Show r 7 av T kididi beautiful village near chicago WOO wont grow up Win minnetha netha Is one of Chi cagos most beautiful residential suburbs it la Is a village unit that lias has refused to grow up in ili its e bewly vly v ly days its promoters nindo made valiant efforts to accelerate its development only to see sec 1 evanston 1 onaldo south gross iolet on the southwest and even communities to tho the north nourish flourish while winnetka tho the ful hind of the es languished lanly unnoticed the green bay ly road was no longer tin nn avenue of commerce and the railroad aside f from rom establishing a wooding station to replenish the fuel supplies of its wood burning locomotives aided little in the early development of tho the community the chicago fird gave winnetka WInnet its first boom booie but Us its growth until fifteen years yeara ago was slow since that time hine the efforts of the conservative element have been not so much to stimulate development as to restrict it winnetka netka believes that its el chief charm Is its village atmosphere a n smart pseudo rusticity ns as on for those who 1010 have to spend their working hours licurs in the city streets wander about and in find and out like the country lane leisurely str cots to be used by leisurely people A straight line may be tho the shortest distance between two points and streets crossing crosing each other at right angles may off afford ord tho the quickest and most convenient means of communication but in village there la is no need for speed it Is a haven of refuge from right angled streets cubical bleat buildings and all that citey connote principal business building in business buildings being permitted only on sufferance fi Is in harmony with the village idea it Is in the half timbered architecture of the english village a style that Is much in evidence in the architecture of winnetka homes there Is no tavern in win aln netka at present and by the zoning ordinance adopted last january none can be built nor can duplex houses or apartments be erected A few blocks along the railway tracks tire are set aside for business and industrial purposes the rest of the village Is restricted to residence buildings exclusively further restrictions are imposed by the terms of sale of vacant properties it would be hard to find a lot in winnetka that could be purchased without restriction as to the cost of the residence to be erected on it in the subdivisions these restrictions run from to there are no movie the theaters a ter S but handpicked hand band picked films are shown dt at the community house an institution ution serving as a clearing house for most of the village activities |