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POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE PICKLE BARREL RESTAURANT – 1423 N WELLS – OLD TOWN – INTERIOR DINING ROOM – WHEN IT WAS NOT A CHAIN OPERATION – 1971 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WELLS STREET – OLD TOWN NEIGHBORHOOD – PEOPLE WALKING ON THE SIDEWALK – NOTE MARSHALL FIELD DELIVERY TRUCK IN TRAFFIC – c LATE-1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WELLS STREET – OLD TOWN NEIGHBORHOOD – LOOKING S – EARLY EVENING – 1967 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LA STRADA RESTAURANT – 1531 N WELLS – IN THE HEART OF OLD TOWN – INTERIOR AND COURTYARD – 1964 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – OLD TOWN NEIGHBORHOOD – CROWDS – TRAFFIC – EVENING – LATE 1960s Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – CONTINENTAL CAFE – 1438 N WELLS – LITTLE PLEASURES IN OLD TOWN Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BEEF AND BOURBON RESTAURANT – OLD TOWN – EVENING – AUCTION HOUSE – THE EMPORIUM – 1967 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STREET IN OLD TOWN – 1960s – UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – OLD TOWN ART FAIR – WOMAN IN LARGE HAT WALKING – c1960 – A MARGUERITE BAKER JOHNSON PHOTO Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – OLD TOWN DISTRICT – 4 IMAGES – NIGHT – 1960s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – OLD TOWN – TRIANGLE DISTRICT – RESTORED VICTORIAN HOMES – 1985 Leave a comment
MATCHBOOK – CHICAGO – PAUL BUNYAN RESTAURANT OF OLD TOWN – 1355 N WELLS Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – OLD TOWN TRIANGLE DISTRICT – VICTORIAN ROW HOUSES RESTORED – 1985 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – OLD TOWN TRIANGLE HISTORIC DISTRICT – c1960 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – OLD TOWN – ROW HOUSES – 1963 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – OLD TOWN ART FESTIVAL – BIG CROWD – 1954 Leave a comment
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY – POWER HOUSE AND CAR OF OLD TOWN – ACTORS IN PERIOD COSTUME – B AND W – 1954 Leave a comment
CHARLIES’ GENERAL STORE – OLD TOWN – c1970 Leave a comment
OLD TOWN – COMMERCIAL STREET -1967 Leave a comment
OLD TOWN STREET Leave a comment
OLD TOWN – STORES – CARS – SHOPPERS – EVENING – 1967 Leave a comment
OLD TOWN – PEDESTRIANS – CARS – c1970 Leave a comment
BEEF AND BOURBON RESTAURANT – EXTERIOR – OLD TOWN – 1967 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO SOUTH SHORE AND SOUTH BEND ELECTRIC COMMUTER TRAIN – STILL THE CHARMING OLD-STYLE COACHES WHICH WOULD BE REPLACED BY MORE NONDESCRIPT DOUBLE-DECK ONES – HEADING S FROM DOWNTOWN – SOME BUILDINGS IN BACKGROUND – 1982 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DOWNTOWN – CALLED BIRD’S-EYE VIEW – A REALLY HANDSOME IMAGE – LOOKING MAINLY E – NOTE OLD FEDERAL BUILDING AND POST OFFICE AT BOTTOM – YOU CAN SEE WHAT IS ON ROOFTOPS – NAVY PIER IN DISTANCE – TINTED – FINE VERSION – 1948 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – TRAIN – METRA LEAVING DOWNTOWN HEADED S – METRA IS A RENAMED RTA WHICH USES THE COMMUTER NETWORK OF THE OLD ILLINOIS CENTRAL ELECTRIC, NORTHWESTERN, AND BURLINGTON – 2004 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – DOWNTOWN AND LAKEFRONT – AERIAL PANORAMA – NOTE ORIGINAL WRIGLEY BUILDING (1920) – OLD BRIDGE ACROSS RAIL YARDS – FEDERAL BUILDING – EARLY 1920s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – DOWNTOWN ALLEY – BEHIND GOLDBLATT’S DEPARTMENT STORE – 1964 Leave a comment
TEMPORARY POST ABOUT MY CONCERN WITH CHICAGO’S OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER – IT IS A POORLY CONCEIVED PROJECT IN TERMS OF LOCATION, LOOKS, AND PURPOSE – A STERILE SUBURBANISH CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS-TYPE BUILDING TO BE PLUNKED DOWN ON TWENTY ACRES OF A MORE-THAN CENTURY-OLD PARK – IT IS TO OFFER FACILITIES FOR YOGA, BASKETBALL, A TEST KITCHEN, AND PARKING – AND, OH YES, A DIGITAL ARCHIVE, NOT THE ORIGINAL PAPERS SCHOLARS WOULD WANT TO SEE 6 comments
John Chuckman EXPANSION OF A COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN INVESTMENT WATCH https://ricochet.com/archives/what-obamas-billion-dollar-chicago-temple-will-look-like/ The proposed Barack Obama Presidential Center – or whatever it is to be called, it apparently is not going to be a traditional repository-of-presidential-papers library – intended for Chicago’s Jackson Park near the waterfront is an unwelcome project with its […]
ANSWERS TO A JOURNALISM STUDENT’S QUESTIONS ABOUT CHUCKMAN’S CHICAGO SITE
JOURNALISM STUDENT CHARLOTTE FOLEY’S QUESTIONS ABOUT MY CHICAGO INTERNET SITE AND NOSTALGIA I should say, Charlotte, that I enjoyed answering your questions. I likely have written far too much, but I’m like that. I am a writer, and once I start on something of interest, the juices flow. So, just take what you like […]
CHICAGO, A PERSONAL AND SENTIMENTAL TOUR BY JOHN CHUCKMAN 3 comments
This piece was written in 2001 for a friend who was to spend a week in my hometown, Chicago. I think it provides still a valuable personal view of the city, although quite a number of things have changed since then: the wonderful old Berghoff Restaurant is gone; the venerable Marshall Field Department Store […]
MORE ABOUT CHICAGO – READERS MAY ALSO ENJOY CHUCKMAN’S PLACES: COMPLETE SET OF LINKS 1 comment
COMPLETE LIST OF LINKS FOR ALL ITEMS ON CHUCKMAN’S PLACES – JUST CLICK ON A LINK BELOW, BUT FIRST, HERE IS ANOTHER SMALL RELATED NEW SITE: CHUCKMAN’S BITS AND PIECES OF THE PAST https://chuckmanbitsandpieces.wordpress.com/ CHUCKMAN’S PLACES https://chuckmanplaces.wordpress.com/ JOHN CHUCKMAN’S PLACES – SOUTH SHORE CHICAGO: PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHUCKY – THIRD YEAR HIGH SCHOOL (3B) – […]
CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA 