This is going back to the '50s,if I remember right the first floor was occupied by Hanes grocery store.
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First car I drove a '55 Pontiac:then took drivers ed. at Lane Tech. First new car 1 1970 Olds 442.
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The Racine ave. police station and neighborhood were in the process of being torn down for the North-West expressway.
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We called it hitem out.
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If memory serves me right, I belive it was Al's on Laflin between Harrison and Flournoy.
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The Lutheran church PHILC refers to became Santa Maria Addolorata in 1931. A fire destroyed an earlier Santa Maria. I also believe it was at May and Erie, across from De leo's grocery. Both were torn down, to make way for the Northwest expressway (Kennedy). De Leo's then opened the restaurant at Central and Elston, and the church rebuilt at Ohio and Ada.
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Started in high school at Star sales a wholesale house on the 1400 block of north Milwaukee ave. in the mid '60's
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From what I remember, in the late '50's early '60's, they had a factory/desplay off Ohio and Racine.
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Try web site whatwasthere.com
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Yes, C.E.T. had the quarter meter plan. The store was located on the S.W.corner of North and Ogden.
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Missing from the list, the Alvin @ 1612&1614 w.Chicago Ave. & the Hub @ 1746 w. Chicago Ave. Both opened around 1913 and have been closed for a long time.
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I remember a Kawell-Walker Ford 1800 block Chicago Ave, in the late "50's early "60's. It later housed Division Chevy. There was also a Rambler dealer on Chicago and Oakley and Star Pontiac on Chicago west of Western.
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Here's one from the '50s the Crown theater on the south side of Division just west of Ashland.
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Before there was a DiLeo's restaurant, the brothers had a butcher shop/grocery. If I can remember it was located at May & Huron Sts. I believe it then moved to May & Ohio Sts. This was at the time the neighborhood was being torn down for the Northwest expressway.
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West Town wrote I think there was a Community store on the Northwest corner of Chicago Ave. & Hermitage. The Community store was East of Paulina next to the failed City Savings and loan(a story of it's own). The Northwest corner of Chicago & Hermitage had an old A&P grocery, later a discount shoe store.
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Another Robert Hall diddy. School bells ringing children singing back to Robert Hall this year. Mother knows for brand new clothes it's back to Robert Hall.
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Johns jumbo or as it was known jumbo Johns,Grand & Damen.
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I believe it was P J Hoff he was on WBBM channel 2 .
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When I was a child, (late 50's early 60's) we had soda delivered to the house. the brand as I recall was Montreal. It came in quart bottles twelve to a case.
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Angelo's pizzeria in the picture was operated by Charles Gioe's wife. The car he was killed in was taken to the police station on Racine & Superior (the M squad station).
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people let me throw this out there,what i remember from back in '66-67. what is now Terry's was a gressy spoon dive,maybe it was Terry's that i don't know. it sat on a back on a triangle lot on North,Ogden,and Larabee. i believe chmans was the liquor store that was on the southeat corner of North and Larabee. the chmans is part of the sign that wrapped around the corner of North. it can be se
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the Linco man would yell out Linco white saving wash Linco.
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OLD ST. STEPHEN Ethnic Origin - Irish in 1916 Polish Date of Origin -1869 Neighborhood - WEST TOWN Located at Fourth (now Ohio) and Sangamon Street - 917 West Sangamon. In 1952 it merged with Santa Maria Addolorata (Ohio St.). Closed 1952. Parishioners went to St John Cantius (Polish) and Santa Maria Addolorata (Italian). Records at Archives. Records 1869-1915 have been filmed by the L
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captian54 wrote Here is a view of the building on the SE corner of Superior and Racine, in the background...Looks like its a store with apartments above..Hard to tell whether its prepped for demolition. It was a tavern. The name if I rember right was Pavlok's. Not sure of the spelling.
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Actual there are three buildings one is in the back. From what I heard, when I was young my friends Father took title to those buildings. It was some kind of a trade for the 1147 Superior building and one on Chicago ave. Also some time later their older brother bought the building across the alley facing Huron st.
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We moved in May of 1957 and missed the filming. Twoof my old friends, whose father own the four store on the south side of Superior (1147 first floor) got to see the filming. MY grandmother lived on the second floor of that building. I live @ 1145 the building to the east. The build on that corner had a tavern on the first floor. Across from the station was a play lot that dead ended Super
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Just found this site. I use to run in and out of the police station as a young boy. In two episodes, looking down Superior street you can see my grand mothers apartment. The building my family lived in had already been demolished.
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