Found this interesting item on FC's facebook page and thought I'd pass it along: http://archive.org/stream/seeinggreaterchi00chic#page/n3/mode/2up
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Found some track maps here. Don't know if these will answer your questions or not. http://transit.chicago.il.us/ I'll keep poking around.
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Here are a few photos of the FC175 event celebrating Chicago's 175th birthday. http://www.flickr.com/photos/k9jdk/sets/72157629350989546/detail
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Forgot to mention that the organ for the new church was the one used at the Medinah Temple that was located at Wabash and Ohio, now a Bloomingdale's.
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Five new photos added to the Flickr set today. These from the LCFP Middlefork Savanna located in Lake Forest. http://www.lcfpd.org/preserves/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.view&object_id=205&type=P
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Last year a project got underway to build a new church, St Raphael the Archangel in Lake County, from the exterior of St. John of God, a south side (Back of the Yards) Chicago church that had closed its doors awhile ago. The interior of the new church is coming from another shuttered Chicago church, St. Peter of Canisius. Chicago locations: St John of God 1238 W. 52nd St. St Pe
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Link to a set of photos detailing the source of the East Fork (aka Skokie River) of the Chicago River: http://www.flickr.com/photos/k9jdk/sets/72157626484647373/detail/ This was much easier to find than the source of the Middle Fork.
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rjmachon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Daveg, > My friend Bob lived right behind Great America > in 1995 and had a little creek (like 6 inches > wide) run through his property. He was told once > by someone that waterway was protected and not to > be disturbed. It sounds like your creek. rjmachon, Any water in the vicinity of Gr
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Last group of 11 photos taken today. Total in set: 41 See today's after the Serenity park sign. Here's the link again: http://www.flickr.com/photos/k9jdk/sets/72157629643259993/ Found two small creeks on the west side of O'Plaine Road that fed toward Serenity Park. I suspect the combination of these small creeks along with water from the surrounding wetlands contribute to form the Mid
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12 new photos taken today; click on Flickr link above. Very close to the headwaters of the Middle Fork, a few miles NW of the previous photo location. After 2 days of rain the water was really flowing in the area. Noticed a few people outside as I was driving by and I asked if the "creek" was ever dry. They said yes and that it had been until the recent rains. They told me about a
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davey7 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hopefully no Lyme disease in the city? I'll letcha know in a few days (or sooner).
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Just noticed I picked up a tick probably while on my river hunt earlier today. One of the hazzards of discovery I guess. ;-)
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I think I found a source of the middle fork of the Chicago River's north branch today. There are probably others. This source is on Abbott Laboratories property (where I work) just south of Rt 137, east of the I94 ramp. It's a swampy area which spawns a pretty good flowing creek that makes its way west under the Milwaukee Road RR tracks (where the Amtrak Hiawatha travels to/from Chicago and M
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Grayhulk Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thats what I thought thats where Lurie > Bros.was.But someone said that Lurie Brothers was > on 26th and Drake.And I living on 28th and Central > Park and going to Blessed Agnes I would know where > Lurie Bros. was.I also remember next to Lurie > Bros.was a pet store where we use to get our > can
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I think it was named Lurie Brothers. Grew up a few blocks away. Attended BA and walked by 26th and Central Park every school day.
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Permit me to echo the above comment. Couldn't have said it any better.
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If you live in the 'burbs, you can get CPL card. I showed them my 'burb card and got a CPL card on the spot. I learned this from Mr. Bowler who often visits here. I can get to the Trib's Archive and others from my local (not CPL) library.
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There is a Dog n Suds in Grayslake. Still very much in business.
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If I remember correctly, the stations were "L" stations, part of the Stock Yard branch. http://www.chicago-l.org/operations/lines/stockyards.html The above mentions that the Morris stop was renamed to Racine. No explanation given of why the change, but a company by the name of Nelson Morris was mentioned further on in the article. It merged with Armour in 1923. http://encycl
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jak378 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Aha yes, roller skating in the basement all > purpose room of the school. That room was huge > and in addition to roller skating it was used as a > lunch room, a meeting room for all kinds of > things, choir practice for the whole school, > infrequent assemblies, a secondary chapel for Mass > on S
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This is an interesting site: http://chicagoloopbridges.com/index.html check out the virtual tour
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Dan Pogorzelski, a member of the FC crew, is featured in this Pulaski Park video segment on WCIU. Good job Dan !! http://www.wciu.com/community.php?section=now.chi&assetID=10007481
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bowler Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > " I have nothing to do with the Calmet412 site. > I'm just a guy with an interest in Chicago related > stuff, like most are here." > > I'm convinced Daveg is a supervillian who is > slowly absorbing any and all Chicago knowledge > with the ultimate plan of taking over the world. > ;
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Found this on the site today. Great photo. http://tinyurl.com/7xrewbh The Marine Angel passing under the Michigan Ave bridge, c.1953. At the time, it was the largest vessel to ever travel the Mississippi River and Illinois waterways.
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HOLTANEK Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Great site!! I was very impressed with the Blues > Bros. video editing. And the historic pix are > amazing!! But who or what exactly are you? I have nothing to do with the Calmet412 site. I'm just a guy with an interest in Chicago related stuff, like most are here.
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You will want to bookmark this site: http://calumet412.tumblr.com/ Find the Blues Brothers video. Very interesting. Many many other interesting Chicago treasures here.
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Nowadays, going to Wrigley is an event, with a baseball game thrown in. Attendance has dropped lately though. We'll see what this year brings.
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The history of Falstaff beer: http://www.falstaffbrewing.com/history-falstaff-brewing.htm
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Chicago Connections video on the Portage Park community, featuring Dan Pogorzelski of FC fame. http://www.wciu.com/community.php?section=now.chi&assets=videos&assetID=10007199
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We saw the Edelweiss ghost sign while on a FC walk earlier this year. The building, at least the front section, did not look occupied.
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