I was looking at that great then/now video of some of the Blues Brothers filming locations and one scene baffles me. The Blues Brothers turn North onto Normal Avenue from 18th Street, and drive up to the church. In the movie the church appears to be at the end of this street/alley. Except, there is no church there and from Historic Aerials, there never was. It appears this was indeed a street/alley that dead ended at 16th Street.
I presume the used movie magic to place this church there, but was wondering if this was an old Chicago church and if so, what church is it and where was it? A close look at the structure even suggests a home, but would still wonder where it is/was located.
I added a present day shot of the location from Google street view.
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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/52922702@N03/6814238399/]bluesbrothers[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/52922702@N03/]Rustymuscle[/url], on Flickr
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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/03/2012 08:49PM by Rustymuscle.