Lou Gehrig met his wife on a visit to Chicago. Her name was Eleanor Twitchell. They met in 1928. Eleanor Twitchell Gehrig's father was a successful business man. What I was wondering, does anybody know where Eleanor Twitchell grew up in Chicago? Anyone know a address?
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I know pre 1990 Green River delivered their own brand. They had 2 small delivery trucks. One route ran from Madison Street up to the Wisconsin border and the other Route truck ran from Madison Street south quite a way.
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Yes many in the 1928 directory are listed as soft drinks.
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Does anybody remember the Candy Factory Fire on the northwest side in the early 1990's? The factory was on the north side of the street and I believe it was Diversey near Elmwood Park. I remember the smoke and all the fire equipment. I can't remember the Candy Factory name. After the fire the building was replaced with apartments or condo's.
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Jack in the Box still going strong out west. There was a Jack in the Box in Arlington Heights on Rand & Palatine Rds. Closed in the mid 1970's.
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All I could come up with is older years. In 1940 at 914 S. Western was a tavern but I don't know the name. In 1928 at 916 S. Western it was tavern then in 1940 it was butcher shop.
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Original location for Malec & Sons Funeral Home was on 834 N. Ashland Ave. Chicago. In the late 1960's they moved to 6000 N. Milwaukee Ave. The Ashland Ave. building is still there and looks like a funeral home. Holy Innocents and St. Boniface were Catholic parishes very close.
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@ambrosemario, Thank you for your help. My mistake on the location. This building was south of Roosevelt about 3 blocks. It was a dive but very good and hearty food. It was lunch counter type place where most people working in the area probably didn't know existed. But you would get locals, people working very close by, police etc. The place looked like it was never remodeled ever since it opened.
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Going through the south loop so many buildings have been torn down or have changed. Pre-1999 there was a grill on the 8th floor of a old office building. I ate there a few times and was told it was there for a long time. The place had a name but didn't advertise it. People in the area knew about it and was open from early morning till 2:00 PM. As you walked in the building you took a old elevator
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135 South LaSalle still has the big cafeteria on the bottom level and its open to the public. They have quite the big selection. The CNA building also has a big cafeteria and believe its open to the public. I know the Chase Building has one also with big windows to look outside. Does anyone remember a little place in a building on LaSalle just north of Congress that always had lines for their big
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@rjmachon, Thanks for that information about that Burger King. I am sure there were many more before it but that is the first one I remember going to. I never knew that about the Toot's owner. I heard through sources that Johnny was killed in the same fashion. What a shame Toot's had to close and now sits a strip mall. Since I'm on the subject, Wally's Hot Dog Stand on Central & Diversey is an
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I forgot to mention my favorite place for breakfast or lunch was Johnny's Snack Shop 4412 N Central Ave Chicago IL. Dunning/Portage Park. John owned the little place for years. The place had a counter with stools and about 6 booths against the wall. Johnny would serve you big proportions. The joint was always crowded and Johnny would cuss out the waitresses and regulars of the restaurant but it wa
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Interesting and nice building. Knowing some employees from 7up they always told me the plant was near Lake Street. Joyce also had a warehouse in Skokie. Most in the area have consolidated and moved everything to Northlake. The 7up water tower can be seen from the interstate.
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I forgot to mention Hi Q. They had many flavors and were bottled by Pepsi. They were 10 ounce returnable bottles and discontinued around 1985.
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Flat iron house in Wicker Park. Behind the buildings on Milwaukee Ave. and the elevated. 1275 N. Hermitage Ave
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My grandfather always talked about going to the Main Theatre which closed in the 1950's. 4815 W. Armitage Avenue.
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Many Turn Style Stores were built next to a Jewel. The Turn Style on Harlem & Foster burned down around 1969. Not sure how the fire started.
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Lorraine Hansberry lived in Woodlawn at 6140 S. Rhodes Ave.
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Demnicki Funeral Home. 3630 W. George Street served St. Hyacinth Church for many years. The funeral home is gone but the building still stands across the street from St. Hyacinth Church. The Demnicki family moved to Schaumburg and its now called Michael's Funeral Home located at 800 S Roselle Rd, Schaumburg, IL
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I.S. Berlin on Belmont & the Kennedy Expressway has a beautiful clock tower. I.S. Berlin was demolished in the late 1960's. A strip mall was built where a Dominick's was built and now is gone. When going by on the Kennedy when approaching Belmont you couldn't miss the I.S. Berlin factory.
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A small little building on the east side of Cicero Ave. just south of Belmont. I believe their was no name and the sign on top just said "Hamburgers"? Anyone remember the place? There was a Burger King on Belmont Ave. just west of Oak Park Ave. It closed quite a few years ago and the building is now gone.
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Sidewalk Stamp on Adams just west of Wabash on the north side of Adams. Dated 1928 in a crown. Company is J.J. Ferry which was located somewhere on Madison St.
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Ma & Pa stores still exist throughout the city. Not just on corners but sometimes in the middle of the street. Besides the 7-11's and White Hens the first to come to mind was Open Pantry stores. There was a Open Pantry on Fullerton just west of Cicero Ave.
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Yes technically Blatz was brewed in Milwaukee. But when Chicago was selling a lot of Blatz Beer, Valentine Blatz opened a brewery in Chicago at North Wolcott and Chicago Ave. It is now a open lot. Valentine Blatz had residential housing for employees who worked there. The residence is at 835 N. Wolcott, Chicago Illinois. On the side of the building reads "Valentine Blatz". Speaking of pa
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Mid 1990's is when returnable bottles faded away in grocery stores. Pepsi, Coke, Royal Crown and Canfields were very big on selling 16 ounce returnable bottles in ma & pa stores and chains such as Jewel & Dominick's. Aluminum cans and plastic bottles took over the market. Many soda drivers on Monday would come back to the plant with their truck filled with empty bottles.10 ounce bottles we
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Many Turn Style stores were built next to Jewel Grocery Stores. I believe it was the year 1969 when the Turn Style store on Harlem and Foster burned down. Tartan Tray also had a location in the basement of the former Randhurst Mall in Mt. Prospect. I remember it being a buffet style restaurant.
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A Golden Bear was also located just outside the former Randhurst Mall in Mt. Prospect on the northeast side. Later it became a Pizza Hut. That particular Golden Bear on Wednesday nights had all the pancakes you can eat. Farrell's Ice Cream had a location in Woodfield Mall for many years.
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