US27854 Schorsch Village?
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I moved to Old Town in 1981,and that quickly became our favorite restaurant. We lived on North Park so it was a short walk. I don't remember who owned it, but we were sad when (we assume) it changed hands & was remodeled maybe mid-late 80's. It wasn't the same place that we'd loved.I think it closed shortly thereafter.
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Very interesting. We live not too far from Thatcher Rd & the Thatcher Woods forest preserves, which run along the Des Plaines River. About 20 years ago I checked out a book from our local library which indicated that Indians were living in the area as recenty as the 1920's. It was an old book about the area and in retrospect, I wish I had "lost" it. Recently we were walking through t
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I drive down Washington every day on my way to work. I don't see any buildings marked Washington Park East or West. There were some '60 era ghetto type apartments along Washington that were torn down a few years ago. It's quite possible that there were buildings there prior to those apartments. There are also some buildings marked "Douglas Park" East & Eest(I think) farther east
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I'm guessing that this house will be torn down soon. I drive by there on my way to work and noticed a bull dozer parked next to it this morning.
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Thanks much for the info and the picture! The company that my late father in law owned made some of the springs for Revere Cameras so my son got a bit of a family tie along with his deal.
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My son bought an old 8 mm camera at an antique shop yesterday and we noticed that the camera was made in Chicago by the Revere Camera Co. I found a bit of info about the company online, and read that the owner started a business around 1920 called the Excel Radiator Co. They made car radiators but started making things like cameras in the late 1920's. I can't find any address for the company. Some
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I've been lurking about this site for quite some time and I love it! I work near the Uniter Center & usually take Madison or Washington St/Warren Blvd to & from work from roughly Austin. So much history on those streets. Anyway, back to this topic- there used to be the Terminal Pharmacy on Grand, east of Harlem, before Sayre I think, across from the bus turnaround. I never went in there bu
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