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SE ------ WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1925 ~~ 21 Newest of Victor Carlson Building Projects al Si. Te {3 C= TR ERT THT wb £ i -- Les ot 1 m1 oF . E i | Plans are ready for immediate con- struction of the John Evans Co-oper- ative Apartment building, to occupy the northwest corner of Hinman ave- nue and Davis street, Evanston. Vic- tor Carlson, builder of the Library Plazza and Orrington hotels in the neighboring suburb, is the genius be- hind the newest project, which is to cost approximately $3,000,000. J. A. Scanlan is the architect. Work is to begin at once and it is expected the building will be ready for occupancy on May 1, 1926. PLAN $3,000,000 CO-OP BUILDING Victor Carlson To Erect 7- story Apartment Structure in Evanston IS LATEST IN DESIGN Arrange for Shops on the Ground Floor In the wake of his $600,000 Library Plaza and $3,000,000 Orrington hotel projects. Victor C. Carlson, Evanston builder, announces plans to begin at once the construction of the John Evans, a cooperative apartment build- ing of attractive design to cost ap- proximately $3,000,000. The building is named after Captain John Evans, one of the founders of Evanston and the Northwestern university. Plans are being completed for a seven-story building on the 200 by 198 foot site, the northwest corner of Hin- man avenue and Davis street where "Old College," the original building of Northwestern university, stood some 50 years ago. The property is exceed- ingly well situated in the finest res- idential district only three blocks from the lake, two parks, schools, university, campus, churches and clubs, elevated, steam line, street car and North Shore Electric transportation. Fireproof Structure The John Evans will be a seven- story fireproof reinforced concrete structure of Georgian design, fronting southeast on Hinman avenue, which is a 100-foot street with side parkways. There will be a total of 497 rooms and 189 baths arranged into 91 high-class apartments as follows. The building will be "U" shaped with a terraced garden court 87 feet wide, carrying a central pool and fountain surrounding which will be a formal landscape development of shrubbery, grass plots and flower gardens. This court will be more than twice as wide as the average apartment court. Six entrances to apartments, each with its own elevator will open off the court. Each entrance lobby will be of distinct architectural design. One, for example, is designed in old English style with flagstone floor, beamed ceiling, open fireplace, draperies, paintings, furni- ture and elevator doors to match. An- other is done in colonial style, an- other in Italian Rennaisance and so on. These entrance lobbies are said to be a radical departure from the usual, and promise purchasers both individ- uality and elegance in the approach to their apartment homes. Large Living Rooms Spacious galleries lead from the ele- vators to the reception halls of the apartments. The living rooms are ex- ceptionally large, averaging 18 by 24 feet. All will have wood-burning fire- places, canvassed walls and hardwood floors. The "U" shaped design of the building provides abundant light and sunshine for every room and a view of the lake and parks from practic- ally every apartment. The dining rooms average 13 by 16 feet. The chambers average 13 by | 18 feet and are provided with cedar Baths are to have title wainscot, lined closets. floors built-in tubs with showers and finest pedestal fix- tures. The kitchens are efficiently planned and will have composition floors, tile wainscot and will be pro- vided with artificial refrigeration, gas ranges of the best design, incinera- tors and other conveniences. Five service elevators will give di- rect entrance and exit to and from kitchens, maids' rooms and service portions of the building. Provide Auto-Storage Space Auto storage space for each tenant- owner, approached by a ramp, will be arranged in the sub-basement to which all passenger elevators will ex- tend, affording convenient entrance or departure for motorists. The reg- ular basement will be equipped with individual lockers and complete laun- dry service with dryers, etc. On the ground floor of the north wing there will be a crystal ballroom 50 by 22 feet with an ante room suit- able as a meeting room for the tenant- owner directors. A children's play- and See the New CHEVROLE] / ET Wells - Wescott Co. 1103 Chicago Avenue, Evanston Univ. 8856 Gasoline and Oils Tires, Tubes, Accessories Hood, General, Goodyear Jobbers for Wadham's Oils Three Stores BRAUN BROTHERS 723 Oak St, Winnetka 1565 621 Main St., Wilmette 3243 Ridge and Wilmette Aves., Wilmette 290 room with attractive equipment is al- so a feature of the north wing. Shops on Ground Floor There will also be eleven shops on the ground floor of the south wing, extending only along the Davis street side and to be tenanted only by fash- ionable modistes, beauty salons, art galleries and the like. The shop fronts will be of the divided plate glass type now so popular along Fifth avenue, New York. The revenue from these shops and auto storage spaces is calculated to practically pay the operating expenses of the building. In every detail The John Evans promises to be the fin- est group of cooperatively owned apartment homes in the Middle West, it is claimed. J. A. Scanlan is the architect. Con- struction will begin shortly. The com- pletion date is set for May 1, 1926, Urge More Boy Patrols for Traffic at Schools the Following the decision of American Automobile association to set behind the school boy patrol movement, the Chicago Motor club will take another step in making the patrol idea as worked out in Chicago \ national movement when it presents the idea to the National Educational 1ssociation, division of superinten- dents, at the annual meeting of this organization in Cincinnati the the lat- ter part of February. William McAndrew, superintendent of schools, is interested in the boys' patrol and it was on his advice that the club will take the subject up at the educators' conference. "The school boys' patrol forms a splendid nucleus around which to build your safety first movement" says Mr. McAndrew. "I should like to see boys' patrols in every school in the country. Accidents among chil- dren would be reduced." 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