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North Avenue and N Marshfield Ave
Posted by:
kgamb
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Date: September 13, 2012 12:13AM
Hi everyone,
It's been too long of a hiatus from my favorite board!
My friend who lives just near North Avenue and N Marshfield Avenue (1614 to be exact) is experiencing some "interesting" events in his home. It's not an old home - very new actually - however; he is trying to find out any information on the land, what was there in the past, etc. I've looked and haven't found anything much, so I wanted to post here and see what you guys might drum up. I'm not making this up - He's had a lot of issues with things he cannot explain.
Here is the exact address: https://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&q=1614+Marshfield+chicago&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x880fd2c36089ada7:0x5877db17fcfdb632,1614+N+Marshfield+Ave,+Chicago,+IL+60622&gl=us&ei=n0FRUKj4FMf_ygGmnIDgDg&ved=0CCAQ8gEwAA
Any information at all is helpful and appreciated!
Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 09/13/2012 12:41AM by kgamb.
It's been too long of a hiatus from my favorite board!
My friend who lives just near North Avenue and N Marshfield Avenue (1614 to be exact) is experiencing some "interesting" events in his home. It's not an old home - very new actually - however; he is trying to find out any information on the land, what was there in the past, etc. I've looked and haven't found anything much, so I wanted to post here and see what you guys might drum up. I'm not making this up - He's had a lot of issues with things he cannot explain.
Here is the exact address: https://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&q=1614+Marshfield+chicago&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x880fd2c36089ada7:0x5877db17fcfdb632,1614+N+Marshfield+Ave,+Chicago,+IL+60622&gl=us&ei=n0FRUKj4FMf_ygGmnIDgDg&ved=0CCAQ8gEwAA
Any information at all is helpful and appreciated!
Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 09/13/2012 12:41AM by kgamb.
Re: North Avenue and N Marshfield Ave
Posted by:
Lance Grey
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Date: September 13, 2012 12:44AM
noticed the raised street (and sunken garden apartments going down the street.)
Perhaps its swamp gas building up?
Perhaps its swamp gas building up?
Re: North Avenue and N Marshfield Ave
Posted by:
Richard Stachowski
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Date: September 13, 2012 08:41PM
[b]Go to polk's 1929 chicago directory. Is that 1614 north Marshfield or 1614 w. North aveenue?[/b]
Re: North Avenue and N Marshfield Ave
Posted by:
kgamb
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Date: September 14, 2012 12:11AM
Richard said:
Go to polk's 1929 chicago directory. Is that 1614 north Marshfield or 1614 w. North aveenue?
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It's 1614 North Marshfield, Richard.
Go to polk's 1929 chicago directory. Is that 1614 north Marshfield or 1614 w. North aveenue?
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It's 1614 North Marshfield, Richard.
Re: North Avenue and N Marshfield Ave
Posted by:
kgamb
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Date: September 16, 2012 11:00PM
I looked up the address in the 1929 Polk Directory (and I also looked up my own address). Really fascinating. I'm wondering how to interpret the entries where there are numerous persons shown at one address. Were most homes split into apartments or am I misreading the directory? I realize addresses may be slightly to very different to present.
Thanks for your help.
Thanks for your help.
Re: North Avenue and N Marshfield Ave
Posted by:
davey7
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Date: September 18, 2012 06:55PM
Thanks for the Polk's directory - found out the architect who designed my building either lived there or owned a unit.
Re: North Avenue and N Marshfield Ave
Posted by:
murphman
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Date: January 07, 2013 02:26AM
The reason the garden apartments are below sidewalk level is they were built before the grade of the streets were raised. You see a lot of this in that area, particularly Bucktown. I believe the Polk directory lists residents from top to bottom. That is three flats, third floor residents listed first and so on down the line. Polk directory is fascinating. Found out I lived in the same apt as one of the victims of the St Valentines day massacre. And never knew it when I lived there. Oh well!
Re: North Avenue and N Marshfield Ave
Posted by:
Rustymuscle
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Date: January 10, 2013 12:57PM
Which victim murphman? And what is his address?
Re: North Avenue and N Marshfield Ave
Posted by:
murphman
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Date: January 11, 2013 01:04PM
Rusty, It was Adam Heyer, aka Frank Snyder. The address is 2024 W Farragut second floor. The wake was also held there according to his obit.
Re: North Avenue and N Marshfield Ave
Posted by:
jak378
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Date: January 11, 2013 03:40PM
Is Polk's online? Where does one find it?
Re: North Avenue and N Marshfield Ave
Posted by:
Lance Grey
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Date: January 11, 2013 05:01PM
jak378 Wrote:
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> Is Polk's online? Where does one find it?
I keep hearing about Polks' reverse address lookup too. Wish I could find it!
So far I've found this site: http://georgekrejci.com/ with several links to various resources and address Directories.
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> Is Polk's online? Where does one find it?
I keep hearing about Polks' reverse address lookup too. Wish I could find it!
So far I've found this site: http://georgekrejci.com/ with several links to various resources and address Directories.
Re: North Avenue and N Marshfield Ave
Posted by:
murphman
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Date: January 12, 2013 12:17PM
Go to Chicago historical society website. Online resources. And take it from there. Takes a while to load on my 1968 computer but is an endless source of fascination. The 1929 version is online. Seems to me there may be one more in the seventies but not sure.
