois News Index

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 25 Jan 1940, p. 42

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SAND -GIAVEL CEMENT PLASTUR MASON SUPPLIES - TEPPING STONES WILMETTE GOAL & MATERIAL CO. 1301 ÀLKE AVE. WIL. 4200 Says Sensible People EVNSONFUL MTEIA c.Bu ild Not Mere'Houl 1320 Simpsom Sté.,Evansfo, GI.42 00 u oet ie 27: Yearsin Winnetka WM. 1ýL.. WENTE Co SHEET METAL CONTRACTORS AIR-CONDITIONING ENGINEERs We 4ffer yots a complete and thoroaghlv experienced service- bring your 'air- conditioning or sIieet inetal problemns to us. Planning and Estimaes àAi No Obigalion 874 Green Bay Rd.,1 at Tower Rd. Winnetka 225 FINEST Se, By Ernet"A. Benkert North Shore Arch-%tectý The bard, times of the past deca de helpýed miuch to bring back with us what might be called sbretui asrn. Sensible people again build not. just a house, but a home to live in. They do flot look. for, a buyer as soon' as they move in, nor do they worry what the Joneses might, think of it.1 For it is quite evident that th e Joneses may well have poor author- ity, "bought" taste, fallen for fads and high pressure salesrnanship. Agàin people know' tha~t buillding a home is flot chasing after a pretty picture f frame4 in a 65 foot lot) in Williamsburg Style or i what have you. What a relief to find yourself in company, back to earth again. Latest space saving, step saving, work and worry saving gadgets, so beloved by responsibility shirking, bridge playin;g, wasting mothers have made living very complicated. aboULut ai ituoes. The zare comning out ol sucb 111, devised mnachinery is, at best, yawnworthy.. Superfine spun heating plants and controls try to keep the delicate structure a pleasant Utopia till zero cornes along with the frantic cali. for service men. 0 f course, one should not condemn improvements wbich help to make. life a pleasant one. The chaif will bc separated from] "Subdivision of Future" Planned For Glenview Area It isn' ofteri that an old land- scape nursery containing $1,000,00,0 Worth of huge evergyeensi, shrubs, and, trees of. ail types is turned into a cémmhunity of homes. Rtis, an.even ,rarer occasion when the developers don't cut down 'the trees to make jway for -the buildings. But it is news bordering on the sensational when both these factors are combined in a superblock "subdivision of the fu- ture"with winding roads, dead-end streets, P rs courts and iail other nondevices for beautifying a commun ty, eliminating through traffile and pr.omoting safety and rec- reation for children. With these ideas in mTind, two brothers, grandsons of the founder of one of the oldest nurseries in the Chicago area, are laurncbing a 330- acre development within the village limits of Glenview at the nortb end of EIrn street. The brothers are Bit- .Lney are not going out, of the laindscape business, but have formed the Swain Nelson 1ReaIty Company to undertake the long-range program for converting this beautifully-wood- ed] tract into .what they hope will be, one of 'the flnest subdivisions in this part of the country. They have namned it Swainwood. Third Acre Sites The land will be divided into acre, hall-acre and third-awre lot. alnir .. is seven rooms building. requiren the entire bouse with home owner n wool quiits. pass on designs esold for specula- to be minimum ients. A committee representation will and specifications.

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