Posts tagged uptown

Tinted lantern slide of Clarendon Beach, between Wilson and Montrose, 1916, Chicago.

Update: Thanks to the Friends of Cuneo for correcting the time frame.

Ryerson and Burnham Archives, Art Institute of Chicago

Wilson Ave Beach, 1908, Chicago

Montrose Beach, 1946, Chicago.

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Clarendon Beach, between Wilson and Montrose, 1916, Chicago.

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

5000 Zionists gather at the Aragon Ballroom, 1941, Chicago

Happy Birthday Israel.

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Creating Montrose Point and Montrose Beach via landfill and dredging, 1932, Chicago.

You can make out Montrose and Wilson stretching west.

It is remarkable to see how urban developers were able to drastically change the landscape. 80 years later, the land in these areas is still unstable which is most apparent after a rain or a thaw. The ground is like walking on a sponge.

Lawrence Liquors, 1970, Chicago. Wayne Sorce

The phone number is AR-1-7900, which would have meant ARdmore-7900. I think this puts the location either in Uptown or Edgewater.

Helsing’s Time-In Vodvil Lounge, 4363 Broadway, 1970, Chicago. Wayne Sorce

This place had everything: bowling, burlesque, a bar, a sportswear shop and magic…

Looking east at Bryn Mawr and Broadway, 1978, Chicago

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Cricket Hill, Montrose Beach, 1963, Chicago.

Outside the Aragon, during its brief stint as a disco, renamed the Cheetah, 1967, Chicago.