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Re: "M-Squad"...filmed in Chicago, 1957-1960
Posted by:
captain54
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Date: June 13, 2011 01:02AM
adgorn Wrote:
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> Looking west at Wrigley Bldg before the plaza on
> the east side of Michigan Ave was built. Alan
that's Pioneer Court .. along with the Equitable Building, went up in 65'
approximately the site. too, of the original home and trading post of Point DuSable...1770's
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> Looking west at Wrigley Bldg before the plaza on
> the east side of Michigan Ave was built. Alan
that's Pioneer Court .. along with the Equitable Building, went up in 65'
approximately the site. too, of the original home and trading post of Point DuSable...1770's
Re: "M-Squad"...filmed in Chicago, 1957-1960
Posted by:
adgorn
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Date: June 18, 2011 03:06PM
Long gone John Crerar Library across from Public Library at NW corner of Randolph & Michigan:
At 3950 LSD, with Immaculata High School in background:
Alan
At 3950 LSD, with Immaculata High School in background:
Alan
Re: "M-Squad"...filmed in Chicago, 1957-1960
Posted by:
JLSii
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Date: June 21, 2011 02:25PM
As to the second picture on this topic I just want to make note as to the Building name with the Admiral sign. It was NOT called the BCBS building.
It was the Hibbard, Spence, Bartlett and Company Building (1926) 14 floors.
Architect: Graham, Anderson, Probst & White.
@211 East North Water Street, Chgo. later named Mandel-Lear (1970-1989).
It was demolished in early 1989.
Lt Ballinger riding west from Michigan and Wacker 1959..view east...Blue Cross Blue Shield Building in background, with giant Admiral TV sign on south face. I believe the Sheraton is now at the approximate site. There are a few night views of the signage lit throughout the series
It was the Hibbard, Spence, Bartlett and Company Building (1926) 14 floors.
Architect: Graham, Anderson, Probst & White.
@211 East North Water Street, Chgo. later named Mandel-Lear (1970-1989).
It was demolished in early 1989.
Lt Ballinger riding west from Michigan and Wacker 1959..view east...Blue Cross Blue Shield Building in background, with giant Admiral TV sign on south face. I believe the Sheraton is now at the approximate site. There are a few night views of the signage lit throughout the series
Re: "M-Squad"...filmed in Chicago, 1957-1960
Posted by:
captain54
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Date: June 21, 2011 04:24PM
JLSii Wrote:
It was NOT called the BCBS
> building.
>
> It was the Hibbard, Spence, Bartlett and Company
> Building (1926) 14 floors.
> Architect: Graham, Anderson, Probst & White.
> @211 East North Water Street, Chgo. later named
> Mandel-Lear (1970-1989).
> It was demolished in early 1989.
thanks for the follow-up. Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett and Company was a hardware distributor later purchased by Cotter/True Value.
the Mandel-Lear building was used by the Chicago Public Library as a temporary location while the current library (Harold Washington Library) was being constructed.
It was NOT called the BCBS
> building.
>
> It was the Hibbard, Spence, Bartlett and Company
> Building (1926) 14 floors.
> Architect: Graham, Anderson, Probst & White.
> @211 East North Water Street, Chgo. later named
> Mandel-Lear (1970-1989).
> It was demolished in early 1989.
thanks for the follow-up. Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett and Company was a hardware distributor later purchased by Cotter/True Value.
the Mandel-Lear building was used by the Chicago Public Library as a temporary location while the current library (Harold Washington Library) was being constructed.
Re: "M-Squad"...filmed in Chicago, 1957-1960
Posted by:
virino
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Date: August 06, 2011 06:42PM
RE the Kopper Kettle scene...there was one on the north side of Randolph, one or two doors east of Dearborn. In that screencap, I believe you can see the marquee of the Woods Theater just west of there.
Re: "M-Squad"...filmed in Chicago, 1957-1960
Posted by:
gglow
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Date: September 11, 2011 03:44AM
Just found this site. I use to run in and out of the police station as a young
boy. In two episodes, looking down Superior street you can see my grand mothers apartment. The building my family lived in had already been demolished.
boy. In two episodes, looking down Superior street you can see my grand mothers apartment. The building my family lived in had already been demolished.
Re: "M-Squad"...filmed in Chicago, 1957-1960
Posted by:
Rustymuscle
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Date: September 11, 2011 05:42PM
A couple questions gglow...
Do you recall any filming at the station?... or when they demolished it?
The shooting down Superior was looking east...which apartment was your grandmother in?
Where was your family's demolished building?
Interesting side note. I noticed that the filming of the outside of the station looking southeast (the building on the SE corner of Superior and Racine) shows the corner building apparently ready for demolition. No windows!
Do you recall any filming at the station?... or when they demolished it?
The shooting down Superior was looking east...which apartment was your grandmother in?
Where was your family's demolished building?
Interesting side note. I noticed that the filming of the outside of the station looking southeast (the building on the SE corner of Superior and Racine) shows the corner building apparently ready for demolition. No windows!
Re: "M-Squad"...filmed in Chicago, 1957-1960
Posted by:
captain54
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Date: September 12, 2011 01:27AM
>
> Interesting side note. I noticed that the filming
> of the outside of the station looking southeast
> (the building on the SE corner of Superior and
> Racine) shows the corner building apparently ready
> for demolition. No windows!
Here is a view of the building on the SE corner of Superior and Racine, in the background...Looks like its a store with apartments above..Hard to tell whether its prepped for demolition.
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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/20205384@N03/4883528959/]M-Squad Police Station - [/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/20205384@N03/]captain54_01[/url], on Flickr
> Interesting side note. I noticed that the filming
> of the outside of the station looking southeast
> (the building on the SE corner of Superior and
> Racine) shows the corner building apparently ready
> for demolition. No windows!
Here is a view of the building on the SE corner of Superior and Racine, in the background...Looks like its a store with apartments above..Hard to tell whether its prepped for demolition.
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/20205384@N03/4883528959/]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/20205384@N03/4883528959/]M-Squad Police Station - [/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/20205384@N03/]captain54_01[/url], on Flickr
Re: "M-Squad"...filmed in Chicago, 1957-1960
Posted by:
Rustymuscle
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Date: September 12, 2011 10:40AM
There is a much better segment where the camera was right near Superior and Racine looking SE and shows the whole superior side of the building sans windows.
Re: "M-Squad"...filmed in Chicago, 1957-1960
Posted by:
captain54
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Date: September 12, 2011 04:51PM
do you recall what episode?
Re: "M-Squad"...filmed in Chicago, 1957-1960
Posted by:
Rustymuscle
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Date: September 12, 2011 05:11PM
Sorry, I don't!
Re: "M-Squad"...filmed in Chicago, 1957-1960
Posted by:
gglow
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Date: September 13, 2011 07:26PM
We moved in May of 1957 and missed the filming. Twoof my old friends, whose father own the four store on the south side of Superior (1147 first floor)
got to see the filming. MY grandmother lived on the second floor of that
building. I live @ 1145 the building to the east. The build on that corner
had a tavern on the first floor. Across from the station was a play lot that
dead ended Superior st. on the west, it stop on the east at May st. sort
of a private one block street.
got to see the filming. MY grandmother lived on the second floor of that
building. I live @ 1145 the building to the east. The build on that corner
had a tavern on the first floor. Across from the station was a play lot that
dead ended Superior st. on the west, it stop on the east at May st. sort
of a private one block street.
Re: "M-Squad"...filmed in Chicago, 1957-1960
Posted by:
captain54
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Date: September 14, 2011 08:51PM
gglow Wrote:
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> Across from the
> station was a play lot that
> dead ended Superior st. on the west, it stop on
> the east at May st. sort
> of a private one block street.
That playlot was on the SW corner of Superior and Racine, diagnally across from the police station. What's odd is that if you look at the Historic Aerial view, two homes, a couple of doors south of that playlot survived the Kennedy demolition and are still standing.
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> Across from the
> station was a play lot that
> dead ended Superior st. on the west, it stop on
> the east at May st. sort
> of a private one block street.
That playlot was on the SW corner of Superior and Racine, diagnally across from the police station. What's odd is that if you look at the Historic Aerial view, two homes, a couple of doors south of that playlot survived the Kennedy demolition and are still standing.
Re: "M-Squad"...filmed in Chicago, 1957-1960
Posted by:
Rustymuscle
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Date: September 14, 2011 08:55PM
I can't point to an actual episode, but shots looking south down Racine and a bit west show those still-standing buildings.
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/14/2011 08:56PM by Rustymuscle.
Re: "M-Squad"...filmed in Chicago, 1957-1960
Posted by:
captain54
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Date: September 14, 2011 11:27PM
Current views of still standing structures...the Racine Police station would have been roughly up the embankment on the outbound ramp near where the cluster of small shrubs are.
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/20205384@N03/6148929404/]
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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/20205384@N03/6148929404/]Surviving Kenn Expressway-North Racine-Huron[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/20205384@N03/]captain54_01[/url], on Flickr
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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/20205384@N03/6148929404/]Surviving Kenn Expressway-North Racine-Huron[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/20205384@N03/]captain54_01[/url], on Flickr
Re: "M-Squad"...filmed in Chicago, 1957-1960
Posted by:
gglow
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Date: September 15, 2011 01:16AM
Actual there are three buildings one is in the back. From what I heard, when I was young my friends Father took title to those buildings. It was some kind of a trade for the 1147 Superior building and one on Chicago ave. Also some time
later their older brother bought the building across the alley facing Huron st.
later their older brother bought the building across the alley facing Huron st.
Re: "M-Squad"...filmed in Chicago, 1957-1960
Posted by:
gglow
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Date: September 21, 2011 01:52PM
captian54 wrote
Here is a view of the building on the SE corner of Superior and Racine, in the background...Looks like its a store with apartments above..Hard to tell whether its prepped for demolition.
It was a tavern. The name if I rember right was Pavlok's. Not sure of the spelling.
Here is a view of the building on the SE corner of Superior and Racine, in the background...Looks like its a store with apartments above..Hard to tell whether its prepped for demolition.
It was a tavern. The name if I rember right was Pavlok's. Not sure of the spelling.
Re: "M-Squad"...filmed in Chicago, 1957-1960
Posted by:
captain54
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Date: September 21, 2011 07:22PM
Some info on the residents around Superior and Racine in 1929, Polk Directory
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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/20205384@N03/6170533134/]Racine Ave listings 1929 Polk Directory Chicago[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/20205384@N03/]captain54_01[/url], on Flickr
Looks like the tavern on the SE corner of Superior and Racine may have been there in 1929. Spelled "Pawlak" @ 727 N Racine. Or maybe the Pawlak's lived in the building and opened a tavern later. Someone with a more updated directory would know.
The Polk Directory is slightly off though as far a where Superior intersects. Superior intersects @ 731 N Racine, where the police station was, not 738, as listed. 730 and 732 are on the NW corner of Superior and Racine.
Also interesting is that almost every single resident on the block was of Polish descent
The big question is: Was the Superior and Racine Police station abandoned when M-Squad was filmed? From all the research I've done, the station was vacant, and probably most of the residences/businesses/industry spots in the area. It's really a testament to the fact that the city wanted nothing to do with the M-Squad crew. Out of all the police station exteriors in the city, the only available one was one earmarked for demolition.
I remember noticing an odd couple of clips of the "POLICE" lights at the entrance of the station. In the early clips of the show, the lights were lit at night, in the later clips, the lights were dark. Meaning later on in the series the power to the the building was possibly already shut down
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/21/2011 07:25PM by captain54.
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/20205384@N03/6170533134/]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/20205384@N03/6170533134/]Racine Ave listings 1929 Polk Directory Chicago[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/20205384@N03/]captain54_01[/url], on Flickr
Looks like the tavern on the SE corner of Superior and Racine may have been there in 1929. Spelled "Pawlak" @ 727 N Racine. Or maybe the Pawlak's lived in the building and opened a tavern later. Someone with a more updated directory would know.
The Polk Directory is slightly off though as far a where Superior intersects. Superior intersects @ 731 N Racine, where the police station was, not 738, as listed. 730 and 732 are on the NW corner of Superior and Racine.
Also interesting is that almost every single resident on the block was of Polish descent
The big question is: Was the Superior and Racine Police station abandoned when M-Squad was filmed? From all the research I've done, the station was vacant, and probably most of the residences/businesses/industry spots in the area. It's really a testament to the fact that the city wanted nothing to do with the M-Squad crew. Out of all the police station exteriors in the city, the only available one was one earmarked for demolition.
I remember noticing an odd couple of clips of the "POLICE" lights at the entrance of the station. In the early clips of the show, the lights were lit at night, in the later clips, the lights were dark. Meaning later on in the series the power to the the building was possibly already shut down
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/21/2011 07:25PM by captain54.
Re: "M-Squad"...filmed in Chicago, 1957-1960
Posted by:
kokeefe
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Date: July 24, 2013 08:06PM
I lived across the street from the 29 police district at Racine and Superior. I remember when they shot the scenes at the station.
