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Chicago Tribune
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February 4, 2004: Then and Now Community Focus on Wilmette, Winnetka, and Glencoe
- Small businesses remain towns’ lifeblood: Service comes first in Winnetka, Glencoe
- Glencoe a long way from muddy streets: Village founders’ aim was to keep area's bucolic atmosphere
- Small black population has long roots: Villages form groups to look at diversity issues
- Railroads retain their importance
- North Shore schools put accent on quality: Surveys affirm elementary efforts
- Focus on schooling started with settlers
- House prices rise; teardowns increase: Soaring costs limit economic diversity of new reside
- A life built around Glencoe genealogy: Architect rehabbed family home, many more
- Area libraries grew out of book clubs: Women instrumental in promoting reading
- Libraries a mix of books, technology
- Safety now critical to fire departments: Technology beneficial but also expensive
- Police services have come a long way
- Towns are similar, but parks evolve differently
- Recreation’s roots go deep into past
Photographs
- Digital Past
- All the pictures from the Glencoe Historical and Architectural Survey are available online. The Glencoe Historical and Architectural Survey was commissioned in 1985 by the Glencoe Historical Society to identify Glencoe’s significant homes and structures. It was done by architectural historian Susan Benjamin of Highland Park, IL. 300 homes and structures were identified based on their 1) historic significance, 2) architectural style or 3) architect.