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Gazette Article by: Joan Peck Appeared in the Gazette: Winter 1996 Recently I visited with Georgia Lloyd in the house she renovated at 455 Birch Street. The house was built in 1920 by her mother, Lola Maverick Lloyd, and Georgia grew up there with her brother and two sisters. The Lloyd family’s reputation for […]
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Gazette Article by: Joan Peck Appeared in the Gazette: Fall 1998 Longtime Winnetkans Heather Higgins and Rachelle Brisk believed the architecturally significant building should be preserved. Launching a campaign to save the school, they wore T-shirts bearing the message “Save Skokie School” and leafleted Elm Street on Saturday mornings. Soon they had collected enough signatures […]
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Gazette Article by: Joan Peck Appeared in the Gazette: Winter 1999 Winnetka Way articles are written by guest columnists who have been asked to share their memories of an aspect of Winnetka that they remember fondly. Winnetka Way articles debuted in 1994 and continue to the present. When asked to write this column, I remembered […]
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Gazette Article by: Joan Peck Have you ever wondered where Gage Street got its name? It came from one of Winnetka’s first settlers, Jared Gage. He moved from New York State to Chicago, where he operated the first steam flour mill. Later he went into banking with his nephew, John C. Haines, who became mayor […]
