PHOTO – CHICAGO – VAN BUREN AND WABASH – CROWD CROSSING THE STREET UNDER THE ELEVATED STRUCTURE – NOTE FRED POTTHAST RESTAURANT – UNITED CIGARS STORE – STREETCAR TRACKS – STOPLIGHT ON LEFT – 1940 – EDITED FROM A JOHN VACHON IMAGE | CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA

PHOTO – CHICAGO – VAN BUREN AND WABASH – CROWD CROSSING THE STREET UNDER THE ELEVATED STRUCTURE – NOTE FRED POTTHAST RESTAURANT – UNITED CIGARS STORE – STREETCAR TRACKS – STOPLIGHT ON LEFT – 1940 – EDITED FROM A JOHN VACHON IMAGE 1 comment

A PHOTO - CHICAGO - VAN BUREN AND WABASH - CROWD CROSSING THE STREET UNDER THE ELEVATED STRUCTURE - FRED POTTHAST RESTAURANT - UNITED CIGARS - 1940 - JOHN VAHON

Posted August 10, 2019 by JOHN CHUCKMAN in Uncategorized

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Potthast also ran the (literally) underground bar on State St. with the entrance under the El stairs. I’d like to hear any stories of anyone who was actually down in that bar.

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Tom Holmberg
August 21, 2019 at 3:04 pm

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