An Historical Tour of the Garfield Ridge Neighborhood (no replies)
The Clear-Ridge Historical Society is happy to announce the first Garfield Ridge Historical Tour. See the sites that shaped our history. Find out where Long John Wentworth's Farmhouse was, see where...
View ArticleSeeing Greater Chicago (3 replies)
Found this interesting item on FC's facebook page and thought I'd pass it along: [archive.org]
View ArticleFC Uptown walking tour (no replies)
Photos of the 5/12/2012 FC Uptown walking tour: [www.flickr.com]
View ArticleNew activity on old Dunning Line on Fullerton 5/20/12-now (2 replies)
Hi folks! I was riding by the Dunning Line on Sunday May 20th, by the Brickyard on the NW Side of Chicago, on Fullerton, and as I looked south down the old line I saw a sight never before seen (to...
View ArticleHouses with no street frontage (10 replies)
Was recently on the east side of the Robert A. Black Golf Course (formerly Edgewater Country Club as chronicled here) and found that Seeley Avenue is discontinuous as it borders the course on the...
View ArticleChicago Day at the Illinois Railway Museum 6/23/2012 (1 reply)
If you haven't been to this place..... [www.flickr.com] make some time for a visit.
View ArticleClearing / Clearing Industrial District tour (9 replies)
Bus tour on Sunday 7/29/2012 sponsored by the Clear Ridge Historical Society (CRHS) and Forgotten Chicago. Some photos here: [www.flickr.com]
View ArticleFord City - before it was Ford City (10 replies)
Very interesting article on the history of what is now known as Ford City and the home of Tootsie Roll. [www.allpar.com] One tid-bit from the CRHS and FC tour last Sunday - it was the largest building...
View ArticleFC Corporate Kings of the Suburbs and Stern Pinball tour (1 reply)
Fantastic FC tour yesterday, highlighted by a tour of the only pinball manufacturing company in the world. [www.flickr.com] I had a (pin) ball on this tour. See links on flickr photos above for more...
View ArticleName this unique "Chicago" car (4 replies)
This car was photographed in the driveway of the Ransom Cable house, which is a Chicago landmark building, on Erie and Wabash. What is this car's brand name? I don't remember. Hint: it is VERY unique,...
View ArticleBridgeport book launch photos (1 reply)
Photos from yesterday's Bridgeport book launch party along with some of the neighborhood. [www.flickr.com] Book details here: [www.arcadiapublishing.com]
View ArticleFC 6 Corners walking tour 9/16/2012 (8 replies)
Photos from the FC 6 Corners tour. We got an inside look at the Portage Theater, Klee Building and the currently being rehab'd Straus and Schram building. [www.flickr.com] Another great tour.
View ArticleFC Bridgeport walking tour 10/7/2012 (no replies)
Photo set from the FC Bridgeport walking tour, the final for 2012. Another great tour season. This time we got an inside look at the Benton Settlement house and its gym. They moved the furnishings of...
View ArticleOpen House Chicago photos (2 replies)
This was quite an event. Close to 200 sites across the city were open on Oct 13-14. [www.flickr.com]
View ArticleBoys School for Thieves (no replies)
Does anyone have information on a Boys School for Theives in Chicago? I saw this on an old Chicago map about the Levee or Red Light District. This would have been late 1800's early 1900's.
View ArticleCinch Manufacturing Co (3 replies)
My Aunt used to work at Cinch and I wonder what happened to it. Not sure of the location except it was near southside Chicago
View ArticleTribune article - Sunday Feb 3, 2013 (no replies)
Check out the FC article in the A&E section on page 3.
View ArticleBaar's Dime Store in Washington Heights (4 replies)
I remember Baar's well. It was located at what is now the 103rd street overpass of I-57. I grew up in that area during the 50s and 60s and still drive by there regularly. Baars was at the east end of...
View ArticleChicago Fire site (1 reply)
Chicago Fire site sponsored by the Chicago History Museum and Northwestern University. [greatchicagofire.org]
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