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40-637: Born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, Milford grew up in Winnetka, Illinois . His older sister, Penelope , also became an actress. Milford attended New Trier High School . Milford first appeared at the stock theatre in Chicago at age 10. In 1971, he appeared at The Kennedy Center in Leonard Bernstein’s Mass . Age 17, he was in the original stage version of Hair on Broadway, playing Woof and Claude. In 1976, he

80-674: A voicing distinction per se but what is better termed a "strong"/"weak" distinction. "Strong" consonants, written as voiceless ( ⟨p t k kw⟩ ), are always voiceless, often aspirated , and longer in duration than the "weak" consonants, which are written as voiced ( ⟨b d g gw⟩ ) and are often voiced and are not aspirated. Nasals before another consonant become syllabic , and /tː/ , /t/ , and /n/ are dental : [t̪ː t̪ n̪] . Lenis type consonants can frequently be voiced in various surroundings as [b d dʒ ɡ ɡʷ] for plosives and affricates, and [z ʒ] for fricatives. Though no standard orthography has been agreed upon by

120-471: A 1938 jazz song by The Bobcats, has been featured in a number of Hollywood movies, including Let's Make Music and Reveille with Beverly . Winnetka was mentioned in the novel Havana by Stephen Hunter . Secondary character Roger St. John Evans was mentioned as "The Big Noise From Winnetka". The film Home Alone is set in Winnetka, and featured scenes filmed at 671 Lincoln Avenue. The street address

160-462: A Baby and Uncle Buck . The film Contagion was filmed in the area in the spring of 2011. Holidate , a 2020 Netflix romantic comedy starring Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey , is set in Winnetka. A popular TV series , Sisters (1991–1996), was set primarily in Winnetka, but was not filmed there, except for some exterior establishing shots. This was also true of its erstwhile summer replacement series, Winnetka Road . The characters on

200-862: A considerable amount of vocabulary from the Sauk . Generally, in developments since Indian Removal in the 19th century, Potawatomi has become differentiated in North America among separated populations. It is divided between Northern Potawatomi, spoken in Ontario, Canada; and Michigan and Wisconsin of the United States; and Southern Potawatomi, which is spoken in Kansas and Oklahoma, where certain Pottawatomi ancestors were removed who had formerly lived in Illinois and other areas east of

240-456: A different system called BWAKA is used. It too is both based on the Roman alphabet and phonemic, with each letter or digraph representing a contrastive sound. The letters used are ' a b c d e e' g h i I j k m n o p s sh t u w y z zh. The traditional system used in writing Potawatomi is a form of syllabic writing. Potawatomi, Ottawa , Sac , Fox and Winnebago communities all used it. Derived from

280-454: A solution during the 1920s, reaching a tentative agreement in 2007 in which each homeowner could choose a village from which to receive services while the boundary officially remained unchanged. Initially, 46 homeowners chose Winnetka, but the others had the option to choose a village later. The boundary was later updated to reflect these choices. As of the 2020 census there were 12,744 people, 4,204 households, and 3,461 families residing in

320-578: A tavern to service passengers on the Green Bay Trail post road. The village was first subdivided in 1854 by Charles Peck and Walter S. Gurnee, President of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad . Winnetka's first private school was opened in 1856 by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Peck with seventeen pupils. In 1859, the first public school building was built with private funds at the southeast corner of Elm and Maple streets. The first year's budget for this school

360-715: Is a Central Algonquian language . It was historically spoken by the Pottawatomi people who lived around the Great Lakes in what are now Michigan and Wisconsin in the United States , and in southern Ontario in Canada . Federally recognized tribes in Michigan and Oklahoma are working to revive the language. Potawatomi is a member of the Algonquian language family (itself a member of

400-762: Is mentioned in the film, but the street is called "Lincoln Boulevard". The opening scenes of the sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York were filmed at the same house. Over three decades after the original film's 1990 release, sightseers still visit the North Shore neighborhood, particularly around the Christmas holiday season. Numerous other films have been shot in Winnetka, including portions of films Ocean's 12 , Breakfast Club , National Lampoon's Vacation , Ferris Bueller's Day Off , Sixteen Candles , Risky Business , Planes, Trains & Automobiles , She's Having

440-909: Is on the south end of the village and Hubbard Woods is at the north end. Besides Metra, Pace Suburban Bus serves the Chicago Metropolitan Area. Winnetka has Pace Route 213 on Green Bay Road originating from Chicago Howard CTA Station, branching to Northbrook Court Mall , and the Highland Park , Illinois Metra Station. Pace also has route 423 from CTA's Linden Station in Wilmette branching to The Glen Town Center in Glenview, Illinois' , then ending at Chicago's CTA Harlem Station . Pace route 423 enters Winnetka from Northfield on Willow Road, turning on to Hibbard Road, Elm Street, then Green Bay Road to Linden Station. " Big Noise from Winnetka ,"

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480-660: The Winnetka-Glencoe Patch , the Chicago Tribune 's TribLocal , the Pioneer Press , Winnetka Talk , and The Winnetka Current . Metra serves three stations in Winnetka. All provide commuter rail service along the Union Pacific North Line . Trains travel south to Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago, and north to Kenosha station . In the downtown area is The Winnetka station . Indian Hill

520-476: The /h/ , written ⟨ A ⟩ , is optional. Potawatomi has six parts of speech: noun, verb, pronoun, prenoun, preverb, and particle. There are two main types of pronoun: personal pronouns and demonstrative pronouns. As nouns and verbs use inflection to describe anaphoric reference , the main use of the free pronouns is for emphasis. Personal pronouns, because of vowel syncope , resemble those of Odaawaa but structurally resemble more those in

560-575: The Chicago & Northwestern Railway . Between 1937 and 1942 the railroad tracks through Winnetka were grade separated after several people were hit at grade crossings. In 1995 the C&;NW was merged into the Union Pacific . Only Metra trains are operated on this track now; freight operations ended in the late 1980s. Winnetka has three Metra stations: Hubbard Woods , Winnetka , and Indian Hill . The Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee electric interurban

600-566: The Mississippi River . Here, the phonology of the Northern dialect is described, which differs somewhat from that of the Southern dialect, spoken in Kansas. There are five vowel phonemes , four diphthongs , and nineteen consonant phonemes. ⟨é⟩ , which is often written as ⟨e'⟩ , represents an open-mid front unrounded vowel, / ɛ / . ⟨e⟩ represents

640-515: The Powers Bluff , Wisconsin, area, has a series of Potawatomi videos, a website, and books available to preserve the language. The federally recognized Pokégnek Bodéwadmik Pokagon Band of Potawatomi started a master-apprentice program in which a "language student (the language apprentice) will be paired with fluent Potawatomi speakers (the language masters)" in January 2013. In addition, classes in

680-563: The Swampy Cree language : The relatively-recent split from Ojibwe makes Potawatomi still exhibit strong correspondences, especially with the Odaawaa (Ottawa) dialect. Cecelia Miksekwe Jackson , one of the last surviving native speakers of Potawatomi, died in May 2011, at the age of 88. She was known for working to preserve and teach the language. Donald Neaseno Perrot, a native speaker who grew up in

720-489: The schwa , /ə/ , which has several allophonic variants. Before /n/ , it becomes [ɪ] ; before /kː/ , /k/ , /ʔ/ and word-finally, it becomes [ʌ] . ⟨o⟩ is pronounced /u/ in Michigan and /o/ elsewhere. When it is in a closed syllable, it is pronounced [ʊ] . There are also four diphthongs, /ɛj ɛw əj əw/ , spelled ⟨éy éw ey ew⟩ . Phonemic /əj əw/ are realized as [ɪj ʌw] . Obstruents , as in many other Algonquian languages, do not have

760-503: The 1970s and 1980s, he had guest roles on The Mod Squad and Mannix and The Highwayman , and starred in the 1978 feature film Laserblast and appeared in Corvette Summer alongside Mark Hamill . He also had a recurring role as Tommy on the soap opera The Secret Storm . Milford briefly became vocalist for Beck, Bogert & Appice , billed as The Jeff Beck Group, for six performances between July 24 to August 8, 1972. He

800-524: The 1980 North American Tour production. He also appeared in the plays Henry Sweet Henry (1967), Your Own Thing , Rockabye Hamlet (1975–76), More Than You Deserve , Sunset , and All Bets Off . In addition to stage work, Milford appeared in the 1975 television movies Song of the Succubus and Rock-a-Die-Baby (also known as Night of the Full Moon ) in which he performed music with his band Moon. During

840-516: The Crow Island Woods. Winnetka's neighborhoods include estates and homes designed by distinguished architects including George Washington Maher , Walter Burley Griffin , John S. Van Bergen , Robert Seyfarth , Robert McNitt, Howard Van Doren Shaw and David Adler . Among Winnetka's celebrities are actor Rock Hudson and rock singer/songwriter/producer Richard Marx . Churches in Winnetka were also designed by noted architects. Among them,

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880-563: The North Shore Summer Project, the nonprofit now known as Open Communities was founded. According to the 2010 census, Winnetka has a total area of 3.893 square miles (10.08 km ), of which 3.81 square miles (9.87 km ) (or 97.87%) is land and 0.083 square miles (0.21 km ) (or 2.13%) is water. Winnetka's northern border with Glencoe cuts through 58 homes, causing homeowners to have to pay taxes to, and seek permits from both villages. The two villages began discussing

920-620: The Potawatomi communities, the system most commonly used is the "Pedagogical System" developed by the Wisconsin Native American Languages Program (WNALP). As the name suggests, it was designed to be used in language teaching. The system is based on the Roman alphabet and is phonemic, with each letter or digraph representing a contrastive sound. The letters used are a b ch d e é g ' h i j k m n o p s sh t w y z zh. In Kansas,

960-586: The Roman alphabet, it resembles handwritten Roman text. However, unlike the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics or the Cherokee alphabet , it has not yet been incorporated into the Unicode standards. Each Potawatomi syllabic block in the system has at least two of the seventeen alphabetic letters, which consist of thirteen consonants and four vowels. Of the thirteen phonemic consonantal letters,

1000-748: The Roxy cast album of Rocky Horror Show . Milford composed the music for Salome , based on the Oscar Wilde play and starred in it at Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles in 1979. He wrote and performed "My Love Is a Rebel" on the soundtrack of Limbo , starring Barry Bostwick . His song "Justice" appeared on the Ciao! Manhattan soundtrack. Milford was born with several congenital heart defects that required surgery throughout his life. On June 16, 1988, he died of complications following open heart surgery several weeks earlier. He

1040-622: The Skokie School (opened 1922 ) and seventh and eighth graders attend the Carleton W. Washburne School (est. 1969 ), named after educator Carleton Washburne . Winnetka's schools were modeled after Washburne's educational philosophy in an experiment called the Winnetka Plan . The town's schools continue to reflect his educational philosophy. Crow Island is a National Historic Landmark due to its significant architectural design. Some neighborhoods in

1080-630: The TV series The League reside in Winnetka. The TV series I Didn't Do It is set in Winnetka. The characters attend the fictional Ditka High School. Former: Evanston • Hyde Park • Jefferson • Lake • Lake View • North Chicago • Rogers Park • South Chicago • West Chicago Potawatomi language Potawatomi ( / ˌ p ɒ t ə ˈ w ɒ t ə m i / , also spelled Pottawatomie ; in Potawatomi Bodwéwadmimwen , Bodwéwadmi Zheshmowen , or Neshnabémwen )

1120-558: The architectural firm Perkins, Wheeler & Will, was declared a National Historical Landmark in 1990. It was declared 12th among all buildings and the best architectural design of all schools. Ten thousand people attended the opening in 1938. In 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke in Winnetka. A plaque dedicated to him is on the Village Green, a park in the town, where he spoke. As a result of Dr. King's open housing campaign and

1160-403: The average family size was 2.94. The village's age distribution consisted of 32.4% under the age of 18, 4.2% from 18 to 24, 16.5% from 25 to 44, 30.3% from 45 to 64, and 16.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.6 males. The median income for a household in the village

1200-479: The former First Church of Christ, Scientist, 440 Ridge Avenue , was designed in 1924 by architect Solon S. Beman . In the 1920s, a colonial Georgian house was built at 671 Lincoln Avenue. The house is now known as the famous Home Alone house for its exterior being used as a shooting location for two films in the series , starting in 1990. The Chicago and Milwaukee Railway was built in 1855 through Winnetka, connecting its namesake cities. It eventually became

1240-540: The larger Algic stock ). It is usually classified as a Central Algonquian language, with languages such as Ojibwe , Cree , Menominee , Miami-Illinois , Shawnee and Fox . The label Central Algonquian signifies a geographic grouping rather than the group of languages descended from a common ancestor language within the Algonquian family. Of the Central languages, Potawatomi is most similar to Ojibwe, but it also has borrowed

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1280-410: The population. There were 4,204 households, out of which 42.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 77.88% were married couples living together, 3.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.67% were non-families. 16.34% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.44% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.31 and

1320-616: The southern part of Winnetka are served by Avoca School District 37 , which has schools in Glenview (Avoca West Elementary School; K-5) and Wilmette (Marie Murphy School; 6–8). Kenilworth School District 38 (Sears School; K-8) also includes a very small portion of the southeastern part of Winnetka, near Kenilworth. Winnetka is in New Trier Township , and public school students who reside in Winnetka attend New Trier High School for grades 9 through 12. Media outlets covering Winnetka include

1360-441: The village. The population density was 3,275.25 inhabitants per square mile (1,264.58/km ). There were 4,459 housing units at an average density of 1,145.98 per square mile (442.47/km ). The racial makeup of the village was 89.17% White , 0.25% African American , 0.04% Native American , 3.52% Asian , 0.02% Pacific Islander , 0.71% from other races , and 6.28% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.01% of

1400-580: Was $ 200. The village was incorporated in 1869 with a population of 450. The name is believed to originate from the Potawatomi language , meaning 'beautiful place'. The oldest surviving house in Winnetka is the Schmidt-Burnham Log House . Originally constructed on what is now the Indian Hill Club on the south edge of town and in 1917 moved to Tower Road, it was moved in 2003 from Tower Road to

1440-642: Was age 37. Rocky Horror Show Winnetka, Illinois Winnetka ( / w ɪ ˈ n ɛ t k ə / ) is a village in Cook County, Illinois , United States, located 16 miles (26 km) north of downtown Chicago . The population was 12,475 as of the 2020 census . The village is one of the wealthiest places in the United States in terms of household income. It was the second-ranked Illinois community on Bloomberg's 2019 Richest Places Annual Index. The first houses were built in 1836. That year, Erastus Patterson and his family arrived from Vermont and opened

1480-654: Was also the front man for his own band Moon who were co-writers on songs such as "Lovin' Lady", "Jo Anna" and "She's Puttin' Me Through Changes". According to an interview in Viva , Milford recorded an album Chain Your Lovers to the Bedposts and a single "Help Is on the Way, Rozea" released in 1974. He recorded the single "Muddy River Water" for (Decca Records), the Sunset soundtrack and appeared on

1520-747: Was awarded the Faith and Freedom Award by the Religious Heritage of America for his portrayal of the Prodigal Son in Round Trip . Milford later performed in the first concert tour of Jesus Christ Superstar playing Jesus and Judas. He also appeared in the original American production of The Rocky Horror Show as Rocky with the Los Angeles Roxy Cast and in the Broadway production. He reprised his role in

1560-691: Was built through Winnetka and the North Shore in the first decade of the 1900s, and the line through Winnetka was removed in 1955. This is now the Green Bay Trail bicycle path . In 1904, the Winnetka Park District was established, making it the fourth oldest park district in the state of Illinois. Today, the park district maintains and operates 27 parks, five beaches, and golf, tennis, ice skating/hockey, and paddle tennis facilities. The Crow Island School , designed by Eliel & Eero Saarinen and

1600-797: Was in excess of $ 250,000, as was the median income for a family. Males had a median income of $ 200,944 versus $ 66,726 for females. The per capita income for the village was $ 134,596. About 1.7% of families and 2.6% of the population were below the poverty line , including 1.8% of those under age 18 and 1.3% of those age 65 or over. For the history see Arthur Zilversmit, Changing schools: Progressive education theory and practice, 1930-1960 (University of Chicago Press, 1993). The Winnetka Public Schools system (District 36) consists of three elementary schools and two middle schools. Hubbard Woods (est. 1915 ), Crow Island (est. 1940), and Samuel Sewall Greeley (est. 1912) Elementary Schools serve grades kindergarten through four, students in fifth and sixth grades attend

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