I've noticed the red brick structure on the NE corner of Fulton and Damen for many years, and it wasn't until recently that I actually took a close look at it. The structure looks like it goes back to the turn of the century, maybe even further. the stone etching at the top of the building reads "HERBERT HINCHLIFFE"... <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/d-j-c/406843129
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Rustymuscle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Something I've noticed. If one looks closely at > the daytime close up shots of the M Squad police > station the lights to the left and right of the > main door say, "M SQUAD." However, when they have > a nighttime close up shot of Ballinger in front of > the main door of the police stat
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Rustymuscle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks for the clarification...nice photo too. I'm > surprised that section of store fronts was > demolished by 1971. they were probably demolished way before that...an aerial view shows a majority of that block gone by 62'..by 73' the entire block was a parking lot..the current building occupying that sit
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the furthest south M-Squad location...79th and S South Chicago Ave...rare view of the Avalon Theatre (later became the Regal, now New Regal) in the background...Ballinger comes north on South Chicago Ave, and is making a turn west on 79th, under the Stony Island overpass... <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/20205384@N03/5059351068/" title="M Squad - Avalon theatre - 79th
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when the State Street subway was built in the 40's it originally had two south exits of the Harrison stop, that being the Polk Street east and west exits... Jimmy Stewart exits from the east exit...it was originally built to accomodate rail travelers coming to Dearborn Station.. the original plans called for the exits to one day become also entrances to accomodate passengers coming from the statio
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/20205384@N03/5054256759/" title="Gas Holder - M-Squad - 1958 by captain54_01, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4089/5054256759_04faef165a_b.jpg" width="978" height="836" alt="Gas Holder - M-Squad - 1958" /></a>
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Jimmy Stewart approaching home of "Wanda" on "N Honore Street" <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/20205384@N03/5048132170/" title="Northside 777 Honore street 1948 by captain54_01, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4150/5048132170_0a4bfce91f_z.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="Northside 777 H
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thanks for checking on that...I'm obviously off on the address...I'll have to see if can dig up more info... I pretty much can narrow the address down to somewhere between 71st and 71st Place on South Jeffrey....even numbered addresses
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the crazy weird thing about this old photo is that it's exactly the location that I used to frequent as a kid. My dad bought a bar/cocktail lounge at 71st a bit south of Jeffrey, which would have been right around the corner from where this photo was taken. you can't see it in the photo, but the IC Commuter Electric RR is running down the middle of 71st st. the IC was an alternative, back in t
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Rustymuscle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've wondered if the tank in M Squad is the same > one as in Northside 777. If one stands in front of > the church on Noble and looks directly east, it > lines up with where a tank may have been on > Racine. I searched the aerial views and the only tank I could locate was at Cortez and between Elst
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/20205384@N03/5043161096/" title="gas holder - Devon &amp; Kedzie - 1962 by captain54_01, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4132/5043161096_4c1a6597f8_b.jpg" width="703" height="537" alt="gas holder - Devon &amp; Kedzie - 1962" /></a>
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daveg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > On the FC Pilsen walking tour back in June, there > was mention of the neon signs, mostly gone now. > We did see this one on the corner of 21st and > Leavitt. Of course the picture does not show the > name but I *think* it was a florist. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/k9jdk/4791622398/in/s >
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Rustymuscle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I was wondering how screen grabs of M Squad > episodes are accomplished? Thanks for any tips. > > In watching enough of the M Squad episodes, I > notice the opening sequence (not the first > episodes) was filmed at Chicago and Clark. The > cars travel west on Chicago then turn north on >
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/20205384@N03/5040432010/" title="gasometer 1902 - Deering Street Chicago by captain54_01, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4112/5040432010_0de7e9cb2a_z.jpg" width="456" height="640" alt="gasometer 1902 - Deering Street Chicago" /></a> This 1902 ground photograph
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As a kid, I lived very close to Globe Bowl....It disappeared about 10 yrs ago...the current location is some sort of flatbed storage and assembly facility, and the actual structure is gone.. the parking lot and building extended all the way from 50th Street to the RR tracks....the place was very very popular at one time.....I remember them laying the foundation sometime in the early 60's...
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These were called "gasometers' or "gas holders".. Used to store gas for household use, and used mainly back in the day when coal was used to produce natural gas for the home..they were able to keep the gas at the same atmospheric pressure as the homes it was supplying, thus making it a pretty effective way to transport natural gas..it must have been pretty nerve wracking though,
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wow...you have one photographic memory
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Chipast Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I believe the Rush St at dusk postcard was 1968, > Not 1963. Good call..."the Producers" (posted on the Carnegie Theatre marquee in the background) was released in 1968
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Chipast Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > They demolished that half because another more > extensive fire damaged the Brown & Koppel > Restaurant main partition in early 1976. a little background on Brown and Koppel's: "There was a restaurant called Brown and Koppel at the SW corner of Division and Damen. Supposedly, it dates from around
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During a winter storm, I saw a car go full speed, head on into the brick retaining wall after he failed to negotiate the curve....brutal
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Ballinger exiting the Vogue Ballroom - 3810 N Broadway, near Grace and Broadway -view south on Broadway toward Grace - 1958 The Vogue Ballroom was once part of a huge complex which included the Vogue and Chateau Theatres...the complex contained movie theatres, a ballroom, bowling alley , billiard halls and apartment..all that remains is the seedy Chateau Hotel at 3838 N Broadway. <a href=
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tomcat630 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > One clue is the Cadillac dealer across the street. > My guess is Madison St in Oak Park near Ridgeland > Ave. There was a Caddy dealer there for years, > and it looks like it. The Foley Rice building has one major arch in it's facade, and the building in the photo had three...unless there was some alt
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tomcat630 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My mother grew up near where the Eisenhower was > built. She said that they started clearing land > back in early 40's and built in stages. The Old > Post Office had the cut out floor pre-built. And > it was part of Burnhams 'Grand Plan'. So, wide > highways were not built overnight. > the u
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that's pretty impressive .. I would have never gotten that location....I thank you what threw me was the view of a building that looks like the Merchandise Mart @ about 4:58, directly under Ballingers profile.... I'm quite sure that's the Mart..and who would have thought you could see the Mart from Chicago and Halsted...just proves how barren and spacious that area was back then
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I came across one interesting vintage Chicago panorama in this episode, which happens to be the next to the last episode produced... @ 4:47 - 5:11...toward the end <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qaB1LTIJ108?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" v
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WayOutWardell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I wonder when Borden moved out and Dad's Root Beer > moved in. They sure went crazy with the neon > signs when they took it over. from the Tribune archives: "Borden Dairy Commons, a new 55-unit residential development, is being built on 1.5 acres at the northwest corner of Diversey and Talman
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jclillig Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Captain, the Racine Street police station (as it > was known) figures prominently in some of Nelson > Algren's fiction, in particular the short story > "Bottle of Milk for Mother" (1946, I believe) > which takes place almost entirely in the station > and includes descriptions of the neighbo
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I just happened to be driving by there the other day and I noticed the building on the NE corner of VanBuren and Racine also has a clock tower-like structure on its easterly end...it looks entirely bricked up now, but I'm interested to find out if this might really be the one you're referring to...
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I'm almost positive the Gordon's Drug store location was used in a couple of drug store related episodes...possibly "the Watchdog" (where a bad guy needs medicine for rabies) and "the Outsider" (where bad guys try to kill a lady by tainting her insulin) this Madison Ave skid row footage was used in a couple of episodes..there was a feature recently in New City about the chro
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jclillig Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The Division Street Riots did take place in July, > 1966. It seems incredible to believe now, but at > the same time, riots were taking place near > Roosevelt and Racine following police closure of a > fire hydrant on a hot day, and at the very same > time, the Richard Speck manhunt was going on.
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