Archive for August 2017
PHOTO – CHICAGO – AERIAL PANORAMA – LOOKING S FROM ABOVE LINCOLN PARK – FAIRLY CONTEMPORARY – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – AERIAL – LOOKING NE FROM OVER WASHINGTON – BUSES TWIN COACH AND OTHER – NEWS STAND LOWER LEFT – MARSHALL FIELD’S DEPARTMENT STORE BEFORE STONE CLEANED – OLD STREET LIGHTS – MID TO LATE 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING SE – CHICAGO LOOP AND STATE LAKE THEATERS – MARSHALL FIELD IN LEFT BACKGROUND – FLAGS LIKELY FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR – 1963 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING S FROM N OF LAKE STREET – EARLY EVENING – FRITZEL’S ON LEFT – TWIN COACH BUS – ELEVATED STATION – SHOWS IN DISTANCE – 1962 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – NIGHT – SHOPPERS TRAFFIC – GROUND LEVEL LOOKING S FROM ABOUT WASHINGTON – c1960 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MARINA CITY – VIEW FROM A BALCONY WITH PEOPLE HAVING A PARTY – MARINA CITY COMPLETED IN 1964 – ALMOST LOOKS LIKE PROMOTIONAL PHOTO FOR APARTMENT SALES – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – PARADE WITH MISS CHICAGO IN FRONT – MISS INDIANA AND MISS NORTH CAROLINA BEHIND – MISS AMERICA RAISED IN BACK – 1951 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WACKER DRIVE – NIGHT – GROUND LEVEL – 1960s Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – ST CLAIR HOTEL – 1943 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – HOE SAI GAI RESTAURANT – 75-85 W RANDOLPH – INSIDE ONE – 1941 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – HOE SAI GAI RESTAURANT – 75-85 W RANDOLPH – INSIDE TWO – 1941 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – HOE SAI GAI RESTAURANT – 75-85 W RANDOLPH – INSIDE THREE – 1941 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WOODS THEATER – 54 W RANDOLPH – HENRICI’S AND TOFFENETTI’S RESTAURANTS ON RIGHT – 1949 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – UNITED ARTISTS THEATER – 45 W RANDOLPH – 1700 SEATS – ORIENTAL IN BACKGROUND – 1946 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING S FROM ELEVATED – CHICAGO AND STATE LAKE THEATERS – BUSES – 1957 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ROOSEVELT THEATER – 110 N STATE – 1954 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – ROOSEVELT THEATER – 110 N STATE – 1946 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RIALTO THEATER – 336 S STATE AT W VAN BUREN – VAUDEVILLE AND BURLESQUE – 1500 SEATS Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RANDOLPH THEATRE – 14-16 W RANDOLPH – SITE LATER OF OLD HEIDELBERG – 1926 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MONROE THEATER – 57 W MONROE – THE FORMER INTER-OCEAN NEWSPAPER BUILDING – BUDWEISER INN NEXT DOOR – ONLY 950 SEATS – 1936 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MCVICKERS THEATER – 25 W MADISON – OPENED IN 1922 AFTER SEVERAL THEATERS AT THE SITE – OVER 2000 SEATS – 1923 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – COMMODORE THEATER – 3105 W IRVING PARK ROAD – NEIGHBORHOOD THEATER WITH JUST UNDER 1000 SEATS – A GREAT EXAMPLE OF CHICAGO’S TERRA COTTA ARCHITECTURAL DECORATION – 1924 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CLARK THEATER – 11 N CLARK – HOTEL PLANTERS – WIMPY’S – 1960 – EDITED FROM A STEVE LEWANDOWSKI IMAGE Leave a comment
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 Leave a comment
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 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING S FROM RANDOLPH – ROOSEVELT THEATER – FLAGS – LOOKS LIKE A SUNDAY – 1966 – EDITED FROM AN YVONNE THOMPSON IMAGE Leave a comment
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 1 comment
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 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – CARSON PIRIE SCOTT DEPARTMENT STORE – CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS – 1972 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N – CROWD – STREETCARS – TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – OLD HEIDELBERG INN – EITEL – COVER – CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD’S FAIR – 1933 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – LAKE STREET ELEVATED PASSING ABOVE MILWAUKEE ROAD PASSENGER TRAIN WITH DOME CARS – 1957 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MARINA CITY – DRAMATIC AERIAL VIEW – 1964 Leave a comment
CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA 