222psm Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There was a Butera on the South east corner of W. > Montrose and N. Kedzie. It was a National first > then a A&P and finally a Butera. A few blocks > south on Kedzie there was a Jewel and a Osco back > to back. I'm always intrigued by the former smaller grocery store/department store type stuctures,
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the point of reference is the Italian Trust and Savings Bank (now Emmitts)..it sits on the triangular corner of Grand and Milwaukee..if the horse cart was running on Grand it would be running parallel to one side of the IT&SB, which it is not
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the point of reference is the Italian Trust and Savings Bank (now Emmitts)..it sits on the triangular corner of Grand and Milwaukee..if the horse cart was running on Grand it would be running parallel to one side of the IT&SB, which it is not
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WayOutWardell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > By the way, does anyone remember or even know the > name of this dance hall on 63rd & Drexel? I've > seen passing mention of a hall where local > musicians would rehearse before going into the > studio (and it was obviously popular enough to > hold dances hosted by DJ Lucky Cordell), but no
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ChicagoJoe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The 1930 picture shows the newspapers being > delivered by horse and wagon. You can see the > wagon entering the picture as it moves west on > Grand. if we're looking at the same horse and wagon (next to the streetcar), it's moving north on Halsted.
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"Sixty-Third Street was bisected by Cottage Grove Avenue, and for a couple of decades it was the dividing line between the black and white sections of Woodlawn. The black nightclubs first arose on the west side of Cottage Grove, south and north of 63rd, and then a string went from Cottage Grove along 63rd west to South Parkway (now King Drive). When the color line of Woodlawn broke in 1951, b
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63rd and Cottage Grove, 1922, from the "L" platform, view south.....the Strand Hotel, Tivoli Theatre, and Cinderella Ballroom all on the left..."Kavanaugh's" would have been in the lower right hand corner, out of frame <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/20205384@N03/4667863998/" title="From 63rd and Cottage Grove &quot;L&quot; platform, view Sout
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I think was is most shocking is the complete leveling of entire blocks, seeing huge blocks of vacant land where once stood vibrant theatres, shops, restaurants, etc.. You'd be hard pressed to find any neighborhood in the city with that type of complete devastation. Woodlawn may have survived if it wasn't for the fact that Chicago was deeply segregated city for the majority of the 20th Century.
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there was a development planned for that area a few years back and it fell through. those buildings have been there since 1891. I was thinking of watching the film "Backdraft" again, since it was filmed here in 91" in and around that area. There might be some glimpses of those buildings in use.
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hard to really imagine, when you consider the current Woodlawn, that at the turn of the last century, you had White City (63rd and South Parkway), Sans Souci (at 60th and Cottage Grove), and Paul Boynton Water Chute park (63rd and Drexel), all obviously inspired by the 1893 Columbian Expostion and Worlds Fair. another interesting factoid is that the original Goodyear Blimp was assembled and lau
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WayOutWardell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The 1930 photograph is actually a view looking > north (the photograper most likely standing in > front of the Strand Hotel), so the turret building > is on the NE corner. You can see the same > building in the photo that looks south on Cottage > Grove (the turret is on the left side of the &g
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1910 view of SW Corner of 63rd and Cottage Grove...the scene of a bomb explosion at "Kavanaugh's"....a man stands in front of 6304 Cottage Grove "The Woodlawn Family Liquor Store"...the "family" place for all your liquor needs <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/20205384@N03/4644105012/" title="63rd and Cottage Grove 1910 SW corner by captain54_
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Paul Boyton was an Irishman who was fascinated with water stunts. He opened a water chute park in yet undeveloped Woodlawn around the turn of the century. Later, his chutes were featured at Coney Island, in Brooklyn. Interesting how this amusement lives today, with the popularity of the water parks, which seem to be about everywhere these days. "Chicago's first Chutes Park was located
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if you'd got a quick trigger finger on the pause button, and if you've got the time, you can catch screen grabs of a midnight ride on the "el" through Woodlawn circa 1963-64 in the film "Goldstein"
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postcard of the Woodlawn bank building in Wayout's 63rd and Woodlawn looking north view <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/20205384@N03/4631313136/" title="Old Woodlawn Bank Chicago,,63rd and Woodlawn by captain54_01, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3346/4631313136_714d04ec4d_o.jpg" width="818" height="523" alt=
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CTA "L" station ...1930.....view north on Cottage Grove near 63rd st <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/20205384@N03/4625701201/" title="63rd and Cottage Grove CTA station 1930 by captain54_01, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4047/4625701201_54fdee81c5_o.jpg" width="900" height="576" alt="63rd and C
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davey7 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > I think the mall was a partial success, more than > people are willing to admit (thanks to the new > urbanism gobbledygook which demands tradition > everywhere) - other cities have done it very > successfully and without it State Street would > never have revived at all. I'd be interested t
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from the publication..Informer: Chicago's early Mafia bosses "Early in 1901, Joseph Morici was labeled boss of the Mafia in Chicago’s Little Sicily, a neighborhood just to the northwest of downtown, centered on the six-pointed intersection of West Grand Avenue, North Milwaukee Avenue and North Halsted Street. That Sicilian community overflowed across the old Erie Street bridge into the
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WayOutWardell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm surprised the building on the western corner > has been empty and gray for so long. http://www.grandstationchicago.com/
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around 2:44 (toward the end) is a view of the Ogden/Grand area. I'm trying to find some vintage views. <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/x-5ySY677XY&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="
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Here's a present day view of the intersection, looking straight north down Halsted. these would be the three northern corners of the six corners...the old gray building to the left looks vacant. I've always wondered how they managed to route all of those streetcars back in the day at complicated intersections like these...Was the small booth next to the gray building and in front of the L stat
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I've often wondered about the area around Grand/Halsted/Milwaukee. Seemed at one time to be a bustling, thriving district. The heavy Italian influence is still evident in the Gonnella Bread Co headquarters further west near Ogden, and up until a few years ago, the old Como Inn. I also read somewhere that at the beginning of the 20 th century, the Sicilian Mob had it's roots. Here's a pic fro
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if you're looking for an old Gangster Ghost bank, this would be a pretty well known establishment in Chicago lore. The old "Italian trust and Savings" during prohibition, now "Emmit's Irish Pub" http://www.yellowbot.com/emmits-irish-pub-chicago-il.html
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not sure about the date of this pix, but I did find out that Noel funded the building of the tower across the street. Also, the steel structure above the bank held the name of the bank in big letters..."NOEL STATE BANK" <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/20205384@N03/4588536570/" title="Noel State Bank - Tower - Wicker Park Chicago by captain54_01, on Flickr"
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thats some great info...thanks so much so apparently the family continued the establishment until the 80's a friend that has worked in that building after it was no longer a funeral home, said there is some evidence that the second floor may have been converted to a chapel at one point. I think its also notable that two full blocks of the north side of Grand, between Ashland and Paulina,
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adgorn Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I dug into the Trib archives. The address shows > up as a funeral home (chapel), being featured in > numerous obituaries. In the 60's - 80's the name > was the Zito Funeral Home. > Alan wow...interesting....this came up as well SELECTED DIRECTORY OF THE ITALIANS IN CHICAGO 1933-34 UNDERTA
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davey7 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That storefront looks to me as if it was done in > the 20's sometime, rather than being original. the marble facade definitely looks like a later addition...I'm still stumped as to the name of that establishment and it's history as a funeral home.
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thank you all of some amazing, amazing information..the folks around these parts are incredible. So, the school building @ 520 N Marshfield has been around since 1886, the church @ the corner of Grand and Paulina and the rectory @ the corner of Marshfield and Grand have been gone since the mid-70's "In its early years St. Columbkille's was a parish of vast extent, taking in, as it did,
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I'm also interested in finding more info on the school @520 N Marshfield..another very old structure. I'm told it was a Catholic school, and if it was...where's the church? Strange, because funeral homes were mostly erected within close proximity of a church. there has to be a Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago record of churches and schools from the 20's and 30's, but I can't seem to locate
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/20205384@N03/4578819159/" title="Holmes Castle, 63rd and Wallace, Chicago by captain54_01, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4049/4578819159_76e841618e_o.gif" width="300" height="208" alt="Holmes Castle, 63rd and Wallace, Chicago" /></a>
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