Kenilworth Insider

Kenilworth is one of America’s 11 Most Endangered Places.  No need to panic for your safety, just need to panic for your historical home falling subject to the Teardown Movement.  One of the great things about Kenilworth is its history and historical homes and buildings.  With architects such as Daniel H. Burnham, Franklin P. Burnham, George W. Maher, Joseph L. Silsbee and Paul Starrett as well as landscape architect Jens Jensen, Kenilworth has a lot of charm and beauty in its visionary wonder.  But recently, a movement entitled the “teardown movement” has invaded and torn down nearly 50 homes in Kenilworth, and are replaced with “McMansions”.  The world doesn’t need any more McMansions, and bigger and newer isn’t always better.  The heritage and history in the homes and buildings in Kenilworth is what makes Kenilworth what it is.  I love the homes, I love the buildings, and to see them replaced with these McMansions devastates me and many others.  Since the village has no ordinances to protect the historic homes, the teardowns are occurring at an alarming rate.  The village did not anticipate the teardown threat, and has no comprehensive plan to stop it.  The community needs to establish a landmark ordinance and designation program, as well as modernized-zoning ordinances.  With Kenilworth on the National Trust’s list, the first step is already taken.  Hopefully, the McMansions will stop soon enough, and Kenilworth can find a way to protect its history and heritage to keep it beautiful the way it already is.

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In April 2006, it was officially ranked the 88th most expensive zip code in the United States.  With a median home sale price of $1,075,000, it comes as no surprise that it would be up there.  In April 2005, Kenilworth was rated the 11th most affluent zip code according to American Demographics.

The median household income is $223,187 and with a population of only $2,578, it’s a no brainer that Kenilworth is incredibly affluent.

Kenilworth is also known to be one of Chicagolands most exclusive community as well as the wealthiest.

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Houses: 815 (792 occupied: 757 owner occupied, 35 renter occupied) Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $493,800 Median gross rent in Kenilworth, IL in 2000: $1,141

Housing units in Kenilworth with a mortgage: 457 (46 second mortgage, 122 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 273

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Kenilworth, Illinois:      1 room: 0      2 rooms: 0      3 rooms: 0      4 rooms: 0      5 rooms: 8      6 rooms: 40      7 rooms: 109      8 rooms: 107      9 or more rooms: 493

Rooms in renter-occupied housing units and apartments:      1 room: 0      2 rooms: 3      3 rooms: 4      4 rooms: 4      5 rooms: 4      6 rooms: 8      7 rooms: 4      8 rooms: 8      9 or more rooms: 0

Year house built:      1999 to March 2000: 18      1995 to 1998: 16      1990 to 1994: 12      1980 to 1989: 0      1970 to 1979: 0      1960 to 1969: 24      1950 to 1959: 80      1940 to 1949: 64      1939 or earlier: 601

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Kenilworth:      no bedroom: 0      1 bedrooms: 0      2 bedrooms: 16      3 bedrooms: 159      4 bedrooms: 259      5 or more bedrooms: 323

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units:      no bedroom: 0      1 bedrooms: 7      2 bedrooms: 4      3 bedrooms: 24      4 bedrooms: 0      5 or more bedrooms: 0

Vehicles available in Kenilworth in owner-occupied houses:      no vehicle: 4      1 vehicle: 138      2 vehicles: 424      3 vehicles: 155      4 vehicles: 29      5 or more vehicles: 7

Vehicles available in renter-occupied housing units:      no vehicle: 0      1 vehicle: 15      2 vehicles: 16      3 vehicles: 4      4 vehicles: 0      5 or more vehicles: 0

It’s nothing doing vs. lefty — all over again
Is it a coincidence that two young left-handed pitchers threw the best games of their careers in the last three days against the Cubs?
Source: www.suntimes.com