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Chicago in Maps, A near-capacity crowd joined Forgotten Chicago at the Logan Square Comfort Station on Saturday, August 23, for a discussion on the odd story of Pennock, Illinois, a one-time industrial and residential suburb of Chicago that was abandoned and mostly vanished more than years ago. Jill Bocskay-Cardalucca. Sharing rarely-seen images of Pennock, Avondale and Logan Square, this presentation discussed the long and complex history of these Northwest Side neighborhoods of Chicago, including transportation, industry, and ethnic enclaves.
One of the best-loved industries in the area was the former Maurice Lenell Cookie Company, located on Belmont Avenue until the s, as shown above. The enormous disruption caused by construction of the Northwest later Kennedy Expressway was also discussed in depth, as well as the discovery by Forgotten Chicago in of original homes built for Pennock still standing today. Many thanks to those who joined us for this exclusive presentation!
This tour also explored other often-overlooked sites, such as the currently abandoned former Chicago Commons Settlement House on Grand Avenue above left, the former Kosciusko Public Bath house above center, and a curious and forgotten Mayor Michael Bilandic-era Expressway Park, above right. This tour also discussed how diverse phenomena such as the Progressive Movement, the construction of the Kennedy Expressway, and changing demographics seriously impacted the built environment of the neighborhoods anchored by Noble Street.
We looked closely at religious, political and civic landmarks, along with the usual fragments and oddities found on every Forgotten Chicago tour. A sold-out group joined Forgotten Chicago on Sunday, August 10, for our first tour since on the extension and removal of Ogden Avenue, a curious and mostly forgotten chapter in Chicago transportation and infrastructure history.
Explored by Forgotten Chicago in a article, Ogden Avenue was extended north into a major arterial street from Union Park to Lincoln Park at enormous expense and disruption in the s, only to be closed in stages starting in This tour explored the entire length of the former Ogden Avenue, including the John Kearney car bumper sculptures along the former Ogden Avenue right-of-way above center.
Sadly, Kearney died at age 89 in Chicago on the same day as our tour. In addition to some of the best remaining s-era streetscapes in Chicagoland, this tour explored the long-time site of Siebens, the longest-operating brewery in Chicago history, the former home of the first female gubernatorial candidate in Illinois, Dawn Clark Netsch, and her husband, famed architect Walter Netsch. We also took a look at the quarter-billion dollar development under construction at the site of the colorful former New City YMCA, and the numerous hiding-in-plain-site remnants of the former route of North Ogden Avenue.
Many thanks to the fans and residents of Avondale who joined us for this event! In addition to historic sites in Norwood Park Township, this tour explored the more recent history of this area and architectural landmarks, including the last completed work by architect Bertrand Goldberg, along with an almost unrecognizable s home by Goldberg in Harwood Heights. Left: Patrick Steffes Right: Commerce, A sold-out group joined Forgotten Chicago for our first-ever walking tour of the often-overlooked neighborhoods of McKinley Park and Brighton Park on Sunday, July 20, , an area rich with Chicago history and culture.
These neighborhoods were notably home to some of Chicago earliest factories, including the Parisian Novelty Company on South Western Avenue shown above, a company in business from until closing in recent years. Additionally, we explored the innovative Progressive Era McKinley Park, an influential model for many other Chicago parks.
These two neighborhoods numerous churches were also explored, including the site of a historic mass for Pope John Paul II in On Tuesday, July 15, nearly guests, the largest crowd yet for a Forgotten Chicago event, enjoyed a one-night-only program celebrating Chicago movie theater history at the Portage Theater, a Six Corners landmark for nearly 95 years. Several buildings on this block were purchased in late , their fate currently unknown. More information on the wide variety of entertainment available at the Portage Theater may be found here.
Many thanks to everyone who joined us for this exclusive Forgotten Chicago event! On Wednesday, June 25, we reprised our popular Chinatown tour, showing convention attendees the many fascinating aspects of this dynamic neighborhood. On Friday, June 27, we conducted a walking tour of the historic Bridgeport community, with one of the many highlights included a building once used by Spiegel, a former employer of First Grandmother Michelle Robinson, shown above left.
A sold-out group joined Forgotten Chicago for our first-ever tour of the overlooked built environment of Oak Park on Sunday, June 22, A sold-out group joined Forgotten Chicago on Sunday, June 8, for an encore of our exclusive Industrial Lincoln Park tour, offered for the first time since Although the company left this location more than 90 years ago, their name and cornerstone remain intact on this building. These tracks were constructed in and once continued north past Addison, with this section shown now ending abruptly at a new residential development.
The tour also took a look at an enormous former records building for the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Lincoln Park once produced half the blueprint paper used in the U. This tour also visited ethnic remnants, including a former Romanian Orthodox Church and Romanian community center. We examined one of the last surviving industrial facilities in Lincoln Park, the vast Finkl Steel complex, which is scheduled to close and relocate later this year.
This presentation explored the former Edgewater Golf Club, many long gone greenhouses that once populated the neighborhood, intact s commercial buildings, movie palaces, proposed urban renewal projects, and much more. As with all Forgotten Chicago presentations, we showed present-day photos of the remnants that are visible today, demonstrating that relics of history are often hidden in plain sight. A sold-out group joined Forgotten Chicago on a beautiful afternoon on Sunday, May 18, for our first-ever tour of the ever-evolving South Loop, in a three-hour walking tour covering this fascinating neighborhood from Roosevelt Road to the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology.
This tour offered an in-depth look at the vast changes that have occurred in the neighborhood in recent decades, and continue to occur today, such as the planned construction of the new DePaul University Arena, a new CTA Green Line station at Cermak Road, and new hotels near McCormick Place. Sites visited included were two works by architect James F.
This tour included forgotten and overlooked industrial and transportation remnants, the vast former St. We also shared details and images of mostly unknown former landmarks of the area, such as the Art Deco former Studebaker dealership at the corner of South Michigan and East 26th Street above left, demolished in the mids for a parking lot. Patrick Steffes, August Our presentation discussed the long and complex history of West Town, with its key location near the Chicago River, the Northwest now Kennedy Expressway, and its eclectic mix of housing, retail and manufacturing.
Also discussed was the former Snappy Service System hamburger stand on Ashland near Division seen above center, whose exterior had been painted over for decades before being suddenly revealed in March , and the once-iconic Division Street Bridge, demolished in July Forgotten Chicago. This presentation also detailed recent changes to the community, notably the project, formerly known as the Bloomindale Trail. Many thanks to those who joined us in West Town!
Ad, Architectural Record, Left: Ellison Bronze Co. This tour examined more than sixty sites, including areas of urban renewal and land clearance, construction of the area expressway system, public housing, municipal parking garages, the numerous hospitals on the West Side, and many overlooked modernist landmarks.
Forgotten Chicago gave a presentation to a capacity crowd on Wednesday, April 2, about how we conduct our research for tours, presentations, and articles. Architectural Forum, We discussed how some city leaders and leading institutions, including retailer Carson Pirie Scott, were nearly obsessed in the s with wholesale demolition of vast regions of the central area for civic redevelopment in both the West Loop and River North, including the massive Fort Dearborn project, seen above. A standing-room-only crowd of 45 guests joined Forgotten Chicago on Saturday, December 7, for a free presentation focusing on the overlooked history of Back of the Yards and environs.
Held at the new Back of the Yards branch of the Chicago Public Library, which opened in August , this presentation covered the long and complex history of the area around the famed Chicago Stockyards, which closed in but has a surprising number of remnants remaining. This presentation delved deeply into the history of and interactions between the Chicago Stockyards and the surrounding neighborhood, including ethnic history, overlooked neighborhood architecture, retail relics, and other oddities and remnants.
Although these venerable names in transportation history disappeared in and , respectively, their names are still visible over Cermak Road today. The long industrial and manufacturing history of the area west of Chinatown was discussed, including the year old former Schoenhofen Brewery powerhouse above right, written about by Forgotten Chicago in Also discussed were the many ambitious supertall buildings announced in the previous decade, including the story Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and Residence Tower project, announced in Another project discussed were the many city plans for a series of elevated and limited access roadways, including one heading northwest from the Merchandise Mart, above right.
A similar and now-demolished viaduct travelling over Goose Island and the Chicago River was discussed by Forgotten Chicago in The long and ultimately unsuccessful battle to build the Crosstown Expressway Interstate was discussed, as well as other unbuilt limited access roadways in the region. Less well known than the notorious Block 37, and mostly forgotten today, was the city-led redevelopment of Blocks 16 and 17 in the North Loop, covering the two blocks bounded by State, Clark, Lake and Wacker.
Above right, Mayor Byrne is seen above demolishing the pornographic Shanrgi-La Theater in to begin redevelopment of this site. On Sunday November 10, this exclusive tour visited many of the sites that helped shape Obama and his historic rise to the presidency between and , including his early role as a community organizer. Some of the many sites visited on this tour included Altgeld Gardens, where resident Cheryl Johnson above center , the Director of People for Community Recovery, described how Obama would visit their home to help organize residents improve living conditions at this Far South Side CHA community.
The local web site DNAInfo Chicago posted an article on our presentation with an extensive slide show the following day. Forgotten Chicago helped the landmark Sears store at 6 Corners celebrate its 75th anniversary with two exclusive tours on Sunday, October 13, Following the tour, guests were able to enjoy an optional lunch at Phoenix Restaurant.
Using an air-conditioned passenger motor coach to cruise the north suburbs in style, we explored corporate, manufacturing, retail, housing and transportation sites in the northern suburbs.
Sites explored included an interior look of the Deerbrook Mall in Deerfield, a indoor mall with a nearly intact interior. Originally built for Detroit-based pharmaceutical giant Parke-Davis, this former office and warehouse was nearly completely intact until significant exterior alterations recently began; we took a look at these changes on this tour. We also took a look at a lesser-known project by the same firm, the former Park Ridge Plaza Hotel, still featuring its distinctive thin-shell roof.
This tour took an in-depth look at the area around this former elevated freight rail line, including colorful murals, former and current industrial facilities, and many of the neighborhood oddities seen on every FC tour. Left: The Right: Patrick Steffes. Additionally, this tour examined many other overlooked curiosities, including the factory that made the drums used by The Beatles during their American television debut, a former ice skate factory, and a nearly year old parking garage still facing Humboldt Park.
The Belt Railway Company of Chicago. On Sunday, September 8, , in association with the Clear-Ridge Historical Society, guests enjoyed a rare guided tour of the normally off-limits Clearing Yards, the largest switching terminal railroad in the U. Spanning more than five miles and nearly acres south of Midway Airport, guests were able to appreciate the vast size of the Clearing Yards from the inside during this fascinating tour.
This quickly sold-out tour also explored other overlooked sites, including an abandoned and deteriorating bank by famed Chicago architect Harry Weese above left , and a unique factory above center by Fred Foltz that curiously featured a rooftop dance floor.
Little studied but an integral part of the history of Chicago, the Clearing Industrial District is one of the earliest and most important examples of a planned industrial park — the predecessor to the suburban industrial parks now commonly found along the Interstate Highway System.
White Way sales brochure, no date. Forgotten Chicago also shared some of our exclusive database of images, including the Art Deco Wise Shoe Store on State Street third from right , one of many lesser-known retailers in the Loop. This tour, offered for the first time by any organization, closely examined sites associated with this remarkable system, including an interior visit to an former cable car waiting room in Hyde Park above center , now home to the Hyde Park Historical Society. Above right , tour guests also received an up-close examination led by Greg of a cable car replica housed at the Museum of Science and Industry.
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