Forest Glen is a small neighborhood within the larger neighborhood of Hubbard Woods in the northern part of Winnetka. It is just north of the intersection of Tower Rd and Hibbard Rd., with two entrances onto Tower Rd. marked by pillars. A twenty acre rectangular parcel, Forest Glen was originally...

07/31/2011

Selling Your North Shore Home? 10 Things Your Marketing Plan Should Include

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Any real estate agent will tell you that the three keys to successfully selling your home are: 1) pricing it right; 2) getting it in show-ready condition; and 3) attracting as many buyers as possible. Attracting buyers is what your marketing plan is supposed to do. Most traditional marketing plan...

07/28/2011

Remembering Martin Luther King's Speech in Winnetka

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A lot of people think that, because Winnetka is an affluent and mostly white suburb, that it is not a very progressive community. So I wonder how many people know that Winnetka was the site of the first-ever civil rights rally in an all-white suburb and that Martin Luther King spoke here before ...

07/25/2011

North Shore Chicago Ice Cream Parlors

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I guess no one calls them “parlors” anymore (except Deerfrank’s, below). But what do they call them? Stores? Restaurants? Shoppes? Doesn’t matter. It’s summer (finally). It’s hot (finally) and that means ice cream. Here’s my list of ice cream parlors on the North Shore. If I’ve left off one of yo...

07/13/2011

Imuka Singers: From Tanzania to Winnetka

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The North Shore is in for a rare treat this Tuesday night when Winnetka Congregational Church hosts a performance by the Imuka Singers, a 30 voice ensemble all the way from Tanzania. Imuka means “rise” in the language of the people living on the Northwestern shore of Lake Victoria. The Imuka Sin...

07/10/2011

Thornwood Park Concert

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If you live in or around Wilmette’s Kenilworth Gardens neighborhood, you won’t want to miss the 7th annual Thornwood Park Concert this Sunday, July 10. First conceived of by Harper parents Terri and Tony Lorenz, and sponsored by the Friends of Thornwood Park, the concert is truly a neighborhood ...

07/10/2011

Wilmette SummerFest

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I really have to applaud the Wilmette/Kenilworth Chamber of Commerce for some smart marketing. This year they have repositioned the same-old, same-old Sidewalk Sale to something much more alluring: a SummerFest. Yes, there will still be a sidewalk sale with special deals at local stores, but Su...

07/06/2011

North Shore Chicago Market Update - 1st Half 2011

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North Shore Chicago home sales for the first half of 2011 were down 11% over last year. This may seem pretty negative, but there’s a good explanation, which is that there was a home buyer tax credit in effect during the first half of 2010, and this gave the market a pretty substantial boost last ...

07/06/2011