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Bulko Gas Station on Montrose?
Posted by:
nasommer
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Date: November 09, 2009 09:21PM
Hello.. can someone please help to settle an argument between my parents before they divorce? Does anyone remember what cross street on Montrose (near California) the Bulko gas station was?
Thanks advance for any help!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/09/2009 09:22PM by nasommer.
Thanks advance for any help!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/09/2009 09:22PM by nasommer.
Re: Bulko Gas Station on Montrose?
Posted by:
captain54
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Date: November 13, 2009 03:11PM
tough to find any specific info on where the Bulko stations were in Chicago. They are long gone, sold to Gulf Oil in the early 60's. I do vaguely remember the elephant logo and that most of the stations were on the south side.
My best guess as to that specific Bulko location are probably the southeast corner of Montrose and Sacramento, the southwest corner of Montrose and Mozart or the northwest corner of Montrose and Albany, based on Historic Aerial views.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/13/2009 03:22PM by captain54.
My best guess as to that specific Bulko location are probably the southeast corner of Montrose and Sacramento, the southwest corner of Montrose and Mozart or the northwest corner of Montrose and Albany, based on Historic Aerial views.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/13/2009 03:22PM by captain54.
Re: Bulko Gas Station on Montrose?
Posted by:
tseals
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Date: December 28, 2009 01:41AM
Grew up there. Montrose & sacremento was SINCLARE & the N/W corner of California/Montrose was a gas station briefly, then a mechanic. It may have been Bulko. I rememeber The gas station on the west side of Pulaski just north of Montrose. It was the one that had the TIGER in your tank. (whoever that was?) Bulko may have been on Montrose & Albany.
Re: Bulko Gas Station on Montrose?
Posted by:
tseals
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Date: December 29, 2009 04:02PM
I spoke with someone from the neighborhood who told me that THEY remember a BULKO gas station on the S/W corner of Montrose & Mozart. I remember a gas station but don't recall the name.
Re: Bulko Gas Station on Montrose?
Posted by:
Elf Odin
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Date: January 09, 2010 04:11PM
There was a Bulko on the southwest corner of Ashland and Wellington. From 1959 until 1963, I lived just down the street at 2858 North Ashland (my house was on the spot that is now occupied by the Pier One).
On a slightly related topic, the Jewel/Osco on that block used to be on the west end of the next block north, in Appleton Plaza. And that Plaza used to be a city park with two ball fields, until the shopping center was built (in 1962, I think; I'm fuzzy on that date).
-- EO
On a slightly related topic, the Jewel/Osco on that block used to be on the west end of the next block north, in Appleton Plaza. And that Plaza used to be a city park with two ball fields, until the shopping center was built (in 1962, I think; I'm fuzzy on that date).
-- EO
Re: Bulko Gas Station on Montrose?
Posted by:
Jim L.
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Date: October 24, 2013 01:58PM
I looked up an old Bulko ad and it says 2900 W. Montrose, corner of N. Francisco.
Hope the divorce did not go through!
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Hope the divorce did not go through!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/15/2013 10:00PM by Jim L..
Re: Bulko Gas Station on Montrose?
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paxchgo
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Date: May 11, 2015 03:39AM
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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/11/2015 03:41AM by paxchgo.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/11/2015 03:41AM by paxchgo.
Re: Bulko Gas Station on Montrose?
Posted by:
Lance Grey
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Date: May 11, 2015 01:31PM
Elf Odin Wrote:
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> There was a Bulko on the southwest corner of
> Ashland and Wellington. From 1959 until 1963, I
> lived just down the street at 2858 North Ashland
> (my house was on the spot that is now occupied by
> the Pier One).
>
> On a slightly related topic, the Jewel/Osco on
> that block used to be on the west end of the next
> block north, in Appleton Plaza. And that Plaza
> used to be a city park with two ball fields, until
> the shopping center was built (in 1962, I think;
> I'm fuzzy on that date).
That's an interesting bit of history-mystery about the Park.
Mom & Dad gassed up at Ashland & Wellington in the '60s.
I recall the later '60s had a cartoon sign announcing a merger of Citco & Enco with the Triangle & Rectangle logos shaking hands.
Whenever we passed I'd annoyingly say, "Citco and Enco meet."
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> There was a Bulko on the southwest corner of
> Ashland and Wellington. From 1959 until 1963, I
> lived just down the street at 2858 North Ashland
> (my house was on the spot that is now occupied by
> the Pier One).
>
> On a slightly related topic, the Jewel/Osco on
> that block used to be on the west end of the next
> block north, in Appleton Plaza. And that Plaza
> used to be a city park with two ball fields, until
> the shopping center was built (in 1962, I think;
> I'm fuzzy on that date).
That's an interesting bit of history-mystery about the Park.
Mom & Dad gassed up at Ashland & Wellington in the '60s.
I recall the later '60s had a cartoon sign announcing a merger of Citco & Enco with the Triangle & Rectangle logos shaking hands.
Whenever we passed I'd annoyingly say, "Citco and Enco meet."
Re: Bulko Gas Station on Montrose?
Posted by:
paxchgo
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Date: September 07, 2015 03:19PM
The station on Ashland at Wellington was also the corporate office. The Bulk Petroleum Corp was sold to Gulf Oil in 1963 for $14M. Lots of money back then. At the time of the sale there were about 40 stations with the majority being on the South Side.
My grandfather was Joseph L Stone, Sr. "JL" who founded the company in the early 1920s under a different name. The first service station was on either Chicago or Ontario. My dad was Joe, Jr. I'd go to the office with my dad as often as he would take me.
The unique thing about Bulko was it only sold gasoline and products. No mechanical work. And JL owned the land the stations were built on, still very rare.
Carol Stone
My grandfather was Joseph L Stone, Sr. "JL" who founded the company in the early 1920s under a different name. The first service station was on either Chicago or Ontario. My dad was Joe, Jr. I'd go to the office with my dad as often as he would take me.
The unique thing about Bulko was it only sold gasoline and products. No mechanical work. And JL owned the land the stations were built on, still very rare.
Carol Stone
Re: Bulko Gas Station on Montrose?
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rjmachon
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Date: September 29, 2015 05:34PM
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Re: Bulko Gas Station on Montrose?
Posted by:
Jeff_Weiner
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Date: September 29, 2015 05:40PM
Don't think I ever saw a Bulko station on the SW Side...
Re: Bulko Gas Station on Montrose?
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PKDickman
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Date: September 29, 2015 08:13PM
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Re: Bulko Gas Station on Montrose?
Posted by:
SWEDE
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Date: September 30, 2015 12:03AM
Most of the gas stations on the soutside back in the 50's,60's were Standard Oil, Sinclare, Texaco and Ryan Gas. Then came City Service the old Siclare, then came Gas City. Can't remember any Bulko.
Re: Bulko Gas Station on Montrose?
Posted by:
Dunning1
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Date: September 30, 2015 12:18PM
We used to have a Deep Rock gas station on the corner of Oak Park and Addison. I have seen pix of it when it was originally built, and it was a Sinclair station when it opened. Later, it became a Standard, later Amoco station, before finally closing as a gas station and becoming only a repair shop. There was also a Clark at the SE corner of Irving Park and Oak Park forever, it later became a Citgo, and then Shell.
Re: Bulko Gas Station on Montrose?
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Date: October 12, 2015 08:25AM
check with this: 660 10 Avenue, Montrose, BC V0G 1P0
