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Edens Plaza is a strip mall in the town of Wilmette, Illinois.It was built by Carson Pirie Scott & Co. (Carson's) in 1956, and, until 2018, was anchored by one of their stores.
A In 1897 the Woman's Club of Wilmette began renting space at a grocery store and circulating books, with its club members acting as librarians. [1] At one point the village housed a small collection at Royal Arcanum Hall. [2] In 1900, by a vote of 62 to 52, Wilmette taxpayers approved a referendum which would establish a free public library. [1]
Wilmette is located on the western shore of Lake Michigan and is a near northern suburb of Chicago, immediately North of Evanston at (42.077178, -87.723736 The North Shore Channel drainage canal is supplied with water from Lake Michigan at Wilmette Harbor.
The station is located at 349 Linden Avenue in Wilmette, Illinois.It is the northernmost 'L' station in the CTA system, and it is the only remaining station on the Purple Line at ground level after the line descends from the elevated embankment shortly after crossing the North Shore Channel and entering Wilmette.
The Chicago and Northwestern Depot was moved one block north from the passenger station and became Wilmette's freight depot. The depot remained a freight depot until 1946, when Wilmette's freight service was transferred to Evanston; the station was then boarded up, and its platform was removed. On June 13, 1974, the station was moved away from ...
In Metra's zone-based fare system, Wilmette is in zone 2. As of 2018, Wilmette was the 18th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 1,653 weekday boardings. [1] The station is located at Green Bay Road and Washington Avenue in Wilmette's central business district. It is also in close proximity to the Wilmette Village Hall.
Plaza del Lago is a shopping center at 1515 Sheridan Road in Wilmette, Illinois, United States, which opened in 1928 as Spanish Court.It has been reported as the second-oldest shopping center in the United States designed for automobile use, [3] [4] [5] and the first such center in the state of Illinois.
The Wilmette Theatre is a multi-arts and performance center in Wilmette, Illinois; a northern suburb of Chicago. It is run as a not-for-profit organization. The theatre was opened in 1913. The building was bought by Encyclopædia Britannica Films (EBF) in 1950. In 1966 Richard Stern bought the theatre from EBF, and operated it for 40 years.