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Month: February 2017

The Garfield Park Hospital Story

Traces history of the former Garfield Park Hospital to now relocated as RML Specialty Hospital

Author Larry TerenPosted on February 21, 2017Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on The Garfield Park Hospital Story

A Centenarian and a Celebrity

A Centenarian and a Celebrity. duration: 3 min, 14 sec. credits: google maps,no profit intended.

Author Larry TerenPosted on February 20, 2017Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on A Centenarian and a Celebrity

Chicago West Side Banking 1961

Chicago’s West Side Banking 1961.  duration: 3 min, 43 sec.  credits: google maps, no profit intended.

Author Larry TerenPosted on February 18, 2017Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on Chicago West Side Banking 1961

The Milkman Story (1960)

Three vignettes of Milkmen in 1960 Chicago’s West Side.  duration: 4 min, 33 sec.  credits: google maps, no profit intended.

Author Larry TerenPosted on February 15, 2017Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on The Milkman Story (1960)

The Rockne Theater Story

Rockne Theater. 5800 block Division. Austin. now a church. duration:5 min, 37 sec. credits: google maps, no profit intended.

Author Larry TerenPosted on February 11, 2017Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on The Rockne Theater Story

The Shootist Doctor 1958

1958 story of real life West Side Chicago Doctor Holliday type.  duration: 2 min, 44 sec.  credits: google maps, no profit intended.

Author Larry TerenPosted on February 8, 2017Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on The Shootist Doctor 1958

The Gang That Couldn’t Lie Straight

Crime and Punishment? A Chicago West Side mob story from the gang that couldn’t lie straight. duration: 5 min, 23 sec. credits: google maps, no profit intended.

Author Larry TerenPosted on February 7, 2017Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on The Gang That Couldn’t Lie Straight

The Nash School Story

Nash School, 4800 block W. Erie, Austin neighborhood. History of public elementary school

Author Larry TerenPosted on February 6, 2017Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on The Nash School Story

West Side Tidbits 1957

Chicago West Side Happenings 1957. includes: phone number prefix designation, polio, trading stamps. duration: 6 min, 8 sec. credits: google maps, no profit intended.

Author Larry TerenPosted on February 6, 2017Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on West Side Tidbits 1957

Chicago West Side Events 1951

1951 Chicago West Side area happenings. includes stories about newspaper carrier, central plaza hotel, Lake L extension, and Congress Highway landfill disposal. duration: 4 min, 52 sec. credits: google maps, no profit intended.

Author Larry TerenPosted on February 5, 2017Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on Chicago West Side Events 1951

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