Berwyn Frank Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > By the way, that building does not seem > reminiscent of an 1873 building. Late > 1880's-1890ish maybe? I re-checked my info and it said the building date was 1873, with the building currently being tax exempt, which would make sense because its occupied by a non-profit organization. I believe there
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WayOutWardell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That is a handsome building. Just a > thought...maybe Conley drove and/or owned the > hearse wagon and team for the funeral home. Interesting point. To walk thru this building gave me chills. The main lobby off of Grand was once an art studio and is now a gift shop. The main chapel where the bo
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Berwyn Frank Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks for the info Wardell. > > Captain, the Eastland Disaster was actually in > July 1915. I cover it in my book Chicago's Little > Village Lawndale-Crawford. Correct, my bad... as far as the 1624 W Grand structure, the garage-like area all the way to the rear looks like it may have been
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Here's a view looking more easterly <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/20205384@N03/4576486257/" title="Grand and Marshfield, Chicago by captain54_01, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4039/4576486257_88bd9e06fd_o.jpg" width="1024" height="452" alt="Grand and Marshfield, Chicago" /></a> the cor
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I'm intrigued by the old funeral home at the corner of Grand and Marshfield...1624 W Grand...erected in 1873, which means it was erected shortly after the fire. old timers in the area claim the apartments on the upper floors were very elegant. I've been in the funeral home structure and it's a very old old building with some remnants of its funeral home legacy still visible I know that it i
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WayOutWardell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Imagine how 'connected' those burlesque houses > must have been; the elder Daley obviously couldn't > or wouldn't close them down... I know for a fact "Bourbon Street" was mob connected, and probably many more I would imagine the reason a lot of those places stayed open for so long was becau
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I believe Dearborn and Clark north of the river were pretty darn seedy...you can still see some of the remnants of that era on Hubbard between LaSalle and Dearborn..
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there's an HD version of that footage on youtube that has a bit more detail. there's a place with the address "426" @ :42, which leads me to believe some of the joints weren't necessarily in and around Rush Street. There's no address corresponding to "426" in that area, to the best of my knowledge. However, I think some of those places could have been east of state/rush..
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WayOutWardell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Now that's a lot of neon! > > Joe Segal has old showbills of Jazz Showcase > nights at the Happy Medium hanging on the walls at > the Dearborn Station location. The Rovin' Kind, > the band on the marquee at the Whiskey, at one > point had Peter Cetera in its ranks in a prior > line-up.
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WayOutWardell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Wow, that's great footage! > > The Gino's Pizzeria sign whizzes by at :29, then > at :30 the Punchinello's sign, and at :42 it looks > like Tony's *something* A-Go-Go...changed from > Tony's Cellar, perhaps? Tony's Cellar would have been a few doors north of Rush and Delaware, with The Happ
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tomcat630 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That 'trick photography' pic with the Playboy blg > is looking southeast, I think it's legit. I've revisited that picture a number of times and I think you may be right...I can't quite put my finger though, on what building north and somewhat west of 2150 LPWest would have given the photographer that perspec
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Other info gathered from "Cinema Treasures" is a reference to the "Singapore" neon marquee, on the east side of Rush, a few doors north of Oak. Very prominent in the pix I posted 3/30/10, apparently had animated monkeys lit up to simulate climbing up the sign! here is a clip from "Nightbeat"..the late nite WGN newscast circa 1980..the opening footage are some monta
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very cool and indeed outstanding graphic on the Universal tape box. I stand corrected on the "B/G" info from a previous post. Here's some info from "Cinema Treasures" "B&G was a 24 hour diner type restaurant. It had multiple booths that looked out of windows facing the Oak Street Side, and one that faced the Rush Street side. It later became The Oak Tree restaur
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there was a Universal Ice Cream parlor at 51st and Ashland, on the SW corner going way back...maybe that's the one Rich S is thinking of.
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In 1958, Carson Pirie Scott sponsored a contest for the most imaginative plan for Chicago in 100 years. The winner of "Chicago 2058" won $20,000. from "Chicago-A pictorial history (Herman Kogan and Lloyd Wendt, 1958)" "the main feature of their layouts is the concept of maintaining the Loop's concentration of economic, social, and civic life with fewer large build
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From what I could dig up, the North Shore Line stopped running the interuban line early in 1963. I believe Goldstein was filmed sometime in mid 63' Also, it's quite possible those "L" cars in the Goldstein pic are the old 4000 series. Built in the 20's and in service into the 70's. 1964 was the first year the new alpine white and mint air conditioned cars were used. <a href=
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the inspiration for the "cheezborger" bit on SNL was the Billy Goat on lower Michigan Ave. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Goat_Tavern
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I believe that's the 25 E Oak building, formerly Barney's...and it's part of the Oak Street fashion strip and from what I can remember B/G was a high end fashion/clothing store.
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The "CES" you see off in the background and over the guy with the keyboard's head is the marquee of "FACES" disco/nightclub @ 940 N Rush. Chicago's equivalent to NYC's Studio 54, back in the disco days. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/20205384@N03/4477846401/" title="Loop 98 Promo Rush street 1981 by captain54_01, on Flickr"><img src="
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I'm not sure where you are seeing CES in the color picture. The marquee says "ISBELL'S".... In the black and white "Goldstein" picture, there are a few letters missing, and apparently only the "ISBE.." is lit up, so maybe that's what you're referring to. Marion Isbell was a wealthy Chicago restauranteur, who founded Ramada Inn. This view looks south at the inter
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Good call, I think you're right. It looks like a pretty narrow opening, so maybe it was some kind of skip loader/transport car, similiar to what was run underground back in the day to transport materials throughout the Loop. In the first "Goldstein" picture there's a Buick parked across what looks like a short "street", so that was probably the entryway to that opening of t
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Here's the exact opposite view...looking west from Marina Towers...1975 this view is from the opening credits of the film "Cooley High"... you can see the white 6 story building on the SW corner of Fulton and Canal is still intact, as is the Braun Bottling Plant on the NW corner. also, if you look really closely, you'll see tracks above and directly west of the Braun Bottling Pl
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the pictures from the 60's or 70's on the flickr page show those buildings with many many years of grime caked on them...you can see in the modern view they were either sandblasted during rehab, or simply painted over to eliminate the grime
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WayOutWardell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Wow, interesting! I looked into it; the Cook > County Assessor has the Urban Outfitters building > showing up in around 1954 (right around the time > Universal recorded the Chess Records rock-n-roll > singles), and in the 1952 aerial view the turrets > and bays of the old building can be clearl
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according to this view (probably early 50's judging from the autos in the pic), there was a completely different structure on the NE corner of Rush and Walton prior to Urban Outfitters/Hamburger Hamlet/Universal/Bragno <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/20205384@N03/4451096049/" title="Rush Street at Night - Chicago, Illinois by captain54_01, on Flickr"><img sr
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Safe to say, that corner has been completely reconstructed and isn't even close to resembling anything in the 63' view. Plus, no way would a car parked on even abandoned tracks and partially blocking the street be safe from the CPD tow brigade these days. Those RR tracks probably weren't in use in 63', but my guess is that at some point they ran partially westbound down Fulton, and snaked du
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222psm Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Historic aerials shows that the tracks ran right > next to this building there was actually another building on the site of that parking lot on the SW corner of Fulton and Canal...the side of that building is shown in another one of my "Goldstein" posts...my thought is that the RR tracks ran across Canal
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shoreline Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- I had almost the identical take on the photo as bwalsh in finding Marina Towers lost in the crowd. Here's a few taken on the eve of 3/20/10...sorry about the focus, was taken from a passing car. The green lights are the "observation deck" <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/20205384@N03/4448864
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even more "Goldstein"...vintage 1963 Chicago now demolished building at Fulton and Canal..looking west on Fulton...across from old Braun Bottle plant..I'm taking a guess here <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/20205384@N03/4446004239/" title="Fulton and Canal 1963 by captain54_01, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4058/44460042
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More screenshots from "Goldstein"...filmed in Chicago, 1963 View from about 212 N Canal looking SE...RR tracks crossing Canal currently nowhere to be found, and Texaco station (sign to far right of pix), now long gone, under the Lake Street "L" at Canal and Lake <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/20205384@N03/4444425265/" title="Canal and Lake Goldste
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