Mornac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > daveg Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Wonder if LA Fitness will keep the look of the > > original building. Hope so. > > --Well...um...actually: > > http://assets.dnainfo.com/generated/chicago_photo/ > 2013/02/la-fitness-edgewater-1360349
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If you check the Historic aerials, as late as 1962 it was part of a ring road connecting the parking lots for the MSI. In the 1972 aerial the west side of the bridge seems to just peter off into trails.
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Mercer52 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks for the ID! Any idea why it's decorated > with sea creatures and other animals? I have no idea. Never even noticed it before until you brought it up. However, about a year ago, I was at Architectural Artifacts dropping off some repairs. The manager showed me an elevator grill that was decorated with cr
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That is the Central Market Furniture Building. It was sort of an early Merchadise Mart for furniture, A number of furniture companies had their show rooms there.
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Dunning1 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Those of you who miss Imperial Rye, take heart. I > did some research on what happened to Imperial, > and it seems that after the Dworkin family sold > the bakery to Rosen's in 1976, they retained the > name. In 1982 they purchased Kaufman's > Delicatessen in Skokie, and after a few set backs >
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Bill_Baar Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > And from the NLRB in the 90s.. > http://openjurist.org/957/f2d/1467/national-labor- > relations-board-v-augusta-bakery-corporation He was searching for Imperial Bakery. Those are about the Augusta bakery. Augusta Bakery was on Ashland. And they did make a fine rye bread. They also made a killer coffee cak
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nordsider Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > See the list of Daniel Burnham's "Notable > commissions" Chicago, "Flat Iron Building > (Chicago)" > > "The building is located at the intersection of > Milwaukee Avenue, North Avenue, and Damen > Avenue." > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Burnham
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nordsider Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Chicago architect Daniel Burnham designed the > Flatiron Building in New York city: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatiron_Building > > > And, as I understand, another flatiron, 'the > so-called Coyote Building at 1600 N. Milwaukee > Ave., is so-called because its slender shape
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If by flatiron, you mean a triangular building, then yes I have been in dozens of them. Every diagonal street will have two to four of them at each intersection. Milwaukee ave is littered with them. The big question is what you mean by "was it an unusual experience?" It's not like a funhouse in there. They're pretty much like any building interior, except the have a couple of rooms
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Kchi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thank You. > > South of the tracks is St. Paul where at one time > Ludwig drum was located. Next time I am in the > area, I will take a look. Probably nothing to > see, but it will help me visualize the layout. Willow is the first street. St. Paul the next. On the north side of Willow , across Wi
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Kchi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There was a little league field called Churchill > Field at Damen, Churchill and Bloomingdale. Is > this where the team track was? My understanding > is that at one time the elevated track was at > street level. Is this where the "team track" was > in operation? Otherwise, I can't visualize
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To the best of my knowledge, any view from the public way is fair game. From time to time, you might get hassled by property owners or security personal but they don't have a legal leg to stand on. Print a copy of this and read it. Photographers rights Reproduction would probably not be an issue unless you were photographing a work of art that might be separately copyrighted or protected und
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nordsider Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > In 1848, Matthew Laflin bought land, and laid out > the city's first stockyard, and set up a Bull's > Head Tavern and hotel for the convenience of > cattlemen. So, perhaps the location of this > stockyard and hotel may be the origin of > "Bullshead". I saw some mention of the tavern,
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While rummaging around the tribune's archives I ran across a reference to a neighborhood called "Bullshead" which I had never heard of. Due to the vague references in the article it was either near Bucktown or near Pilsen. Does anyone know? I found in an article about Clem Graver, a state rep and 21st ward rep committeeman who was kidnapped from his home in the summer of '53 an
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Richard Stachowski Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What about the country western night club? I > believe it was the Lake & Park Inn at 108th & > Roberts Road. Anybody remember that. According to the website it was a Universal studio set. Don't go looking for a good ol’ night out at ‘Bob’s Country Bunker’ – that was a set on t
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Lance Grey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > PKDickman Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > Sometime between 2008 and 2009, it was turned > into > > a vacant lot. > > I gleebed this photo from Google earth's old > > street > > > views.http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5220/
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Kchi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I was always curious about some of the hotels that > seem to be out of place found in neighborhoods. > One of the hotels I pass quite often is the Hotel > Elinore on Cicero and Belmont. My assumption has > been that these hotels were for transients and > some of them evolved into nothing more than flop
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zorchvalve Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I remember Meister Brau, but wasn't there a beer > called Brau Meister? Yes, and both of them were brewed by the Peter Hand Brewery, technically. Peter Hand originally brewed Meister Brau. In the the '70s they were a sinking ship, and they sold their brands names to Miller who went on brew Meister Brau. H
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mphansen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm wondering if anyone on this site knows the > name of a Catholid orphanage that was located in > Niles. My mother was in this orphanage in the > early 1920s. This building was later turned into > a Catholic seminary and then a nursing home. When > I was in high school, I used to take the Milwau
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Gutmann was on the south side of Webster and the east bank of the river. Back in the eighties when they were building the theater and shopping center next door to them The scuttlebutt was that someone made Gutmann's a big offer for their property. The company was getting the hairy eyeball from the EPA and under a lot of pressure from offshore competition. The way the story goes is that the hei
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Yo Mphansen, As an ex-pat wicker parker you will probably enjoy these, A guy on Flickr has been putting up photos that his brother in law took here in the 1950's MasMiguel's Wicker Park Photos He puts them up a couple at a time, but when they show up, they are the highlight of my day.
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woodman88 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I know its off topic but it is the same area. In > the late 60's, 70's, and thru the 80's when I > worked at the P&G Chicago Plant, I used to go to a > beef stand on North Ave. and Bell . I wonder if > anybody knows what happened to it? Thanks The Nor-Bel. I must have eaten a thousand of their
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BTW,how do you find these > addresses for the old buildings? Any tips on > research? Thanx again! First off, I live at North and Leavitt, most of these addresses I just lean my head out the front door. The historic society put a copy of the 1929 chicago reverse directory. Polk directory Another source are news stories in the Trib historic archives. These are available for fr
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mphansen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > BTW, does anyone remember the > address of the North Avenue Police Station? For > the life of me, I know I was there once and only > once when I got lost. They sat me on a big old > wooden bench and a nice lady came out with a big > cardboard box of candy bars. My mother then > picked me up.
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WayOutWardell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi Murph, > Here's an undated postcard shot: > > Walther Memorial Hospital > > It was at 1116 N. Kedzie, closed in 1987. The > building is still there, not sure what it's being > used for though. The Association House (a settlement house formerly at 2150 W North Ave) is in there.
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WayOutWardell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Still trying to figure out where those columns and > capitals came from... > > There was a retail building on the NW corner of > North and Artesian that was there at least through > 1988 (replaced by a Walgreens). The '29 Polks > Directory has the Lieberman-Nathan Dry Goods store > lis
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nordsider Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The Bancroft school is shown located on Artesian > Avenue in this 1914 School Map: > > http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/collections/maps/chi > 1900/G4104-C6E68-1914-C7.html The map is wrong. The school is listed as on Maplewood in the'29 Polk directory, and at least 4 or five times in the Trib arc
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WayOutWardell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > That's Norwich, CT, at the intersection of Union > St. and Church St. The other photos in the series > show a wider shot of the town hall (with the > clock) and the Central Baptist Church on the left. > It looks much the same today. You're good. I am glad to see (from google s
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nordsider Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The description of this photograph (1940s-50s) is > given as: "Possibly Chicago", showing a street > sign "Union St". If this is a photograph of a > Chicago location, where in Chicago? There is a > Union Avenue 700 W, from 630 N to 12937 S . . . > and where would the pedestrian b
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Great looking school. Chuckman postcard of Bancroft school But it doesn't have any Ionian columns so I still don't know where this rubble on Artesian came from.
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