My sister who is now 83 used to go there with here husband and took me along a few times. We both remember in the 50's what seemed like a family plot over or on top of the hill. It was a few graves with a black iron fence around it about 12' X 12' nothing paranormal or strnge just a small plot. My sister and I just talked about it and she still remembers it. It was nothing that stood out unles
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63rd and Cottage Grove were known as a red light district in the 50's.
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Where was White City? I know it was on 63rd but what other street?
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We attempted to build a congregation there in the 70's but it didn't work out. What I was told then is that church was there in the 30's. It had a large pipe organ that needed service at that time. The one on the east side used to be a Polish church when the area was mostely Polish imigrants.
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If I remember the tower building was a Zenith hearing aid company. Could look it up on Polk's 1930 address guide.
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I think it's settled according to that article the building was in Willow Springs and the advertising on it's side is for a shop on cermak road.
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What was the name of the place you worked across the street? What would be the address? I don't get the picture.
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Years ago back in the 70's we had a ministry there. I think the house on the evergreen side housed the keeper of that building. His name was Mr. Carlson? Acroos the street was a Polish penticostal church.
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Didn't the same el go west to ashland? I used to get my shoeshine under that el on the east side of ashland under the el.
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Do you remember a small theater on 55th just east of California? What was it's name? Gayity?
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Anybody know about a church on Evergreen and Damen? One brick church on the Northwest and the one across the street about three doors down. That was a Polish Penticostal church. I have an old bible that says 1347 N. Damen. Is there still a church there?
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Universal's icecream parlor was our hang out after friday nigh novina when I was in grade school at S.S. Cyril's on 50th & Hermitage. It's been gone for some time now.
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daveg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I saw a picture of a VG in the newly published > book on the Lawndale-Crawford community. It was > created by the folks at Home Run Inn on 4254 W > 31st street. > > The author of the above book hangs out here and > may chime in. I will gladly yield to him. > > Good luck. That's just wes
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Does anyone have the address to the building so we can look it up and see if it still exists?
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Steve: I'm surprised nobody saw the graves on top of the hill except my 82yr old sister her husband and myself.
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That brings back memories.
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After I saw the historic aeriel views of 1952 and 1938 I do remember seeing a large fram house years ago on the north east side of Archer & Harlem. I am 74 years old this year.
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That building sure doesen't look like Willow Springs.
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I also looked it up on the aeriel views and saw the same thing. Is there any trace of it today?
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Can you give the approxamate address of that farmhouse?
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Correction: I was thinking of turning right off of Archer on Center St. There was a large building on your right and the garage or station on the corner about a block down. If you turned left at that intersection I think the road is Lincoln you would pass a few houses and a tavern and go over a bridge and on to Lawndale through a industrial area and end up on 47th. We used to go to a Swedish Smo
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I am familiar with that area. When did the house come down? I remember seeing a large house there in the 50's and a small house near the road more like a shed. Turn right off of Archer and go down and turn left at a gas station or garage. Am I close?
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I am an Oaklawnian. I went to that rink in the 50's and the dairy basket later on when I worked for A&G Radio on 9100 s. Cicero. I would get my lunch there at times.
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Ithink I was a teen at the time of those old cars. Like in the 50's We would ride them from 51st to downtown when cutting school at Tilden Tech.[ /b]
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What was your favorite roller rink? The planet 73rd & racine, the swank 111th & western or the Hub 3500 n. harlem. What was the one on Madison street?
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Remember the brown elevated trains that had seats made with straw or wicker or something like that? Also street cars that you could stand on the outside step or hang on the back like we did going to school.
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Not bachelors grove. I mentioned that to my 83year old sister just yesterday and she varified that it was up that hill behind the resturant where we ate often. They had family type meals served on the table to help yourself.
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Did you try looking on google maps street level?
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That may not be the spot then because the cabins were there in 1968.
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There was a good Polish bakery on the NW corner.
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