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Structures prior to building of Daley Center
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fleurblue
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Date: September 12, 2009 01:16AM
Does anyone remember what buildings occupied the block on which the Daley Center now sits?
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Re: Structures prior to building of Daley Center
Posted by:
shoreline
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Date: September 30, 2009 02:13AM
From a 1961 photo in "Downtown Chicago in Transition" by Bronsky it appears that we lost Hoe Sai Gai, Sunny Italy, and the Round the Clock coffee shop. All of these were on the block with Henrici's along Randolph St prior to the demolition.
Re: Structures prior to building of Daley Center
Posted by:
fleurblue
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Date: October 08, 2009 01:07AM
I found this article on former Chicago theaters. The Opera House Building once stood on the Daley Center (f/n/a Civic Center) block; then George M. Cohan opened the RKO Theater.
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/984/
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/984/
Re: Structures prior to building of Daley Center
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fleurblue
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Date: October 11, 2009 06:54PM
This article gives a very good history of Henrici's Restaurant which was located on the Daley Center site before demolition. Located on Randolph between Clark and Dearborn.
http://chicagocrimescenes.blogspot.com/2009/04/striking-waitresses-at-henricis.html
Photo of interior of Henrici's.
http://www.cardcow.com/216658/henricis-restaurant-chicago-illinois-chicago/
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/11/2009 07:26PM by fleurblue.
http://chicagocrimescenes.blogspot.com/2009/04/striking-waitresses-at-henricis.html
Photo of interior of Henrici's.
http://www.cardcow.com/216658/henricis-restaurant-chicago-illinois-chicago/
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/11/2009 07:26PM by fleurblue.
Re: Structures prior to building of Daley Center
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SuperCFL
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Date: January 09, 2010 01:23AM
My dad remembered a second-floor poolhall on that block in the fifties. He would sometimes go over there on his lunch break.
Re: Structures prior to building of Daley Center
Posted by:
Jayg
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Date: May 10, 2011 02:04AM
Here's a photo Of Clark street looking north toward Randolph
<a HREF="http://www.americanclassicimages.com/Default.aspx?tabid=141&txtSearch=rko&ProductID=26239">AmericanClassicImages</a>
There are 2 theaters on that image, The RKO Grand,showed movies,
The Erlanger, live theater,closed in 1962 with "Bye Bye Birdie"
In the background is the Greyhound bus terminal that replaced the Apollo theater,demolished in 1953.
There was a Cort theater on the Dearborn side that I don't have a closing date for, it's listed on a map from the twenties on the
Jazz Age Chicago web site. An image can be found at the following link
<a HREF="http://snuffy.lib.umn.edu/image/srch/bin/Dispatcher?mode=600&id=atc1837 ">snuffy.lib.umn.edu</a>
<a HREF="http://www.americanclassicimages.com/Default.aspx?tabid=141&txtSearch=rko&ProductID=26239">AmericanClassicImages</a>
There are 2 theaters on that image, The RKO Grand,showed movies,
The Erlanger, live theater,closed in 1962 with "Bye Bye Birdie"
In the background is the Greyhound bus terminal that replaced the Apollo theater,demolished in 1953.
There was a Cort theater on the Dearborn side that I don't have a closing date for, it's listed on a map from the twenties on the
Jazz Age Chicago web site. An image can be found at the following link
<a HREF="http://snuffy.lib.umn.edu/image/srch/bin/Dispatcher?mode=600&id=atc1837 ">snuffy.lib.umn.edu</a>
Re: Structures prior to building of Daley Center
Posted by:
tbanich
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Date: May 11, 2011 06:20PM
Check out www.whatwasthere.com and look for pictures uploaded near Clark and Randolph.
