tomcat go to http://www.historicaerials.com at search imagery hit "by lat-long" at lat type 41.9393 at long type -87.7076 you will then see the Kedzie and Belmont. hit 1938 button. If you want to see where the Kennedy runs over today hit "overlays" on the drop down hit "all roads". It looks like there used to be a lot of homes and several large buildings along Avond
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Boy, I had forgotten about the butterscotch smell! I remember the ice rink, went there some times, but never learned how to skate. I also remember the pool spent many hot summer days there. I also went to GT in the early 80's but just my freshmen year, then transferred to Roosevelt.
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I remember the 55 gallon drums, our building had a row of 7-8 of them. Then in the late 70's the landlord had to get a "rolling" dumpster from a company called "City Waste" which I think latter on, it became Waste management.
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This is right about where N Racine and W Superior intersected, now in the middle of the Kennedy: <iframe width="562" height="314" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;source=embed&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=North+Racine+Avenue,+Chicago,+IL&a
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view of W Chicago at N Racine today: <iframe width="562" height="314" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;source=embed&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=North+Racine+Avenue,+Chicago,+IL&amp;sll=41.775953,-87.654377&amp;sspn=0.259618,0.441513&a
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Wow, that is good news! We went to see the movie "Breakin'" back in 84 with a bunch of friends from the hood.
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Very nice pictures! When I was a kid my friend and I used to explore the factories behind the WGN studios. Outside of course, because they where still in use back in the 80's. To bad bwalsh you did not take pictures of the J & J that would have been cool to see.
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I was looking in google maps and the pitchers mound is almost right where the streets crossed. Very, very cool! It looks like Weed St ended at Ogden or at N. Larrabee St.
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That is so cool! I walked in front of that building so many times when my aunt and uncle lived on the South side of w 19th between s Troop and s Loomis. So was that a cigar store? One night when we walked by, the door was open, they had a boxing ring set up in the middle of the floor. Two guys where in the ring, I guess it was some kind of boxing training school? That had to have been some time in
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I was pretty sure this was Pilsen, but not sure where in Pilsen. When Berwyn Frank offered to purchase the photo I knew it! I thought it might be this building at W 19th and S Troop <iframe width="562" height="314" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&amp;layer=c
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SuperCFL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Two of the most notorious "contract > sellers"/blockbusters on Chicago's west side in > the 1950s and 60s were Kenneth Goldberg and Louis > Wolff. They were part of a group of West Siders > who did this for years before being exposed. The > Chicago Tribune ran a devastating (and detailed)
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I've noticed that there are no good modern day cop shows filmed in Chicago. (at least none I can think of). One thing I dislike on the few movies and shows that are filmed there, is that most of the time they use "Metro Police" in place of Chicago Police. This from wikipedia I guess explains why: * The 1957-1960 television series M Squad centered around a squad of Chicago Police
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Thanks tseals, I thought you wold remember, since you had good memory on the thread about "corner grocery stores"
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Thanks for the update, Berwyn Frank.
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captain54 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 222psm Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > There was a Butera on the South east corner of > W. > > Montrose and N. Kedzie. It was a National first > > then a A&P and finally a Butera. A few blocks > > south on Kedzie there was a Jewel and a
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There was a Butera on the South east corner of W. Montrose and N. Kedzie. It was a National first then a A&P and finally a Butera. A few blocks south on Kedzie there was a Jewel and a Osco back to back.
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Artista Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Glad you all enjoyed the pics my friends. 222, > that isn't the door within the yard area. It is > the one in the alley closest to School ave. I have > to say that the building looks very good now. I > will take updated photos soon. Thanks for clearing that up Artista.
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Wow! Thanks for the pics Artista, looks like they did a nice job. Did they remove the beam over the door? Or was that a different door?
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Very cool before and after pics of Mckie's Disk jockey lounge, and I love all your old pics on your flickr. Thanks for sharing them WayOutWardell.
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Wow guys! Thanks for all the info and pics, I never realized that this area was so Live and vibrant back in the early 1900s Every time I come to this site I learn something new.
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Thanks for the info bwalsh, I always find it fascinating to lean a buildings history. And thanks to captain54 for that 30's pic.
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Richard it looks like the church is still there <iframe width="562" height="314" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;source=embed&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=1347+South+Damen+Avenue,+Chicago,+IL&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=44.069
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Cool find on the "steps" Like you said it's surprising that they are still around especially that there on the city's right of way. Very nice pictures of the coach houses.
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Here's the floor plan to the second floor: From www.hauntedattraction.com click on it to enlarge. creepy indeed!
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It would be awesome if the Holmes Castle was still around, I'd would have loved to have seen that crazy floor plan that was rumored that building had on the upper floors! Artista, I never knew that a movie was planed. that would make a good horror flick.
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captain54 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > I've often thought that if they were going to do a > film version of "The Devil in White City"..they > could use this building because it eerily reminds > me of some of the photos I've seen of the Holmes > Castle. You know Captain, I thought the exact same thing when I saw your fir
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I got my book last Wednesday, I could not put it down! Berwyn Frank thank you so much for all those wonderful photos! It's almost like I could step into them and walk down those planked sidewalks, go into the shops, be in those homes! I know it sounds silly, but that's the feeling I got, it's almost like being there. I did learn a bunch of things I did not know, for example, that Anton Cermak
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Thanks for the ghost sign pictures, when we were kids my sister, brother and I would look for them while riding around in the back seat of my dad's car. It was like a game we would see who found the most.
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I was watching WGN and saw the story of the lady that got murdered in her own apartment on S Sacramento a few weeks ago, so sad. We used to pass right in front of her building back in the 80's on our way to Brighton Park to visit my aunt and uncle.
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Ordered mine on Amazon Monday, should be in today (wednesday). Can't wait! I'm sure I'll have a few questions.
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