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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 17 Aug 1939, p. 28

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View of Ridgeway avenue tvherýe 10. homes, have- juast been completed. Crowds Throng b Visit Aven ue -of Modern Homes, TfrreProminent North, Sore fiuttfèrSpongmbr UnIique Home-Sliowing Enterprise Reéord crowds are participating the agencies of the Federal Housing in the tours of inspection of modern authority. homes in the subdivision known as AUl Improvements in '"Evanston Sixth Add~ition to Lincon wood. The homes range in size from six Opened for inspection for the firstegt rooms withonad e-lfbt t time last Sunday, these new homes __________ to one-whi Twýo New Reaidences ln Wilmete Permits, Six building permits, two for new residences and four for residence re- modeling jobs were issued in Wil- met1te.the past weeJk. One of the residences is being built for the Franklin Realty company at 1044 Miami road at an estimated cost of $15,000. It is two stories, of brick veneer construction and corn- prises seven rooms and attached - two-car garage. Ralph D. Huszagh is the arçhitect and Jules Salmon, the builder. The Power Enginering company Permits for the remodeling jobs were issued to N. W. Post, 2112. Washington avenue, $200; G.. R. Knott, 1213 Gregory avenue, $500; A. W. McDermott, 2040 Glenview road, $250; D. K. Strassheim, 2231 Greenwood avenue, $1,500. A. liemphill il is aniipaVLtLcU that th is week- end will witness record - smashing crowds,. eager to view this unique home-display en- terprise sponsor- W. C ed jointly by three and eur competing North Shore builders. Best J41Y Since 1931 inBuiidin.g, Report Indica tes By Bell Savings Building New building in July in the Chi- cago suburban region amounted. to $3,641,011, making this the Iargest July since July, 1931, in which a total of $3,819,310 was reported. Permits issued. in July, 1938, amounted to $2,801,731, the increase this year over last being 30 per cent. July, 1939, was also a better month by 12 per cent than Juneý sulated. unesinc inecommssioersoegan in 1936 to itemize home building in AeUsiwimt h e-rotng th Wasuray, 93, T hic Aetsi iroverepotngto ts suray. T3, n h rg payments practie- 1456 homes were started with an es- ally complete on timated cost of $3, 132,229. But this special assess- JulY is far ahead of July of last ments, it was an- year, in which construction was bc- cékett nounced. S t r e e t gun on 253 homes to cost $1,7F0,539, are of concrete. the increase being 53 per cent in the ehborheod Rezoned number of homes anid 43 per cent in the amount to be expended for le[ ihb rod intiiini - - - W1î.iSiljgrl Finari kg s jira ctor. mason con- ert T. of the ico 0st irovemnent i18

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