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W A REAL ESTATE SECTION May 35, 1928 WINNETKA TALK 51 In Winnetka--Pair of New Homes on Sheridan Road Lehle photo These residences were built for the John Mills family, and the two pictured with another which stands at the south but which doesn't appear in the photograph make a trio of fine homes which attract the attention of motorists who travel Sheridan road. To the fight in the picture is the home of John Mills Sr., while at the left is the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Burlington Rigg. Mrs. Rigg is the daughter of Mr. Mills Sr. which also is to be a pretentious dwelling when completed will be the home of John Mills Jr. are to be known as "191," we understand, this number sufficing for all three ho uses. The residence to the south The residences are on the east side of Sheridan road and The architects were Floan and Johnson. The builder was Robert Black. REMOVAL OF "FOR SALE" SIGNS ON N. S. IS URGED Howard M. Sloan Says That with Village Aid Such Action Would Improve Appearances By HOWARD M. SLOAN (Bills Realty Inc. manager) How long are the unsightly "For Sale" signs going to clutter up the vacant and improved property on the north shore? That is a question which for some time has been of vital interest to Real Estate men and the sentiment of most of the brokers seems to indicate that some time in the near future there will be action taken to remove the signs which serve only to mar the beauty of the surroundings. It also should be the wish of all property owners to see that this action is tak- en and undoubtedly they will join in the movement. Villages Might Give Aid Inasmuch as the removal of the signs would be for the general good of the north shore it is thought that this could be accomplished if the trustees of the villages and the Real Estate men co-operated in the move- ment to prohibit signs. Here are a few reasons in favor of action: 1--We have a beautiful suburban district and should therefore do all we (Continued on Page 60) Syndicate Buys Valuable Site on Lake Shore "No Man's Land," between Wil- mette and Kenilworth, comes to the front once more, with the announce- ment that another parcel of land, rat- ing about as valuable as any on the north shore, has just changed hands. John Porcius Gage, who for seventy years has owned the property located between the Vista del Lago club and the Breakers Beach club on the lake shore, which measures to a frontage of 353 feet with a depth of more than 300 feet running to the lake, has sold it to a syndicate, formed by Bills Realty Inc. Title to this property has been tak- en by Fred Hartman for the syndi- cate. The price paid was not disclosed, but it is understood that it was well over one thousand dollars a foot. Just what is to be done in the way of improvements has not been dis- closed, but it is rumored that the syn- dicate will at some indefinite date erect a big lake shore apartment hotel. The newly acquired property has many unique features. It is not zoned and therefore is the only place in north shore towns between Chicago in No Man's Land and Waukegan where a hotel or co- operative apartment can be built on the water's edge. Howard M. Sloan of Bills Realty | Inc, represented all parties in the negotiations which resulted in the sale of the land. Howard Bishop of Lyman Adams Bishop and Dupee and Reichman and Boutell, represented the H. W. Drucker, of Urion Drucker, purchasers and Gail E. Deming repre- sented the Gage family in relation to the legal details of the transaction. An interesting feature is that prior to the Gage family there was only one other owner of the property, this owner having received the land on a patent from the government a century ago. The Gages bought it about seventy years ago. The rapid development of "No Man's Land" has been remarkable. Almost all of the land which had been owned by the Gages had been dis- posed of and the result has been build- ing activity of a speedy type. Two clubs, a theatre, a business structure and two new apartment buildings will soon occupy almost all of the avail- able footage in the section. A. W. Wigglesworth Leases Residence on Chestnut A. W. Wigglesworth, who formerly lived in Wilmette, has returned to the village and has leased the Taussig home at Chestnut avenue and Tenth street. The lease was made through John Panushka cf Kroll and Smith of Fourth street, Wilmette. WINNETKA RACES AHEAD IN BUILDING ACTIVITY Figures for April Show Increase of $120,000 Over the Same Month of Last Year Winnetka, which, in the very first month of the year, got away to a good start in the way of breaking rec- ords in building activities, has main- tained that speed each succeeding month with the exception of February. April, the month just closed, showed a total of 44 permits, with a valua- tion of $283,425, as compared to $163,750 for the corresponding month last year. The total for January this year was $242,700; February, $75,300; March, $299,250; and April, $283,425, a grand total for the four months of $900,675. The corresponding four months last year showed a total of $703,380, with January at $123,000; February, $137,430; March, $279,200 and April, $163,750. Fifteen New Residences Fifteen of the permits last month were for new residences, costing $254,000; fourteen were for altera- tions costing $21,325, and fifteen for private garages totaling $8,100. Three of the new houses are on Cherry street; two on Ash; two on Asbury and one each on Oak street, Hill road, Fisher's lane, Poplar street, (Continued on Page 54)