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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 15 Apr 1937, p. 31

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Philip B. Maher has likewisè pur- chased an adjoining site! He is also preparfing plans for an attractive resi-. dence for bisown use. Both of thetse boresareto e eected this spring. These two sales wvere. negotiated by A. R. Grant of McGuiran Ors Evanston office,' and mark a real im- prove.ment in interest ini this high-class vacant property. Shore Acres, with its ravinies, Woods and 1riparian rights, s unique in loca- tion and beauty. Over twetity-fiveyears, ago,- J. Fred McGuire sensed its future. and purchased about ýa mile of this 'Choice lake frontage., William McCormick Blair, Howard Linn', Orville E.Babcock, G. T.,Swift, T- H. and G.,B. Winston, and Frank Hibbard, are amiong those who have bouglit atfd built %moes il Shîore Acres. This developrnent gained its name froni the fact that the excclusive Shore Acres Golf club purchased about 150 acres of this original development. In response to a well-defined demand, McGuire and Orr, Inc., are now develop- ing the last tract of about eighty acres of this unusual property and have just completed a picturesque, winding road neighborhood might act together effectively to. improve the character of the neighborbood or to. protect. it from undesirable change, has .been, prepared by the National Associatioiy of Real Estate boards and has been placed'in the bands of member boards of the association over the conutry for study.and action. The proposed Act, the drafting of which* follows study and conferetices carried on for more, than Iwo years, has been prepared as an aid in one of the miost difficult problems of pres- ent-day city: growth and land use. that of stopping "blight," especially in homes areas, and of bringing blighted areas into better use. It residential neighborhoods that now lack any protection to insure their c ontinuance as home neighborhoods rnay gain for themselves such protec- tion.- The proposed Act would give cities an instrument which no -present legal 'machinery provides, namely, a means for gradual elimination from an area of uses that are undesirable lIlpre. Make"Home SeeMHme" look NEW again.. You'11 be deighted with the beaty of yUE hom, if yo cover the sidewalls with FLINTKOYT SEESTOS SIM!)- ING. It is ideal for n ew homes or old, because it com- bines beauty with permanence. FLINTKOTE ASBESTOS .SWDING cos. litde more, thana paint job.. and yet itis as enduring as Stoneé Made of imperishable materials- asbestos andPordand cernent. No upkeep expense. Fireproof. Permanent. It looks like hand-split, natural wood and beautifies vour home for a Iifetimc. Iincipemive. EBitmmts free. AJAX SHINGLU and MODEIINIZING CO. G. W. SWINEY, Manager 1148 Central Ave., Wilmette Phone Wilmette 1248 FLINTKOT'E ASBESTOS SIDINQ For Smal Country Estatesà SAmerican Uni. 6886 Factry:Phone Lihèrtyville 378 Wil. 1660 Factory:

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