We hung out at the 8900 block Loomis shopping district all the time. There was a little greasy-spoon grill mid block on the east side, and a record store across the street, that got most of my pocket money when I was about thirteen. Wasn't the Melody Lane the place that had all the great ice cream creations? I remember it, also remember Skip's drive in which was around 87th and Racine (not th
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When I was growing up on the south side in the early '60s, the Baltimore & Ohio railroad used tracks (now demolished) that ran parallel to the Rock Island - now Metra - line along South 89th Street between Vincennes and Ashland. Where it went east and west of there I don't know. What I do remember is how much I used to love watching those beautiful blue and gray streamliners. Can anyone
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