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The Kentile Floors Sign & Place
Posted by:
Chipast
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Date: September 29, 2010 02:29PM
On the SW side, Between Kedzie & Cicero. There was a huge sign for "Kentile Floors", When passing through SW on the Stevenson expy. I know the factory & outfit is no longer in use, But the sign STILL exists. Where was this factory located?.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/29/2010 02:30PM by Chipast.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/29/2010 02:30PM by Chipast.
Re: The Kentile Floors Sign & Place
Posted by:
Steve B.
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Date: September 29, 2010 03:28PM
The last known address for Kentile Floors is:
4532 South Kolin Avenue, Chicago, IL 60632-4413.
They may or may not have always been at that address. It was impossible NOT to stare at that sign as one drove southwest from downtown to the city limits at night. It was HUGE and visible for miles! That was also near a stretch of the Stevenson expressway where they had experimental street lights installed that was an eerie orange color.
4532 South Kolin Avenue, Chicago, IL 60632-4413.
They may or may not have always been at that address. It was impossible NOT to stare at that sign as one drove southwest from downtown to the city limits at night. It was HUGE and visible for miles! That was also near a stretch of the Stevenson expressway where they had experimental street lights installed that was an eerie orange color.
Re: The Kentile Floors Sign & Place
Posted by:
Chipast
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Date: September 29, 2010 05:05PM
Yes, I remember those unsightly orange yellowish sodium vapor lights. When they were on the Stevenson, When most of the lights were bluish white mercury vapor.
Re: The Kentile Floors Sign & Place
Posted by:
daveg
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Date: September 30, 2010 02:09PM
Yep, Steve is correct. Lived a few blocks west of there (on Kilpatrick) back in the 60s.
Twas a BIG sign.
Twas a BIG sign.
Re: The Kentile Floors Sign & Place
Posted by:
Steve B.
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Date: September 30, 2010 03:29PM
For those interested in old signs, I recall a "Foote Bros. Gear" sign in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. Although records show their address as 5225 South Western Boulevard, I remember being able to see it from 44th and Wolcott, looking directly west across the open fields. Maybe they had more than one location? It was bright red neon, and quite large. After the construction of the Damen overpass around 1960, that sign became obscured from our vantage point. Then it disappeared altogether in the mid to late 60s.
Re: The Kentile Floors Sign & Place
Posted by:
querencia
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Date: October 21, 2010 01:02AM
When I lived at 5400 North in a tall building I could read the KENTILE sign with binoculars. 4500 South? Wow.
Re: The Kentile Floors Sign & Place
Posted by:
Berwyn Frank
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Date: October 21, 2010 09:21PM
Steve B. Wrote:
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> For those interested in old signs, I recall a
> "Foote Bros. Gear" sign in the Back of the Yards
> neighborhood. Although records show their address
> as 5225 South Western Boulevard, I remember being
> able to see it from 44th and Wolcott, looking
> directly west across the open fields. Maybe they
> had more than one location? It was bright red
> neon, and quite large. After the construction of
> the Damen overpass around 1960, that sign became
> obscured from our vantage point. Then it
> disappeared altogether in the mid to late 60s.
Steve B. There was a Brad Foote Gear in Cicero. I will have to look up the exact address.
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> For those interested in old signs, I recall a
> "Foote Bros. Gear" sign in the Back of the Yards
> neighborhood. Although records show their address
> as 5225 South Western Boulevard, I remember being
> able to see it from 44th and Wolcott, looking
> directly west across the open fields. Maybe they
> had more than one location? It was bright red
> neon, and quite large. After the construction of
> the Damen overpass around 1960, that sign became
> obscured from our vantage point. Then it
> disappeared altogether in the mid to late 60s.
Steve B. There was a Brad Foote Gear in Cicero. I will have to look up the exact address.
Re: The Kentile Floors Sign & Place
Posted by:
Richard Stachowski
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Date: October 22, 2010 12:32AM
[b]I had worked at Kentile in the early 60's. It was at Kolin and 46th st.[/b]
