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good info
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thanks
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nice
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Was Oakley park behind the pumping station or near 51st st. ?
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yes going east toward the park.
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Past my time. I hung around cornell in the mid 50's.
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I serviced a TV set there in the 60's and broke the picture tube. That was not a profitable service call. First day on that job also.
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The one on 51st east of Damen was a Ben Franklin store. On 47th & Ashland block there were three, Kreskie that became K- Mart, Woolworth and Niesners. all on the east side of Ashland & 47th.Excuse my spelling.There was also 0ne at 50th & Ashland on the west side of the street. It had stairs going to a second floor also. These stores all had signs above with gold letters and a red ba
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21st @ Paulina another horse head.
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What year was that? I hung out at Cornell Park in the 50's.
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What was your first car and when and your age?
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On the southside of 48th st was Meyer Brothers Dept store.(4801) Across the street Was Goldberg's clothing store. But does anyone remember the old church on the corner and a bell tower on the north side of it'?
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SWEDE Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I remember the hall above the tavern. Do you > remember Bill Banana's restaurant caddy corner to > the tavern? Yes I do. Is a resturant still on that spot?
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Little Wally was big in the Polish community but he was Italian raised in a Polish niehborhood. Most people don't know that.
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I hope you can let us know if you find something out.
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I remember the settlment house on McDowell. Also St Roses was on the North East corner on 48th & Ashland . That was the old church when I was a kid. Later they built the new brick on east of it and took the old one down.
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I don't know if that's the same Sarna. I only knew her as my music teacher. I do know the tavern on 47th st and if i'm right it a a hall upstairs were I went for a funeral lunch.
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We all have great memories for sure of the yards. I went trough the area lately and it's nothing like it was but the house I was born in is still there. 4930 s. Justine.
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I still play the accordion at our ministry at a nursinghome for Sunday church . My wife leads the singing and then I preach. I called and thanked MRS sarna a few years ago befoe she passed for her teaching me music. I was like 13 years old at that time and took lessons for a few years. The Yards was a great place to grow up in for sure.
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Good Templar Park is in Geneva,illinois. It's north of main st on east avenue. We had a cottage there years ago.
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I'm 79 and I think I am few years past you.
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Me and my harmonica group were to play a Mono's but we passed it up. We were the Polish Harmonicats.
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Anybody fimiliar with Good Templar Park in Geneva,Illinois?
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I don't know if it's the same one. I had a friend Bobby Sarna from 49th & Wolcott also.
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Have you tried Google street view. If you know the address or aprox you can see a pix if the building is still there.
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The bank came later. It used to be Brabecks dept store befor the bank. How about Paradise Ballroom? Gangs used to go there. It wasn't a place you would take your date. I took my accordion lessons at about 5119 s damen. Sarnas music store. Mrs Sarna passed in 2013 and was over 90 years old. I looked her up.
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