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the wilmette beacon | February 14, 2019 | 17
A Word From The (Former) President
News flashes from No Man’s Land
John Jacoby
Contributing Columnist
• April 30, 1922: The
“Wilmette Plan,” authored
by the Village’s
Plan Commission as a
vision for the village’s
future, was published in
summary form. The Plan
sidesteps the “No Man’s
Land problem” with
this recommendation:
“The Plan Commission
expresses the hope that
through the appointing
of a competent committee
in conjunction with
Kenilworth that ways
and means may be found
to annex or control the
land....“
• Oct. 19, 1922: Myron
Sparr, who wants to upgrade
his hot dog stand,
was denied a permit to
connect to the Wilmette
water main. The reason
for the denial was
Wilmette’s distaste for
roadhouses in No Man’s
Land. Sparr, who also
manages the movie theater
in Wilmette’s village
center, is threatening to
tap into the main despite
the denial. Wilmette
officials say they’ll cut
off the main entirely if
he does. Meanwhile,
Standard Oil is threatening
to sue the Village if
water service to its filling
station is discontinued.
• Oct. 23, 1922: Beach
Manor Improvement Co.,
a Chicago syndicate,
announced that it will organize
No Man’s Land as
a separate village called
“Beach Manor” and build
three tall apartment hotels
there. Skeptics predict the
project won’t go forward
because Wilmette refuses
to supply water to this
type of building, and the
syndicate’s plan to obtain
water from artesian wells
probably won’t work.
• June 30, 1927: Legislation
that would have allowed
Wilmette to annex
No Man’s Land without
the territory’s consent
was defeated in the Illinois
Senate by a vote
of 16 “yes,” 13 “no,” and
20 abstentions. Passage
required 26 “yes” votes.
The defeat of this legislation
will enable developers
to proceed with various
projects that many
North Shore residents
regard as undesirable.
• July 7, 1927: Roxana
Petroleum Corp., a unit
of Shell Oil, has leased
property on Sheridan
Road for a gas station.
Roxana pledged that it
would design its station
in the old-English style
rather than its customary
yellow and red style. The
old-English-style probably
won’t placate angry
North Shore residents.
The Cottage roadhouse, 1440 Sheridan Road, is at
the bottom left, above the bluff. Sheridan Road runs
behind it in this photo. To the north, below the bluff,
is the Breakers Beach Club. Further north, also below
the bluff, is Vista del Lago. At the upper left, a private
street, Spanish Court, runs west from Sheridan Road
to Tenth Street. On the right side of Spanish Court is a
long row of stores with apartments on the second floor
of the far section and a garage behind it. Beyond the
row of stores, at the corner of Spanish Court and 10th
Street, is the three-story Spanish Court Apartments.
Not visible in the photo is Teatro del Lago, opposite
the stores across Spanish Court. Note the expansive
beach. Photo submitted.
• June 5, 1928: After
years of debate, the Village
Board of Wilmette
approved a contract to
pave its section of 10th
Street from Chestnut Avenue
to No Man’s Land.
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