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Re: Robey street remnant
Posted by:
G. O. Mancer
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Date: December 27, 2013 08:00PM
In Edgewater, at Bryn Mawr and Glenwood, there is an apartment building with a cornerstone that reads "Bryn Mawr" and something that has been filled in with cement years ago. If you look closely, you can see it said "Southport Ave.", Southport and Glenwood both 1400 W.
Re: Robey street remnant
Posted by:
davey7
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Date: December 30, 2013 02:43PM
G. O. Mancer Wrote:
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> In Edgewater, at Bryn Mawr and Glenwood, there is
> an apartment building with a cornerstone that
> reads "Bryn Mawr" and something that has been
> filled in with cement years ago. If you look
> closely, you can see it said "Southport Ave.",
> Southport and Glenwood both 1400 W.
I remember seeing that long ago. I know that most of the Edgewater street names came from Philadelphia mainline towns, is there a Glenwood PA?
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> In Edgewater, at Bryn Mawr and Glenwood, there is
> an apartment building with a cornerstone that
> reads "Bryn Mawr" and something that has been
> filled in with cement years ago. If you look
> closely, you can see it said "Southport Ave.",
> Southport and Glenwood both 1400 W.
I remember seeing that long ago. I know that most of the Edgewater street names came from Philadelphia mainline towns, is there a Glenwood PA?
Re: Robey street remnant
Posted by:
Richard Stachowski
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Date: January 07, 2014 09:23PM
[b]Exactly where are the three green signs? I cannot find the on the street view at pershing road and bell a private road.[/b]
Re: Robey street remnant
Posted by:
Richard Stachowski
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Date: January 07, 2014 09:25PM
Mikey Wrote:
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> Apparently, the good people of Chicagah didn't
> want to let go of Irving Avenue (now Bell street).
> At the corner of Bell and Pershing, THREE green
> street signs grace the street light pole:
> Pershing, Bell, and IRVING.
>
> Mikey
Tell me where is this intersection.
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> Apparently, the good people of Chicagah didn't
> want to let go of Irving Avenue (now Bell street).
> At the corner of Bell and Pershing, THREE green
> street signs grace the street light pole:
> Pershing, Bell, and IRVING.
>
> Mikey
Tell me where is this intersection.
Re: Robey street remnant
Posted by:
222psm
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Date: January 08, 2014 09:36AM
It's here <iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=pershing+road+and+bell+ave++chicago+il&aq=&sll=41.823237,-87.65222&sspn=0.004493,0.010568&ie=UTF8&hq=pershing+road+and&hnear=S+Bell+Ave,+Chicago,+Illinois&t=h&fll=41.822958,-87.680643&fspn=0.001123,0.002642&st=107658235038825379151&rq=1&ev=zi&split=1&ll=41.82747,-87.680294&spn=0.001589,0.002642&layer=c&cbll=41.823024,-87.681028&panoid=CO-fLr3F9t1R9iLj9ci1Jg&cbp=12,191.28,,0,1.73&output=svembed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=pershing+road+and+bell+ave++chicago+il&aq=&sll=41.823237,-87.65222&sspn=0.004493,0.010568&ie=UTF8&hq=pershing+road+and&hnear=S+Bell+Ave,+Chicago,+Illinois&t=h&fll=41.822958,-87.680643&fspn=0.001123,0.002642&st=107658235038825379151&rq=1&ev=zi&split=1&ll=41.82747,-87.680294&spn=0.001589,0.002642&layer=c&cbll=41.823024,-87.681028&panoid=CO-fLr3F9t1R9iLj9ci1Jg&cbp=12,191.28,,0,1.73" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small>
If you zoom in you can read the signs.
If you zoom in you can read the signs.
Re: Robey street remnant
Posted by:
Dunning1
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Date: January 08, 2014 05:28PM
Many years ago, I lived on Damen Avenue near Montrose. I lived in a large court apartment building that is now a condo. Back in those days everyone was friendly and used to meet at the old LeSabre Restaurant on the corner for coffee (now Marmelade). Anyway, a woman who was a nurse at Ravenswood Hospital was very excited about taking a trip to Germany. She went to Berlin, and came back showing me a picture she took on the U-Bahn (subway) over there. She thought they had a station with the same name as our station on the Ravenswood "L," "Damen." I didn't have the heart to tell her it was signage for the women's restroom.
Re: Robey street remnant
Posted by:
Richard Stachowski
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Date: January 08, 2014 09:34PM
[b]Thanks 222 I was from that area but never nptices that. I see it now. Bell is a private street also. Thanks again.[/b]
Re: Robey street remnant
Posted by:
222psm
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Date: January 11, 2014 09:42AM
Richard Stachowski Wrote:
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> Thanks 222 I was from that area but never nptices
> that. I see it now. Bell is a private street also.
> Thanks again.
Your welcome Richard.
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> Thanks 222 I was from that area but never nptices
> that. I see it now. Bell is a private street also.
> Thanks again.
Your welcome Richard.
Re: Robey street remnant
Posted by:
Mikey
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Date: May 26, 2014 10:17PM
Regarding street-name changes:
1. I believe the changing of many street names results from public pressure, because it takes a lot of work and money to make said changes; also, as stated earlier, the cost to each family and/or business affected by the change can be enormous. I remember when the big fight over Pulaski finally ended, around 1952. But some folks who live in my old neighborhood around Lawrence and Pulaski still say "Crawford". Whether this is just laziness or if it's dislike of folks of Polish descent, I haven't a clue. I think the former is correct, though.
2. Regarding using a street name only once within the city limits. I understand why they made that change. I'm looking at my 1855 Chicago map, and there are many duplications; Indiana street (as mentioned earlier in this thread) did become Grand ave.; North Street became 16th street; Michigan street became Hubbard; State street north of the river (to North Avenue) was Wolcott street; and what is now Hudson street, at 430 west, from 500 north to 1900 north, was Webster. I can imagine the confusion this might have caused.
Mikey
1. I believe the changing of many street names results from public pressure, because it takes a lot of work and money to make said changes; also, as stated earlier, the cost to each family and/or business affected by the change can be enormous. I remember when the big fight over Pulaski finally ended, around 1952. But some folks who live in my old neighborhood around Lawrence and Pulaski still say "Crawford". Whether this is just laziness or if it's dislike of folks of Polish descent, I haven't a clue. I think the former is correct, though.
2. Regarding using a street name only once within the city limits. I understand why they made that change. I'm looking at my 1855 Chicago map, and there are many duplications; Indiana street (as mentioned earlier in this thread) did become Grand ave.; North Street became 16th street; Michigan street became Hubbard; State street north of the river (to North Avenue) was Wolcott street; and what is now Hudson street, at 430 west, from 500 north to 1900 north, was Webster. I can imagine the confusion this might have caused.
Mikey
