From No Man's Land to Plaza del Lago
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From No Man's Land, To Plaza del Lago is a book by Robert Shea
about the dispute over an unincorporated strip of land in between Wilmette
and Kenilworth
, Illinois
. It was published in 1983, and includes photos lent from the Wilmette Historic Society. (ISBN 978-0913765081)
Robert Shea
Robert Joseph Shea was an American novelist and former journalist best known as co-author with Robert Anton Wilson of the science fantasy trilogy Illuminatus!. It became a cult success and was later turned into a marathon-length stage show put on at the British National Theatre and elsewhere. In...
about the dispute over an unincorporated strip of land in between Wilmette
Wilmette, Illinois
Wilmette is a village in New Trier Township, Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is located north of Chicago's downtown district and has a population of 27,651. Wilmette is considered a bedroom community in the North Shore district...
and Kenilworth
Kenilworth, Illinois
Kenilworth is a village in Cook County, Illinois, north of downtown Chicago. It is the newest of the nine suburban North Shore communities bordering Lake Michigan, and is the only one developed as a planned community...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
. It was published in 1983, and includes photos lent from the Wilmette Historic Society. (ISBN 978-0913765081)
See also
- No Man's Land, IllinoisNo Man's Land, IllinoisNo Man's Land, Illinois was never an official place name, but has been used to refer to at least two areas that fit the broader meaning of No man's land.-Wilmette:...
- Plaza del LagoPlaza del LagoPlaza 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, and the first such center in the state of Illinois.-The...
- 1616 Sheridan Road (Wilmette)1616 Sheridan Road (Wilmette)1616 Sheridan Road is a high rise condo in Wilmette IL.. It was the first of the eight Wilmette high-rise condominiums/ apartments presently on Sheridan Road .-History:...
- 1500 Sheridan Road (Wilmette)1500 Sheridan Road (Wilmette)1500 Sheridan Road is the tallest building in Wilmette, Illinois. The 17-story lake-side high rise was developed for use as a condominium tower. The building is located in the densely populated Plaza del Lago district, once an unincorporated area known as "No Man's Land."-Use:1500 Sheridan Road is...