Early migrant Puerto Ricans are mentioned living in Woodlawn, here: http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1027.html
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rjmachon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > @ Northsider, whats is the address? rjmachon, Thanks for your interest, but I do not want to add anything additional off-topic to Richard's question.
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Chistorian51 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Is that portion of Kedzie weight restricted for > trucks? It does not appear to apply to Kedzie, south of North Ave: Chicago Truck Route Planning Study http://www.transportchicago.org/uploads/5/7/2/0/5720074/2c3_truckroute.pdf
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A comment about truck traffic, from the DNAinfo article: Ed Kennedy, who manages an apartment building at 1452 N. Kedzie . . . said the problem is exacerbated by trucks that use the street, saying, "The buildings shake when they come driving through here."
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Humboldt Park was built on a marshy area. A Google Map Street View of the Kedzie street surface between Beach Avenue and LeMoyne Avenue shows multi cracks; which heavy truck traffic, passing over uneven surfaces must surely add considerable stress and vibration to nearby homes.
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This may be of interest . . . Photographs from the Chicago Daily News: 1902-1933, has been migrated to new presentations at: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/updatedList.html See: http://chsmedia.org:8081/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=C3E5146D41098.6253&profile=public&uri=link=3100036~!114288~!3100046~!3100047&aspect=subtab112&menu=search&ri=5&source=~!horizon&t
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Richard Stachowski Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Is there anyone old enough to remember the Gaelic > theater at about 2419 W. 47th street? The > building is still there and it closed in the early > 60's. I lived in Brighton Park but don't remember > it. It was across from Pechter Hardware store. Richard, I found this item: Gaelic The
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Cragin Spring Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Flat iron house in Wicker Park. Behind the > buildings on Milwaukee Ave. and the elevated. 1275 > N. Hermitage Ave That is a most unusual building! https://maps.google.com/maps?q=1275+N+Hermitage+Ave,+Chicago,+IL&hl=en&ll=41.905433,-87.6711&spn=0.000415,0.000679&sll=39.739318,-89.26650
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The Archbishop’s Residence at 1555 North State Parkway - built in 1885. https://maps.google.com/maps?q=astor+%26+north,+chicago&hl=en&ll=41.91122,-87.628026&spn=0.009326,0.021715&sll=39.739318,-89.266507&sspn=9.863297,22.236328&t=h&hnear=Chicago,+Illinois&z=16&layer=c&cbll=41.911214,-87.628147&panoid=31YthcBBjuh3DeNN8nvqvA&cbp=12,225,,0,0 In
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RBA Digital File name U527859.jpg Appears to be a view north, along South Shore Drive from 74th Street. https://maps.google.com/maps?q=74th+%26+south+shore,+chicago&hl=en&ll=41.763057,-87.559072&spn=0.003305,0.005429&sll=39.739318,-89.266507&sspn=9.863297,22.236328&t=h&hnear=Chicago,+Illinois,+United+States&z=18
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Navy Pier`s `Poor Relation` Provided A Wealth Of Fun http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1986-05-18/features/8602040593_1_navy-pier-perch-air-conditioning Dime Pier
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b.a.hoarder Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The mention of Ray Rayner brings to mind something > from my drinking days. Back in the early '70's Ray > sometimes appeared at the old Candlelight Dinner > Theater in Summit. I was a regular in a bar at > 59th & Harlem and Ray often came in on Fridays > with cast members for a meal and drinks
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Richard Stachowski Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Some time ago the owner of that funeral home said > he would not sell but keepit in the family. He > used to fly a rebel flag in honer of the ones who > died in that camp.Surprised to see it for sale and > I saw the marker also. good work & hope to see > more. War in Bronzeville
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daveg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Here's my Flick album of the event. It's really > an amazing 2 days. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/k9jdk/sets/721576484 > 39114028/ daveg, Thank you again, for your most interesting photos, The Columbian Model & Exhibit Works, Ltd. It would have been one of my choices offered by Open House C
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Mr Downtown, Your Chicago in Maps site is excellent! Thank you for your time and effort! It's the best Chicago map collection!
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" October 18-19, 2014 The Chicago Architecture Foundation’s Open House Chicago is a free public festival that offers behind-the-scenes access to 150 buildings across Chicago. Explore the hidden gems and architectural treasures of Chicago’s diverse neighborhoods—all for free." http://www.openhousechicago.org/
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For those interested in the Confederate prisoners at Camp Douglas - the book, To Die in Chicago: Confederate Prisoners at Camp Douglas 1862-65 by George Levy; published date: 1999. I have not read this book - Camp Douglas: Chicago's Civil War Prison by Kelly Pucci - published date: 2007 A photo: Prisoners of War at Camp Douglas, 1863 http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/
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I remember a bowling alley on the north side of Lincoln Avenue, located somewhere between Belden and Webster, called "Monte Carlo" - if my memory is correct - on the second floor. My father bowled there in the 40s
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shekaago Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks for posting. Great site and resource for > historic maps! You are most welcome. Another map that I have found especially helpful, is Robinson's Atlas of the City of Chicago, 1886; it has many useful details, including "house numbers," before the 1909 Street numbering changes. http://www.en
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For those interested in old Chicago maps. From the David Rumsey Map Collection: http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/view/search?q=City%3D%22Chicago+%28Ill.%29%22+LIMIT%3ARUMSEY%7E8%7E1%2C&sort=Pub_Date,Pub_List_No_InitialSort
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Next door to the building that I lived in during the late 40s and early 50s, was a small grocery store that I was surprised and puzzled to discover had been a laundry from 1910 to 1930. Polk's 1928-29 Chicago Street Guide and Places of Business, revealed that it once was a "French Hand Laundry", and that the Census for the years of 1910, 1920 and 1930, indicated that persons living at th
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WayOutWardell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've had great luck with both of those. Also, > don't forget the Tribune archives, and, depending > on what neighborhood you live in, the Defender > archives. I discovered some fascinating things > about the previous occupants of my house in both > of those. My first home in the late 1930s
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Your House Has A History - A Step-by-Step Guide to Researching Your Property http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/landmarksweb/static/pdf/Your_House_Has_A_History.pdf I have also found, that Census records can provide an interesting history of persons that have lived in the house.
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A book at the Newberry Library. Title: Aaron Montgomery Ward: Entrepreneur, Environmentalist, Consumerist Hardcover Publisher: Illinois Special Events Commission (1971) ASIN: B00JRJQZVS Paperback: 523 pages Publisher: Chicago: Montomgery Ward Inc.; 1ST edition (1973) Language: English ASIN: B00HG0CRKI See: The Newberry Library https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/nby/cgi-
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Eric F Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'd have to go with Daniel Burnham, with Aaron > Montgomery Ward, who sadly appears to have never > had a bio written about him second. An interesting story regarding A. Montgomery Ward and Daniel Burnham. "When Daniel Burnham began searching for a site to build a permanent home for The Field Museum in
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Vivian Dorothea Maier (February 1, 1926 – April 21, 2009) was an American street photographer, living in, or near Chicago, and took many photographs. Some of her photographs of Chicago: http://www.vivianmaier.com/ See also, Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Maier
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The men and women who helped create Chicago's Science, Natural History and Art museums; all of which provide anyone with a valuable source of self education.
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The Robinson's Atlas of the City of Chicago, 1886, shows 5 " house numbers" 216, 220, 224, 228, and 232 on Milwaukee Avenue side of the Grand (old street name was Indiana)/Milwaukee/Green triangle. This is what I have found on the Milwaukee Avenue side; addresses in the 1880 Census, ED 103, pages 45 and 46, with "Profession, Occupation or Trade pf each person, male or female&q
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Robinson's Atlas of the City of Chicago, 1886, shows 5 " house numbers" 216, 220, 224, 228, and 232 on Milwaukee Avenue; and 3 " house numbers" 108, 113 and 115 on the Grand Avenue side of the Milwaukee/ Grand/ Green triangle. So, I presume, there were some building in existence by 1886 at least. See Volume 4, plate 13 http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/110
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