Now that I've looked in google maps aerial view, man that is heart braking the whole area looks like a ghost town, just vacant lots. Too bad the only time you hear about Englewood this day and age is when someone gets killed there. but I think Chicago has done a decent job of bringing back some of its neighborhoods, it could be a lot worse just look at Detroit. Looks like that laundry-cleaners
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Wow! What a difference, I'm not real familiar with that part of town. I wonder what caused such a drastic change? That's definitely very intresting.
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I remember the cheesecake at lutz. It was great, we used to get our birthday cakes from there.
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davey7 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Check and see if there was a floor drain (if you > have the original flooring) near the hatch. There > might also have been milk delivery that way as > well. I do not remember seeing one, but I'm sure that was not the original floor. I wish that I could check, but I no longer live in that building, or in Ch
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I talked to my father he moved to Chicago in the mid 40's. He remembers riding this line, the stock yards line, and the Humboldt Park branch.
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Passenger service was abandoned in 1957, freight stopped in the early 80's. That picture with the bricked up doorways was the entrance to the station above. It seems the bridge over the Dan Ryan is still in place,that once connected the Kenwood line to the tracks to the West. The bridges at Federal and Dearborn may still be there.
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Thats the kenwood line, they ran freight and passenger service on it. More info here:http://www.chicago-l.org/operations/lines/kenwood.html
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Boy, we are getting good at this, first the building on N California now this one. looks like we make a good team! Very cool, I love it when a mystery is solved!
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captain54 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > couple of things are not clear to me > > a) was the "billboard building" torn down and new > structure built there in 56'? I think I found it check this out: look at the shape of the top of this building it's the same as the billboard building in the old picture. this was constructed in 1916
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captain54 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > OK...to clear up some confusion...I've been > referring to the "pitched roof" buildings as the > smaller one story structures more or less adjacent > to the Washington Mutual commercial structure...my > bad.. No problem captain, that was throwning me off. Glad we got that cleared up. please d
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I remember a lot of shoe stores on Lawrence between Kedzie and Kimball. a drug store maybe it was a Walgreen's? and thrift store next to the L station.
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captain54 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > the oldest Historic Aerial view where there is any > clarity is from 62'.. the 1962 view shows the two > pitched roof buildings next to the alley gone and > the newer, current one story bricks in place. So > I'm guessing the newer buildings (judging from > architecture) were built some time in the
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captain54 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Here's the current view of the > Lincoln/Damen/Irving intersection looking west. > Similiar to the 40's pix on the book cover, only > slightly more west and ground level. Looks like > the pitched roof buildings next to the alley on > the right side are long gone and a newer, one > story brick ha
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captain54 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > It looks to me like the picture is taken from the > roof, or one of the windows of the upper floors, > or the fire escape of the old Lincoln Trust and > Savings Bank at 3959 N Lincoln. > > It clearly shows the old streetcars running down > the middle of Irving Park Road, and remarkably,
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Thanks! captain, that makes perfect sense, explains why newer buildings did not have them. The building we lived in was constructed in 1922. It also had a similar door in the basement, for coal delivery. I still remember the coal truck using it till about 1974 or 75 when they put in a gas furnace.
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Does anybody know what these doors were used for? The doors were about waist high off the ground about 4' wide x 3' tall and went out to the rear porch. Our building had them. 1 for each apartment, and several buildings in our neighborhood had them. The one in our apartment was painted over so many times that you could not open it.
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tseals Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I was in the old neighborhood (California & > Montrose) today and trying to remember the old > haunts. > Certified Grocers On montrose between Albany & > whipple, The Tip-Top Bakery @ Montrose & Richmond. > Also the Allied Moving company ( also the S & H > green stamp redemption cen
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I remember a factory on the South side of Irving park at the Chicago River, I no longer live in Chicago, but looks like a bunch of apartments or condos have been built there. According to www.newschicago.org it was called Bush Boake Allen INC. Our old landlord told me there was a bunch of factories all along the North branch of the Chicago River back in the early 1900s.
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captain54 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I didn't grow up in the area...I lived with my > girlfriend at Sunnyside and Troy until a few > months ago..we used to walk all over the > neighborhood checking out different locations.. > > the aerial view is great, gives you everything but > the front of that building....which was very >
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hey captain if you don't mind; when did you live in the area? I lived on Richmond St.from the late 60's till the late 80's. by the way that newschicago.org website gives you the build date of almost any building in the city of Chicago!!
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No problem captain I'm glad I found it, as you said we also walk past it all the time also. I did find this: http://www.bing.com/maps/?FORM=Z9LH8#JnE9eXAuNDExMituK2NhbGlmb3JuaWElMmMrY2hpY2FnbytpbCs2MDYxOCU3ZXNzdC4wJTdlcGcuMSZiYj00MS45NTcyMDIwNDU1NjIzJTdlLTg3LjY5NzY3MTg1ODkzOTElN2U0MS45NTU2NTYyNTg0NjI2JTdlLTg3LjY5OTcwMTI0NDU5Mw== Hit aerial, then bird's eye view then you can swing around and se
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Hey captain 54, did a little bit of searching and found this:http://www.newschicago.org/index.php?search_by=structid_pin&pin=1313323036&structid=01313323036000&search=single_chicago&menu=chicago&display=all some kind of machine shop? edit: YES! a machine shop:http://yp.blogflux.com/directory/us/illinois/chicago/u--s-machined-products-co-4110-n-california-ave/ moved to
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captain54 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've noticed an old small shop/factory at > approximately the corner of Belle Plaine and > California for a few years. It had an unusual Art > Deco-ish/Bauhaus type design...even more unusual > was that is was obviously a commercial space smack > dab in the middle of residential area....more > r
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captain54 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > tseals Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > HUNSINGERS was at 4301 N. Whipple. They had > food, > > sausages and sum pretty cool kid's candy in the > > 60's & early 70's > > I have friends in the area and frequent a few > stores there.
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tseals Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Both pharmacys did NOT have soda fountains, > However, they both had candy, small foods, TOYS, > model cars- plane- and boats, office supplies, > etc. They both had coolers to get pop from. Grape > Nehi(sic), TAB, Green river etc, I remember the > competion between both of those guy's who owned > t
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