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Then and Now–Sacramento-Monroe

1938–Sacramento Boulevard @ Monroe Street view north 2025–the same location The 1938 photo is from the Park District traffic survey. Here the subject is Sacramento Boulevard, the link between Humboldt Park and Douglas Park. Fine housing stock lines both sides of the boulevard. In 2025 vacant lots pockmark Sacramento Boulevard, witness to a long decline […]


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A New Plan for Saving (1-12-1910)

We’re always being told to save more money.  But this time, did a Chicago bank go too far? The First National Bank of Englewood was located at 63rd and Stewart.  In 1910 the neighborhood was upper-middle-class, and booming.  The bank was doing fine. But like any smart business people, officials at First Englewood knew they […]


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Then and Now, Michigan-114th Place

1972–Michigan Avenue @ 114th Place, view north 2025–the same location Running along the top of a glacial ridge, Michigan Avenue has long been Roseland’s major north-south thoroughfare, with a ribbon commercial strip developing along its onetime streetcar line. Among the stores in the 1972 photo, you can spot a onetime Chicago favorite, Hillman’s Foods. Hi...


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Happy Birthday, Dear Sherlock! (1-6-1972)

In my book Unknown Chicago Tales, I told the story of a Chicago caper pulled off by Professor James Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes’s greatest adversary.  While there’s no evidence Holmes himself ever visited our city, some local fans did throw him a birthday party here back in 1972. The Hartford Plaza had recently opened at Wacker […]


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Then and Now, Lyndale-California

1908–Lyndale Street @ California Avenue, view west 2025–the same location The Logan Square branch of the Metropolitan ‘L’ opened in 1895. Thirteen years later, with easy access to the California Avenue station, Lyndale Street is filled with homes. No autos in sight, so the street has become a playground for the neighborhood kids. The California […]


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