Show beautiful village near chicago wont grow up U winnetka Is one of Chi cagos most beautiful residential suburbs suburb it I 1 Is a village tillage that lius has refused to grow up in its early days its promoters made valiant efforts to accelerate its development only to see kranston Kv 1 vanston anston on the south gross point on the south southwest w est and even communities to the north flourish lourah while winnetka the benuta ful land of the languished unnoticed the green 11 hay road was no longer tin nn avenue of commerce and the railroad oaldo do front from establishing a wooding station to replenish tile lie fuel supplies of its wood burning locomotives added little in the early development ot of the community the chicago fire gave winnetka Winnet its its first boom but its growth jintil inell fifteen years ago was slow since that time the efforts of the lie cons conservative element ement have been not so much to stimulate late development aa B to restrict it wa netka believes that its chief hul charm Is its village atmosphere a smart pseudo rusticity as nn an antidote for those who have to spind their working hours in the city Winnet kas streets wander about rind in anti and out like the country lane leisurely streets to be used by leisurely people A straight line had may be the shortest distance between two paints and streets crossing each other at right angles rony may afford the quickest and most convenient means of communication but in winnetka village thero there Is no coed for speed it Is a haven of refuge front from right angled streets cu aleal bleal buildings and all that they con note Winnet kas principal business building lid bustness business buildings being permitted 11 only on sufferance Is in harmony the village idea it Is in the half timbered architecture of tile he english village it a style that Is much in evidence in the architecture of winnetka homes homei there Is no tavern in win neten at present and hy by the alio zoning ordinance adopted last january none can lie be built nor can duplex houses or apartments be erected A few blocks along the railway tracks are set aside for business and industrial purposes the rest of the village Is restricted to residence buildings exclusively s further restrictions ore are imposed by the terms of sale of vacant properties proper tim it would be hard to find a lot in win netka that lint could be purchased wIth without restriction as to the cost of oc the rest clence to be erected on it in the subdivisions these restrictions run from to there ore are no movie theaters but liand pecked films are shown nt at the community house an institution ution belying as a clearing house tor for most of the village activities |