none at all, sir. just paying it forward.
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THANK YOU.
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so how much drugs were you on?
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well, see, having being born here and living here all my life, i can hear the term "LSD" without thinking "hurr hurr, drugs".
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i know, right? now come on guys.
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awesome story. if you go to google street view and look at the ne corner of thst intersection, you'll see three black things laying in the street. bags or....robes? in any case, the property at that corner looks very overgrown and old, you can't even see the house in there.
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in the early 70's my ma worked at the holiday inn on LSD and often she would take me around that area for whatever. i swear i remember seeing a restaurant around there where the entrance was a giant fish's head, and you would walk thru the giant gaping fishmouth to get in. anyone recall this place, or the name?? please tell me it wasn't a dream.
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when i think about it, i DO remember seeing cars out on that when i was little and we used to go out on the Marlin boat.
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the same way Pilsen's headed.
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my dad worked there in the 50s before landing a job with UPS .
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st james is the only one i can think of there.
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there was a small, triangle-shaped business district around 62nd and cicero. two streets ran about a block east of cicero at a 45 degree angle to form the triangle. there was a jewelry/watch shop with a green neon sign, a small greasy spoon cafe, a junk shop, a newsagents and a couple other things.
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ours was the one on archer and narragansett. the building's still there, has been various incarnations of banks. wonder if it still smells like Jumbo Jacks in there. their tacos were and always will be awesome.
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two words: st louis.
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the one steve b. mentioned at 43rd and honors, i think my parents might have had their wedding party therein 1954, that was their old neighborhood. :) i remember there being a F.O.E. on west 55th st back when i was little, my ma used to drag me to bingo there in their basement. i was always scared of the guy who called the games because he sounded so cranky and mean. ha. looking back, he was p
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sawa's old warsaw in broadview?
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definitely looks like one of those "Your Wate and Fate" type dealies.
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i love reading things like this. i lived right on winnemac off broadway in the 90s. the drugstore must have been where the 20 story office building now is. totally different situation now although it is re-gentrifying (i don't know if this would be considered an improvement or a sterilisation, though..)
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yeah, i k now, richard. been in there and it sucks. the food, the service, everything. they used to have good polish in there years ago.
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does anyone have any info on this company? it was on 35th st near the Spiegel area. my grandfather from persia started working there as a raw wool sorter at 16 and then as a furrier for decades after that. it was his only job his entire life. how many people can say that now? i never knew him or met him but it would be interesting to find out some info about the company at least. his name was
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that just sounds scary as f*ck.
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didn't know there was one by wrigley? i grew up going into the franksville at 87th and cicero. i remember being fascinated by the wooden, a-frame ceiling. the only one i know that's left is up on harlem by irving. the corn dogs just aren't the same any more..
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i found census records on Ancestry.com that showed my grandparents on my mother's side lived on what was north Pine until about 1914. so basically they lived on the mag mile.
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maybe they were Dy Dee Wash trucks? i don't remember them myself. i do remember those aqua blue chevy vans Sears used to have.
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this is the closest thing i could find, from the "Cinema Treasures" website: I took dancing lessons in the studio above the Tiffin in 1953 at Mrs Marches' Dance Studio--Tap, Ballet and Acrobatic. Her son played the piano for the classes, and later went on to be a stage actor in musicals.
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DISCO WHEEEELS. near the old KFC.
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WOW. thanks for memories of a place i haven't been in since about 1982. i totally forgot about those round, carpet-covered seats by the locker area. i got my first kiss at this place. it was nothing short of mediocre!
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oh wow, A&G - i couldn't believe they were still in business, i called there last year to see if they could fix my beloved 1984 sony shortwave icf-6500. it seemed they didn't want any part of it.
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wanna go find out?
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oooh, you're right. dairy basket was next up on cicero. we were in that place every other day.
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