A drive through the CAGE, in East Wilmette, Chestnut Ave

Wilmette's historic CAGE neighborhood takes its name from four streets: Chestnut, Ashland, Greenwood and Elmwood.

This is a four-part series - one for each street. We begin with Chestnut Avenue.

The CAGE has stately old homes, broad streets with deep setbacks, lush landscaping and a dense tree canopy, all set on brick streets.

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• Wilmette
• Illinois
• CAGE
• Chestnut
• Ashland
• Greenwood
• Elmwood
• North
• Shore
• YoWilmette
• brick
• streets
• east

[MrPireasxios]

I love your videos of town. I learned a lot from them.

[VictorPaulDiaz]

correction they are natural gas street lights not electric.

[YoChicago1]

We have a photo of the house that replaced yours at Flickr. Search 723 Tenth Wilmette on a full-text search and you'll find it.

I lived around the corner from there on 11th St when I first moved to Wilmette.

[paulench]

I grew up near Lake Avenue and 10th Street- just outside the "CAGE" - of course it wasn't called that back in the fifties. Thanks for the video tours.

Our 1903-built house at 723 10th Street was torn down last year and a giant house replaced it.