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North Shore new construction – a new rule of thirds?

North Shore new construction – a new rule of thirds?

During most of 2006 I was actively tracking the status of every new construction home on Chicago’s North Shore. In May of 2006 developer Cypre [...]
No Man’s Land in Wilmette

No Man’s Land in Wilmette

The northernmost stretch of Wilmette was once known as No Man’s Land, since it was unincorporated, and not part of Wilmette. No Man’s Land develope [...]
Mallinckrodt's "active-adult" community makes room for the whippersnappers

Mallinckrodt's "active-adult" community makes room for the whippersnappers

You move to Mallinckrodt on the Park thinking you'll find peace and quiet among fellow gray-hairs, and the next thing you know, all these youngsters [...]
Introducing Wilmette's Kenilworth Gardens

Introducing Wilmette's Kenilworth Gardens

Kenilworth Gardens is the area bounded on the east by Ridge, on the south (approximately) by Lake, on the north by the Indian Hill Club, and on the [...]
A fabulous master suite in Wilmette

A fabulous master suite in Wilmette

Wilmette's Indian Hill Estates is a 170-acre subdivision planned by architect Philip Maher in the 1920s. The area was mostly built in the 1950s and [...]
Living inside the Mallinckrodt College chapel

Living inside the Mallinckrodt College chapel

One of the most distinctive living spaces at Mallinckrodt in the Park is a converted chapel that maintains its old pillars, archways, and high ceili [...]
A Mallinckrodt condo with the feel of a home

A Mallinckrodt condo with the feel of a home

The model condo at Wilmette's Mallinckrodt in the Park senior living development is a two-bedroom unit with 1,900 square feet. As Joe Zekas notes mo [...]
From college to condos: A trip to Mallinckrodt in the Park in Wilmette

From college to condos: A trip to Mallinckrodt in the Park in Wilmette

The old Mallinckrodt College building at 1041 Ridge Rd has been a fixture in Wilmette and the North Shore for almost a century. The 180,000 square-f [...]
From the vault: Rezko's residence and the CAGE of East Wilmette

From the vault: Rezko's residence and the CAGE of East Wilmette

Now that Tony Rezko's East Wilmette home is on the market, it's time to revisit this video from the YoNorthShore archive: a drive down Chestnut Aven [...]
A walk-to-train home in Wilmette

A walk-to-train home in Wilmette

With 3,100 square feet, three stories, five bedrooms, and 4.5 baths, the renovated single-family home at 1418 Elmwood Ave in Wilmette represents "a [...]
The buyers were out in Wilmette today

The buyers were out in Wilmette today

Earlier this afternoon I spent over an hour at a newly-listed home at 1418 Elmwood Ave in Wilmette. Cliff Breslow and Linda Martin of Coldwell Bank [...]
From the video vault: Wilmette's Christmas house

From the video vault: Wilmette's Christmas house

In 2006 Joe Zekas trained his video camera on one of Wilmette's favorite Christmas traditions, the Warren A. Perkins Memorial Christmas Display. Al [...]
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