Came across this gem: Noel State Bank Bank
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It's too bad that the church itself is gone, since the postcard shows some nice features; the street-level vestibule with doors isn't something seen on too many churches, especially from that era. I checked the other works of Augustus Bauer. He was also the architect of record of Old St. Patrick's as well as the building at 1352 S. Union, originally a German school.
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I took a look at the Historic Aerials site - there was a large church building on the corner of Grand and Paulina in all the photos up until 1988, when it shows up as a grassy field. There's now a Maryville facility located there now, I think. Update: the Italian ancestry site lists it as St. Columbkille Church, which opened in 1859 and closed in 1975. Then I stumbled on these! Class of 19
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captain54 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 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. > >
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Berwyn Frank Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > In 1930 the building at 1624 W. Grand was listed > as being occupied by John Conley for "teaming." > Don't know what that means. > > The building at 1618 was listed as being occupied > by W.J. O'Neil, undertaker. > > Perhaps O'Neil moved to the corner location in an > e
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shoreline Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > captain54 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > . > > > > 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
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Fantastic photos! There was a small VG at the intersection of Diversey and Marshfield and given that a lot of that neighborhood has been condo-ized, I figured it would be gone too. Glad to say that if you Google Streetview that intersection and look north from Marshfield, you can see red, white and blue bricks laid in a V.
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Imagine how 'connected' those burlesque houses must have been; the elder Daley obviously couldn't or wouldn't close them down... There are a few photos from the Cushman archive of Rush St. from around 1966. I was surprised to see that the Burger-Ville building is still around. 977 N. Rush (Universal Recording visible at right) Rush & Oak State, Cedar & Rush Whisky-A-Go-Go
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All those signs must have kept White Way in the black for a long time! Great footage; it's actually called Singapore Pit? That's far more sinister... Pretty neat to see Milt Trenier's name on the Scotch Mist marquee...I backed him a couple of times in the past and he has incredible stories. The next time I see him I'll see if he remembers that particular engagement.
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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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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?
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Excellent find regarding B/G! Over the weekend I came across a photo of a now-gone building at 53rd and Lake Park which had another B/G; the photo was hanging on a wall and I couldn't get close enough to see any more detail. Thanks again!
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Here's a scan of a Universal Recording tape box. The tape itself is nothing special (an ad for United Airlines) but I think the box is outstanding - sure beats the ones 3M used to use, at least.
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Wow, so Banquet On A Bun was around a long time. Anyone know what the place was with the hanging'B/G' and the crowd of people in front of it? It looks to be on the corner of Rush and Oak in the b&w photo.
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Yeah, the Budweiser bowtie sign was far superior to the one that's there now. There was a Clark Bar sign near the Beatrice behemoth, and one advertising honey around there too. Olson Rug had a great sign with a huge telephone on Diversey west of the Kennedy, and the FOP had one on top a building next to the YMCA on Irving Park & Keeler, which are gone now too.
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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 clearly seen. How is 'Goldstein', anyway? It looks like it has a lot of interesting people like Del Close and Seve
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Partially visible in the photo above the sign the Bragno Wine Shop is Universal Recording Studio - tons of great songs recorded there. That building was also Hamburger Hamlet for a while.
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Was it my imagination or was GR also sold in a powder that could be mixed with water ala Kool-Aid?
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That is a fantastic building. There's a very similar one (with probably a smiliar use), albeit abandoned, just south of 62nd Street on Prairie.
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I can't find much on it, either. There is a very small mention found via Google of Kimball in an article from the 40s regarding a DOJ lawsuit against them and some other candy companies for collusion. Do you know by what kind of candy they made?
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Was the building set back from the street with railroad tracks nearby? I vaguely remember a building that my aunt would call the 'candy company' which we'd pass on the way to the Will Rogers Theater.
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Artista, you mentioned a beam coming out of one of the doors? That leads me to believe that whatever the building is/was used for had to feature some sort of heavy-lift overhead hoist (perhaps to move big electrical components on or off of trucks).
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Math Igler's was closed for a long time before the expansion of the adjacent parking lot forced its demolition. It wasn't even emptied of furnishings; I'd look in the windows and see the tables with bud vases and salt shakers, bar stools, etc. Slightly OT: Before its redevelopment, the Lincoln-Belmont area was a great place to find new-old-stock items in the aging stores. In about 1993, I f
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My folks frequented Wieboldt's; when we moved to the suburbs we would go to the Randhurst Mall location. I really enjoyed the candies from around the world that they sold and no store since has come close to the variety.
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Ah, so THAT'S where it was filmed! I saw that episode (Paul Guilfoyle is the guy who shot at you) and thought that it was filmed at Margie's but something about it didn't look quite right...
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One thing I noticed: pan up to Ford City and on top of the plant, you'll see some number markings and an arrow pointing north-northwest with 'CHICAGO' inside. Navigation aids? Equipment calibration markings?
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I found it mentioned on the Chicago Park District website which I copied in part: "In 1942, when the U.S. Defense Department condemned the northern half of the park for a Chrysler Corporation airplane factory, the park district purchased property to the south. In late 1945, the Chicago Housing Authority leased Rainey Park to provide temporary housing for returning World War II veterans. T
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The entrances to both theaters were remodeled during the Todd-owned years by Bertrand Goldberg.
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There's a blues compilation record called The New Bluebloods which came out in '87. The cover has a photo of the Kenwood Line bridge over the Rock Island Line tracks adjacent to the Taylor Homes. I don't have a way to scan the cover, unfortunately.
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I'd only been there for a couple of flea markets. Indoor drag racing? That sounds like a recipe for good times! Beatles at the Amphitheater: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W9p5i3yeh4&feature=related
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