daveg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > PKDickman Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > WayOutWardell Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > Great photos, thanks! > > > > > > I was told once that the iron port with fla
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WayOutWardell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Great photos, thanks! > > I was told once that the iron port with flap cover > is a type of floor drain outlet. They're on a lot > of factories of the era - Schoenhofen Brewery > building, for example. I remember them being all > over the old Stewart-Warner factory, too. If you're refe
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That parcel has been parking as long as I can remember. The historic aerials show a big building in there as late as 1954 but, from the shadows, it only looks to be 1 story. Certainly nothing like the drawing in the trib story. Trib has plenty of mentions of the Wonderland ballroom farther up (2934n) But only about three stories about the Minuet and all about the upcoming construction.
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When I was a kid and UHF was newfangled, my parents got a tv with a uhf tuner. All of my relatives would come out to drink my old man's beer and watch wrestling on channel 26. Then they would stay for more beer and watch the bullfights.
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That wasn't hydrogen. It was liquified natural gas and it was back in '96. Although they had hopes of public use it pretty much only was used for Peoples Gas's fleet of CNG powered vehicles. It didn't last long. I do miss the beans from Dixie Que though. It was a Mel Markon restaurant that had just run its course. It closed in 95. A trib article says Markon says he's helping a friend
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p.s. It's easier to see if you look at it on the zoning map. Chgo Zoning map start page When you zoom to a high enough resolution it displays the lot lines, building footprints and street numbers.
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Richard Stachowski Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Canel street doesn't seem to bend that the numbers > should change.On the next block there back to > normal. The bend is long and gradual, but all told it is about 150 feet or 6 street numbers. Not a lot, but enough. You will notice that the numbers don't start at 400, they start around the 440s.
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Because down there is isn't 500 west It jogs slightly at the river. That plus the fact that there isn't a single standard subdivided block in that neck of the woods. I'm sure that numbering those must have been a nightmare.
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The Alba theater http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/1007
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Oh, that building. I think that that has always been a "comfort station" It isn't on the 1921 Sanborn map but it is on 1950 update as a "comfort station". It is on the Historical Aerials back in 1938, surrounded only by grass and sidewalks. Further research proves me right. Trib Archives 6 Jan 1926 "APPROVE PLANS FOR 17 COMFORT STATIONS IN W. PARK SYSTEM"
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PKDickman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > On the Logan side, the Polk has a similar > assortment of tenants but it gives the bldg name > as the Rainer Bldg. I take that back,The Rainier Bldg might have been on the SW side.
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On the Logan side, the Polk has a similar assortment of tenants but it gives the bldg name as the Rainer Bldg.
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Polk seems to put it as a generic commercial building with a bunch of tenants. 2557 American Fruit Market Co. 2559 Logan Sq Bond and Realty 2561 Vacant 2563 National Tea Co 2565 (upstairs)Hurwitz M.J. Ladies Furngs Konz P.J. (Josephine) Nonstedts Hemstiching Shop Reininger David Dentist Wendell Aug Dentist 2569 Hurwitz M.J. Dresses 2575 Ririe Daisy M Confr
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Margie's candies still at Armitage and Western. In business since 1921.
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There was a Wanzer's behind the Sears auto care on Lawrence between Ravenswood & Wolcott.
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Based on the Bloomingdale trail project, the railroad retains the right of way until they can unload it. This may not be easy, as they are essentially one long brownfield. I believe the railroads are responsible for bridge work until they give up the ROW. They sold the Bloomy line to the city for a dollar, but it took years of haggling for the city to take it. The railroad paid for envir
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Richard Stachowski Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I lost the Polk's directory when we chaged PC's > recently. I can't get it back again. Can you > give me the address for it? I get it via the Historical Society's architecture and building history page. Chgo Hist Museum Arch History page It acts kind of wonky if I try to open it with Chrom
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The polk directory puts it as "YMCA (RR Dept)" in '29
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Gorf Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks PKDickman! Any chance you have a link to > that article? I can't give a direct link. I found it in the Trib historic archives. These are available for free to chicago public library cardholders at: http://www.chipublib.org/resource/ There wasn't a whole lot of info. After the fire they were inspected by th
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According to the Trib, they demolished the old part in 1960. Close enough to the fire that it probably had something to do with it. But school systems like to mothball buildings to use for storage, etc.. I suspect that they decided that several weren't worth the cost of sprinkler installation.
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2150 has been on the register for some time. Back in the '20s, 2155 was the Eleanor Club. It was more of a YWCA than a settlement house. It offered inexpensive room and board to single women as well as some training and and charitable works. There was also a nurses home and a medical school on the block. The big settlement house in the area was actually one block to the north. The Associ
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I remember that building. You can get a glimpse of the corner of it here...(if the link works) Whatwasthere.com link When I moved into Wicker park in the 80s it was painted yellow or orange. It and several buildings to the east had been spliced together to create one long storefront. I think it was used as a auto showroom. I was always amazed that it could stand up, given the way it had b
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According to these guys, it was on the North East corner. Comments fron cinema treasures They brought it up while pining for the Sheridan theater
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One would assume that they were at the intersection of Washington and Pine. (5500w?) There are a couple of large apartment blocks on that corner, including the "Austin Towers"
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Here's one from the 70's courtesy of the IHPA. Victor Hotel
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Mercer52 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Does anyone know where I can find a photograph of > Frank Lloyd Wright's E-Z Polish Factory (3004 W. > Carroll) in its original condition? I saw the > building today and it has been severely altered. > I'd love to see what it looked like originally. I think you're looking on the wrong side of the s
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Richard Stachowski Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Where on Wood street did you live? That was fairly north of you. 1641 N Wood
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I had to go to the store, so I swung by and looked at them. They are definitely leaning. The fact the they are identical leads me to suspect... same builder, same problem. Bad craftsmanship It could be poor footings, but more likely the foundation wall. Old foundations were not the cast concrete things we see now, they were laid up from rough limestone blocks or, in the cheapest case, common b
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Apparently it was Birneville sans "y". I don't know where it was but it seems the Stockade pool room was right in the tracks and the Santa Fe would make a special stop for the patrons.
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Mr Downtown Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > According to the city's plat maps, that middle > square is subdivided into house lots fronting on > the (never built) Edbrooke Avenue. My attempts > with the clumsy Cook County Assessor's website > didn't turn up any ownership information, though. I took a look The east side of Edbrooke is wholly
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