davey7 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That's WEST 63rd Street, I was talking about EAST. > I always understood that the redevelopment at > Halsted was the merchants doing. the big retailers from the area, the white merchants..no doubt they had an influence on the Chicago Department of Urban Renewal and Daley...there were hundreds of homes and 150
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Tim Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I recall attending a few wrestling matches at > Marigold Arena. Just as hokey then as now. It > was, however, great fun. The personalities of the > day were "wrestlers" known as Seaman Art Thomas > (ggod guy) and Haystacks Calhoun (billed at 601 > lbs.). In the book "Portions of a Lif
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seod Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have an old mug from the Reinzi Gardens/cafe, > Emil Gasch Propietor. Did this turn into the > Reinzi Hotel that the northside gang hung out in > the 1920's? More info please!!!! according to the publication "That Toddlin Town, Chicago White Dance bands from 1900-1950", the Rienzi Hotel occupied
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the old arena is the former Marigold Arena, which held wrestling matches in the 40's, early 50's, and televised on the DuMont Network, was the first national wrestling television show. Legendary WGN broadcaster Jack Brickhouse was the announcer.
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tseals Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Both pharmacys did NOT have soda fountains, > However, they both had candy, small foods, TOYS, > model cars- plane- and boats, office supplies, > etc. They both had coolers to get pop from. Grape > Nehi(sic), TAB, Green river etc, I remember the > competion between both of those guy's who owned > t
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Richard Stachowski Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I remember the Miller's store you talk about. I > lived on 5007 s. may street in the 30' & early > 40's I thought it was a Midwest Store. There was > a barber shop on the corner of 51st and may. I can just about remember what was on every street corner from Morgan to Loomis on 51st, since
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tseals Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I remember the Liquor store on- Albany -" > Peackock's. Next door was a shoe repair shop. > Pesolia's (sic). The S/E corner of Albany & > montrose was SHWARTZ's pharmacy. The S/W corner of > Sacremento & montrose was Black's pharmacy. > &&&&& > In the basement of
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paul walenga Wrote: -------------------------------------------------------/ > they are all but gone on the southwest side two I remember from my childhood are Miller's Grocery, between May and Aberdeen on 51st street, (all purpose grocery with butcher, produce, etc), and a small grocery on the corner of 51st and Carpenter with an amazing penny candy counter. These were probably gone late
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tseals Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > HUNSINGERS was at 4301 N. Whipple. They had food, > sausages and sum pretty cool kid's candy in the > 60's & early 70's I have friends in the area and frequent a few stores there...the store at 4301 N Whipple is now Julie's Organics...an organic grocery store/cafe I've always wondered what a few of the c
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the American League Baseball Club (Chicago White Sox) played at South Side Park, from 1900-1910, and it was located north of Pershing, between Princeton and Wentworth. It was used by the Negro League when the Sox moved to Comiskey Park in 1910, and burned in 1940. It's now the site of Wentworth Gardens Housing Project the Link Belt administration building was west of Princeton....between Pri
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I remember there being a lot of corner grocery stores back in the day, but I also remember not all of them being able to cover all that you needed. Some had fresher meat, some had better produce, etc...you had to travel around to different stores to get what you wanted and at the best price. The chains like National, Jewel, etc..began to offer lower prices and a much wider selection of everyt
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thanks for the info Mr D...the old address for Link Belt is 300 W Pershing, but if you Google map that you get nothing....and technically, the old building entrance is at 330 W Pershing.
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Google Map 310 W Pershing and you get an empty lot....Google Map 330 W Pershing and you get an old building that looks like it could have been an old school or administration building. The Board of Elections still uses space at 1869 W Pershing, but the BOE vacated 1819 W Pershing in the mid 90's 1819 W Pershing is an address I'll never forget. That's where I was told to report to register
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davey7 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I remember when E. 63rd was much livelier (even in > the 80's) than now. The city could never get it > together there - they tried to redevelop several > buildings into lofts, but could never make it > work, much like the senior development in the > Sutherland Hotel if I remember the name right >
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Fritzel's was at 210 N State, NE corner of State and Lake...there were plans of bringing a newer version of the restaurant back at that location a few years ago, but it never panned out. Fritzel's closed in 72'. Movie star and celebrity hang out in the 40s, 50s, and 60s. There was also George Diamonds at 630 S Wabash. Another famous place that was housed in a Louis Sullivan building that was
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great info...Way Out also discovered that they were originally put in homes of the well-to-do to communicate to the servants between rooms. and pre-electricity versions had a whistle device on the receiving end to let the person know someone wanted to "page" them.
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Was in the lobby of an old three flat in Humboldt Park recently and noticed that someone had restored what looked like an old intercom system. It had a horn like device on a metal panel and a buzzer underneath. Did these things actually work? If you were trying to communicate with the person on the third floor, could you actually speak through, what seems like a long tube, and be heard ????
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I agree, great picture from Mr D, somehow i've never seen it that way. I always seem to be walking by that bridge on a cloudy or dreary day and it brings me back to an era where Chicago was dark, smoky, and dreary. I'm with you on trying to picture old places as they were when they were new. Especially some of the old shopping districts that were replaced by the malls. I picture those areas tea
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eye of the beholder, I guess. some might think the burned out abandoned steel mills in south chicago are beautiful, and to me it's just flat out depressing, and I grew up in the Stockyards. go figure.
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Mr Downtown Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Railroad bridges were always black, to save money > on steel. Since the span would expand in the sun, > they could make the bridge a half-inch shorter. > :) I take it you like the bridge as it is.. How about we move it and make it the front entrance to your building.... or in your yard back... or i
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to me, it's got that turn of the century industrial revolution aesthetic where function trumped form and compatibility with the environment. It looks like a black, broken arm sticking out of the ground. I looks odd and out of place. Maybe if it wasn't black.
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"Monkey Hustle" was filmed in Woodlawn in the mid 70's and has many, many looks at E 63 before it was leveled.
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tough to find any specific info on where the Bulko stations were in Chicago. They are long gone, sold to Gulf Oil in the early 60's. I do vaguely remember the elephant logo and that most of the stations were on the south side. My best guess as to that specific Bulko location are probably the southeast corner of Montrose and Sacramento, the southwest corner of Montrose and Mozart or the northwes
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wow...its also roughly the site of the first ever pedestrian bridge over the Chicago River, built in 1832. lots and lots of history there.. pretty it up a bit with a brighter color maybe, and make an exhibit out of it
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more info...built in 1907, the largest of its type in the world when completed....site of the first ever railroad bridge spanning Chicago River...key to development of Chicago in late 19th century http://www.historicbridges.org/truss/nbrail/index.htm the author of the info would definitely be taking exception to my referring to it as an "eyesore"
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interesting...great info, thanks... so it ran all the way to Clark..passing under Orleans....and is also double-decker the site mentioned the location as Kinzie and Franklin, and actually it is more Kinzie and Canal. there are all sorts of ancient rail lines running along street level around the Kinzie/clinton/canal area. Interesting to see what happens. that area has definitely gone
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There is an old iron railroad bridge over the Chicago River @ Kinzie and Canal, about a block west of the Merchandise. I've always wondered why this hasn't been dismantled, it seems an eyesore for an up and coming area. I checked the connecting tracks leading to the bridge, and they all seem to have not been used for a long time. A Historic Aerials view from 73' shows tracks leading over the riv
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just watched the first DVD of the first 8 episodes and there are a lot of footage of Lee Marvin up and down Michigan Ave. Almost shocking to see the tallest building in the area, beside the Tribune Tower and Wrigley Building, being the Allerton Hotel.
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If you google "Evergreen Park Train Robbery" you'll find all kinds of info The Grand Trunk that passed thru Evergreen originated at Dearborn Station. The old St Mary's flag stop is where that robbery occcurred, around 90th on the east side of the cemetery, between Kedzie and Central Park. Evergreen Cemetery is now at that site. A lot of the communties in the area had bars and resta
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