Saturday, December 09, 2017

PHOTO - CHICAGO - STATE STREET AND WASHINGTON - PEOPLE MEETING UNDER FIELDS CLOCK - KAROLLS - ROOSEVELT THEATER - 1969


PHOTO - CHICAGO - S R CROWN HALL - 3360 S STATE - ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - FAIRLY CONTEMPORARY


PHOTO - CHICAGO - STATE STREET - AERIAL LOOKING N FROM NEAR VAN BUREN - 1953 - EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER


PHOTO - CHICAGO - STATE STREET - AERIAL LOOKING N FROM NEAR VAN BUREN - NIGHT - 1953 - EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER


PHOTO - CHICAGO - STATE STREET - FROM FRONT OF PALMER HOUSE STREET LEVEL LOOKING N - 1972 - EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER


PHOTO - CHICAGO - WRIGLEY FIELD - STREET VIEW OF CROWDS LINED UP - NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 1945


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - CARSON PIRIE SCOTT DEPARTMENT STORE - THE HEATHER HOUSE - EIGHTH FLOOR STATE - CALLED LOOP'S MOST GLORIOUS RESTAURANT - c1960


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - CHICAGO RIVER BRIDGES AND PART OF DOWNTOWN - AERIAL - HEAVILY TINTED - c1940


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - CHICKEN BOX TAKE-OUT - W IRVING PARK ROAD - 1950s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - GOLD LION RESTAURANT - CLINTON AT JACKSON - INTERIOR - c1960


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - GOLDEN OX RESTAURANT - 1578-80 CLYBOURN - NEAR NORTH SIDE - 5 IMAGES - 1950s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - HOTEL BISMARK - RANDOLPH STREET - LOOKING E STREET LEVEL - c1960


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - HOTEL SHERMAN AND COLLEGE INN RESTAURANT - AERIAL CORNER VIEW - TINTED - 1920s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - LOOKING E ON WACKER - AERIAL FROM MERCHANDISE MART - CHICAGO RIVER BRIDGES - TINTED - c1940


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MICHIGAN AND RANDOLPH - PUBLIC LIBRARY - PEOPLE CARS - TINTED - c1940


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - OLD HEIDELBERG - WHEN EITEL - THE RATHSKELLER - RANDOLPH NEAR STATE - c1940


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - PUBLIC LIBRARY - MICHIGAN AND RANDOLPH - NOTE LANE BRYANT SIGN ON ROOF - CENTRAL IC STATION ENTRANCE BOTTOM RIGHT ON RANDOLPH


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - PUBLIC LIBRARY - SEEN FROM GRANT PARK - INCORRECTLY LABELLED AS MICHIGAN AND RANDOLPH - SHOULD BE MICHIGAN AND WASHINGTON - TINTED - 1941


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - STATE AND MADISON - LOOKING N ELEVATED - HUGE CROWDS - TINTED - c1920


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - STATE AND WASHINGTON - CORNER OF FIELD'S - HUGE CROWD - TINTED - 1909


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - STATE STREET - AERIAL - NIGHT - WHEN A MALL WITH NO CARS 1979-1996 - LIKELY 1979


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - STATE STREET - AERIAL LOOKING N FROM MADISON - STATE-MADISON CLOCK IN LOWER LEFT - TINTED - 1937


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - STATE STREET - LOOKING N AERIAL - BIG CROWDS - STREETCARS - WAGONS - TINTED - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - STATE STREET - LOOKING N FROM JACKSON AERIAL - I WILL SERIES - CROWDS - STREETCARS - TINTED - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - STATE STREET - LOOKING N FROM MADISON - FAKE NIGHT - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - STATE STREET - NEAR MADISON LOOKING N STREET LEVEL - NIGHT - c1960


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - STATE STREET - S FROM S OF RANDOLPH - FAKE NIGHT - 1908


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - STATE STREET AT MADISON - AERIAL - BUSIEST CORNER IN THE WORLD - TINTED - NICE VERSION - 1911


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - STATE STREET BASCULE BRIDGE - STEAMER - CHICAGO RIVER - TINTED - 1910s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - THE GALLERY RESTAURANT - COUNTRY CLUB HOTEL - 6930 SOUTH SHORE DRIVE - INTERIOR - c1960


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - THE MONADNOCK RESTAURANT AND LUNCH ROOM - 96 E VAN BUREN - INTERIOR - TINTED - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - THE ROMANTIC IVANHOE (RESTAURANT) - 3000 N CLARKE - DINING DANCING ENTERTAINMENT SIX BARS - CALLED SEVENTH WONDER OF THE WORLD - 1950s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - THE STEVENS HOTEL AND MICHIGAN AVE SKYLINE - LOOKING N - GRANT PARK - ART INSTITUTE - NICE VERSION - c1920


Tuesday, August 08, 2017

PHOTO - CHICAGO - PICCADILLY THEATER - 1443 E HYDE PARK BLVD AT BLACKSTONE - HYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD - AUDITORIUM INTERIOR - ONE OF CHICAGO'S GRAND NEIGHBORHOOD MOVIE PALACES - 3500 SEATS - NOTE HOW IT IS SET UP FOR CONCERT WITH BIG INSTRUMENTS IN BALCONIES - THIS ARCHITECTURAL IMAGE LIKELY MADE NEAR OPENING IN 1927


PHOTO - CHICAGO - RANDOLPH STREET - LOOKING W - HOLLOWAY HOUSE CAFETERIA - UNITED ARTISTS THEATER - DUTCH MILL CANDY - PARTIAL VIEW OF NEW RUSTY-STEEL CIVIC (LATER: DALEY) CENTER - WOODS THEATER - SHERMAN HOUSE - PALACE THEATER IN DISTANCE -RIGHT EDGE IS ORIENTAL THEATER - 1966 - EDITED FROM AN YVONNE THOMPSON IMAGE


PHOTO - CHICAGO - STATE STREET - LOOKING S FROM RANDOLPH - ROOSEVELT THEATER - FLAGS - LOOKS LIKE A SUNDAY - 1966 - EDITED FROM AN YVONNE THOMPSON IMAGE


PHOTO - CHICAGO - STATE STREET - LOOKING N FROM RANDOLPH - STATE LAKE THEATER - CHICAGO THEATER - LOOP THEATER - FLAGS - ELEVATED STATION - MARINA CITY - LOOKS LIKE A SUNDAY - 1966 - EDITED FROM AN YVONNE THOMPSON IMAGE


PHOTO - CHICAGO - STATE LAKE THEATER - 190 N STATE - NOTE SIGN STILL SPELLED "THEATRE" - DURING SHORT-LIVED MALL PERIOD WITH SUBURBAN-INDUCED DECLINE OF DOWNTOWN SHOPPING - c1979-83


Sunday, March 19, 2017

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - UNION STOCK YARDS - ELEVATED STATION - CROWD LEAVING OFFICES - CATTLE IN ROAD - SPECIAL CARRIAGE OF SOME KIND - ELEVATED STRUCTURE - NICE VERSION - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - LOGAN SQUARE BUICK - 2470 MILWAUKEE AT SACRAMENTO - TERRA COTTA FACADE - 1966


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - ELEVATED STATION AT QUINCY AND WELLS - 4000 SERIES TRAIN - NEAR WHEN THESE TRAINS WERE RETIRED 1973 - 1970


MAP - CHICAGO - ELEVATED RAILROADS PARKS AND BOULEVARDS OF CHICAGO - BIRDS-EYE VIEW - NICE VERSION - 1908


MENU - CHICAGO - MARSHALL FIELD'S WALNUT ROOM - COVER - 1947


MENU - CHICAGO - MARSHALL FIELD'S WALNUT ROOM - INSIDE - 1947


PHOTO - CHICAGO - MICHIGAN AVE - S SIDE OF RIVER LOOKING N - BRIDGE UP - 1977


PHOTO - CHICAGO - PARADISE THEATRE - 231 N CRAWFORD (NOW PULASKI) - ROOF DETAILS - OVER 3500 SEATS - SAID TO HAVE POOR ACOUSTICS OWING TO HUGE DOME - BILLED AS WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL - BUILT 1928 - DEMOLISHED 1956


PHOTO - CHICAGO - UNKNOWN STREET - BOND CLOTHES - OG SHOES - FOREMAN AND CLARK - HUGE CROWD OF MEN PERHAPS FOR SALE - CARS - c1950