zorchvalve, What I remember of Orchard and Dickens, in the 40s and early 50s, was the large vacant/play lot on the southeast corner, that extended from the north end of Waller (renamed Lincoln Park) high school, to Dickens, and from Orchard to Howe. And, on the northeast corner, a corner grocery store. Unfortunately, I don't have any photos. Looking at this area via Google Map views, revea
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zorchvalve Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Nordsider, Did you live in that neighborhood? If > you did ,we may know some of the same people. zorchvalve, I lived within a half-block from Armitage and Burling, from 1937 to 1952. I attended Arnold grammar/elementary school; and in the mid 40s, I was a member of the Chicago Boys Club, located at the south
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zorchvalve, Look at Robinson's Atlas of the City of Chicago, 1886 http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/11064.html Volume 3, plate 18, and see that Town Court was west of Orchard. and also, in Searching the Chicago Streets Database in One Step http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~itappcnc/pipcnstreetfind.htm You are correct zorchvalve, I see now that Frontier/Town
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zorchvalve, Maybe, I mistook Orchard Street for a street called Frontier (old name Town Court and changed to Frontier in 1913 --- now gone) being near the Kino Theater in the 40s. Frontier/Town Court was located between Burling and Orchard. By the way, W. Weed Street still exists in the vincinity.
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zorchvalve, I don't recall what was on the northeast corner of Orchard and North Avenue --- in the 40s --- except the memory of a building with large shaded windows. And, I don't recall what was on the southeast corner, but the Kino theater was very close, if not on the southwest corner. Orchard Street seemed much narrower on south side of North Avenue. My great grandparents lived on Weed Court
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zorchvalve Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Jim, I grew up in the same neighborhood as you. > Siebens brewery was south of north ave. When you > wrote " further up" I thought you meant north of > north ave. If you are talking about the butcher > shops on north ave., there were three at one time. > two between orchard and vine on th
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mikebos, Thanks much for the information; an interesting timeline and sources.
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What is the origin of Chicago's old title: "The Second City"? Did the title originate soon after the Chicago Fire in 1871, because it was a new rebuilt second city; or,in comparing it to New York city's population or prestige, Chicago was considered only second to New York city?
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I have now read Chicago's Little Village:: Lawndale-Crawford by Frank S. Magallon. The book is especially well written, and includes many interesting photographs. I too, highly recommend it.
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Berwyn Frank Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi Nordsider, I also wrote an Arcadia book about > the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago. > Before my book there hadn't been anything written > more then a page or two about the neighborhood's > history. I found that to be more challenging and > exiting that I was pretty much the first to
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I was thinking of authors, and their books, along the lines of Robert Milton Hill and his book -- A Little Known Story of The Land Called Clearing.
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There are 77 community areas in Chicago. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_areas_in_Chicago I have lived in two community areas of Chicago; Lincoln Park and Garfield Ridge. There have been at least two books written about the Lincoln Park community, but none, about Garfield Ridge, that I am aware of. Clearing, a community next to Garfield Ridge, does have a fine history, that I have
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zorchvalve Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Does anyone remember the fog horn on lake > michigan? Does it still blow? I can't say that I remember the sound of a fog horn in all my early days on the lakefront. But I wonder if it was a foggy night -- before opening day of the 1933 Worlds Fair -- when Sally Rand rode her white stallion along the Fair's Nort
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daveg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Curious/interesting.... wonder *why* the name > change? Family lived on St. Louis (south side) > back in the 50s. First I've heard of the street > name Ballou. daveg, The name change may have been because: "Fewer streets names result if only one name is used when two or more streets run, un-conn
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It was changed in 1936 http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~itappcnc/pipcnstreetfind.htm
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coops4 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I live in the area and drive by Harlem and Archer > everyday. Never would of thought...also I will > look for those pillars on Melvina. The pillars were not at every street intersection with Archer, in the 50s, but I do remember a few located at streets east of Melvina and some west. They seemed at the time, t
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It's good to see -- via Google Street View - that at least the cleaners are still in existence on the NW corner of Melvina and Archer, after 45 years have passed. I totally forgot about those concrete markers. I do remember the concrete markers/pillars along Archer Avenue, from about Central west to Harlem, in the 1950s; and often wondered about their purpose. John Wentworth -- Chicago mayor an
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There are several photos of North Lawndale at, Photographs From The Chicago Daily News 1902 - 1933 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/ichihtml/ search "North Lawndale"
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A photograph taken in 1936 of an "Elevator Garage, Chicago"; "movable freestanding elevator garage". http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/190016941?rpp=20&pg=4&ft=chicago&pos=65
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I recently discovered this website, although I imagine it is probably well known to some of the Forgotten Chicago viewers. It is called -- WhatWasThere - Put history in its place! -- with interesting old photos of Chicago. http://www.whatwasthere.com/
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The only South side movie theater that I can remember attending was the Midwest, on Archer Avenue near Hamilton Avenue, in the mid 50s. And, if I remember correctly, the Midwest offered free glassware too.
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rjmachon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I remember when Navy Pier was used for shipping in > the 1960's. My Dad would take me down to the pier > and we would go up on the observation deck and > walk the length of the pier and watch the ships > load and unload cargo. If I remember right, The > Chicago Fire Department had there gym across th
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This topic reminds me of a poem by Carl Sandburg called Picnic Boat. http://carl-sandburg.com/picnic_boat.htm
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Another memory: The new North Avenue Beachhouse seems to be about to sink. The original lake steamer boat house, that I have memories of, seemed much more seaworthy. I wonder who the architect/designer of the original was in the 1930s, when it was built. It was, in my opinion, an unique design.
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I don't know when this written, but does give some background regarding the problem that the beacon caused in the recent past. http://www.njaa.org/light/lp09.html see also, http://www.lhdigest.com/Digest/StoryPage.cfm?StoryKey=3065
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Another Lakefront memory: When I was a kid, just after World War II, there were two aircraft carriers docked just south of Navy Pier. During the war there was a need to train pilots to land on aircraft carriers and the Great Lakes were considered secure waters. My father and I used to fish from the docks near the stern ends of the ships -- the USS Wolverine and USS Sable -- partially under the
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I remember viewing the Palmolive Beacon (formerly known as the Lindbergh Beacon) from the lakefront on summer nights in the 40s. It had a mesmerizing affect on me; seeing a powerful beacon of light sweeping the night sky above the city lights and lake. It rotated twice a minute, and was claimed, in the 30s, - "newspapers have been read by its light in planes 27 miles away".
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shekaago Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Nordsider, > > You are most welcome! Thank you for sharing your > memory of your walk down Larrabee. The history of > this area of Chicago is fascinating. > > I must also clarify, from my earlier post, that > John H. Bauler was Mathias (Paddy) Bauler's > brother. Paddy was the 3rd Bau
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shekaago Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Nordsider, > > The 1935 Sanborn Fire Map shows a bake shop in the > rear of 1949 Larrabee. :-) > > 1949 N Larrabee shekaago, Thanks so much, I wouldn't have expected the shop to be in the back, but there it is. You are a veritable fountain of interesting information!
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shekaago Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Rustymuscle, > > And thank you for providing another clue to the > puzzle... > > There was, indeed, a Koch Hall at 1764 N. > Larrabee. It was a dance/event hall in the back of > Fritz Koch's tavern. Fritz Koch was the father of > one time wrestler, turned wrestling promoter, Fred >
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