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New Trier opens doors to rehabbed Winnetka campus BY EMILY SPECTRE DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM
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ew Trier Township High School welcomed the community to tour the brand new West Building at its Winnetka campus on October 15, celebrating the completion of a renovation project that broke ground in spring 2015 and was completed in two phases. From the outside, the east campus’s new West Building seamlessly blends in with the original structure, with a matching brick exterior and uniform windows. Only the North Entrance, a glass extension that sheds light throughout the West Building, is an indication that something is new at New Trier. The new West Building stands where the 1912 cafeteria, 1931 Tech Arts Building and 1950 Music Building, once Continued on PG 14
STOOPED IN TRADITION Front stoops become prime real estate for autumn décor BY LIBBY ELLIOTT DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM
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t’s a long-standing American tradition for homes to beckon trick-or-treaters with a candle-lit pumpkin on Halloween. But on the North Shore, the fall front stoop has evolved from the resting place of a hand-carved Jack o’ Lantern sporting a snaggletooth grin to complex displays of flowers, foliage and gourds of every color and shape. Homeowners are spending hundreds of dollars, and sometimes more, on stand-out, professionally designed planters and step displays. Winnetka resident Amy Swartchild, a professional chef and floral designer specializing in outdoor arrangements and indoor table-scaping, uses materials she sources from pumpkin patches, farms and local stores, as well as found objects, such as branches, from her yard. “I’m always inspired by the idea of the harvest,” said SwartContinued on PG 10
Left: The stoop at 1034 Starr in Winnetka designed by chef/floral designer Amy Swartchild. Right: Winnetka homeowner/gardener Sally Veenstra sources most of the material for her front stoop at Chalet Nursery in Wilmette, working closely with head horticulturalist Tony Fulmer. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER
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