Author: Larry Teren

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.

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

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

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.

Story of the Austin-based bicyclist club. duration: 4 min, 19 sec. credits: google maps, no profit intended.

 

The Roger Touhy Story. 1959 Gangland murder takes place on the 100 block N. Lotus. duration:4 min, 50 sec. credits: google maps, no profit intended.

Austin 1954. A 37th ward community leaders survey.  duration: 5 min, 26 sec. credits: google maps, no profit intended.

Charles Crispino, 1966 gangland murder. Fall guy or crook? duration: 3 min, 40 sec. credits: google maps, no profit intended.

Chicago West Side Legal Dispensations 1956-1957. duration: 4 min, 50 sec. credits: google maps, no profit intended.

Air Civil Defense at Chicago’s Austin Town Hall 1947-1959. duration: 4 min, 20 sec. credits: google maps, no profit intended.