Posts tagged edgewater

The Thorndale L Station, 1977, Chicago. 

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Lakeside at the Edgewater Beach Hotel, Sheridan and Balmoral, 1921, Chicago.

Howard and Paulina from the L platform, 1977, Chicago

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Looking east at Bryn Mawr and Broadway, 1978, Chicago

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Alewifes litter an Edgewater beach, 1967, Chicago.

The phenomenon, called lake inversion, will usually happen as a result of rapid water temperature change during or after a severe storm.

The Edgewater Stables, 1880, Chicago.

The stables stood at where Catalpa now intersects Winthrop, just east of Broadway. The train tracks were for the Milwaukee route, which now are occupied by the northside Red Line route.

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Looking north on Sheridan from Foster, 1936, Chicago.

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A man attempts to break the world’s record for low-height parachute jumping, 1922, Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago.

Traffic jam, looking east along Foster from Sheridan, at the time the northern terminus for Lake Shore Drive, 1948, Chicago.

Detail from a photo-inspired sketch of the corner at Sheridan and Devon, 1938, Chicago. Larry Shure

Be sure to check out Larry Shure’s amazing website, Ultra Local Geography (http://ultralocal.blogspot.com/).

There’s awesome original content with sketches of Chicago architecture as well as historical information and photographs.

Looking south on Lake Shore Drive from Foster, which at the time was the northern terminus for the outerdrive, 1933, Chicago.

The Edgewater Golf Club clubhouse sitting at the corner of Pratt, Damen and Ridge, 1911, Chicago.

Looking north on Sheridan from Devon, 1929, Chicago.

Looking north at Sheridan and Berwyn, with the still under-construction Edgwater Beach Hotel in the distance, 1915, Chicago.