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Old July 5th, 2012, 02:41 AM   #641
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Old July 30th, 2012, 06:58 PM   #642
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my post about history of chicago skyscrapers and architecture in photos 1905-1979
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Old August 19th, 2012, 02:34 AM   #643
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Old August 19th, 2012, 02:40 AM   #644
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Old September 10th, 2012, 04:19 AM   #645
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Old September 11th, 2012, 05:52 AM   #646
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my post about history of chicago skyscrapers and architecture in photos 1905-1979

Absolutely awesome! Thanks for the link!
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The Roman Antiquities of Dionysius of Halicarnassus
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/...assus/1B*.html

Macedonia, of course, is a part of Greece". Strabo, VII, Frg. 9
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/...ragments*.html

But north of the gulf, the first inhabitants are Greeks called Epirotes....
Procopius
http://books.google.com/books?id=9m6...page&q&f=false
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Various Chicago from 1941.
















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Old November 4th, 2012, 02:48 AM   #650
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Homevideo from the 1930's

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The Roman Antiquities of Dionysius of Halicarnassus
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/...assus/1B*.html

Macedonia, of course, is a part of Greece". Strabo, VII, Frg. 9
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/...ragments*.html

But north of the gulf, the first inhabitants are Greeks called Epirotes....
Procopius
http://books.google.com/books?id=9m6...page&q&f=false
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Old February 5th, 2013, 04:19 AM   #651
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Old February 17th, 2013, 10:52 AM   #652
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Marina City begins its ascent 1961


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Old February 17th, 2013, 04:49 PM   #653
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Old February 19th, 2013, 08:38 PM   #654
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I love these awesome old black and white historical photos of our cities.... that photo in entry #643 is absolutely magnificent!
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Raymond Hilliard Homes, 1966 by Bertrand Goldberg
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Here's some old pics of Chicago to start out this thread. Hopefully people can dig up some classic pics!

Chicago Locksmith

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Old March 20th, 2013, 09:09 AM   #657
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1968

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1967 Yellow cab and Marina Towers Chicago by Zeus Of HollYWOoD, on Flickr

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1967 View of Marina Towers from State Street by Zeus Of HollYWOoD, on Flickr

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An Old Forester kind of day by edhume3, on Flickr
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Old March 25th, 2013, 03:52 AM   #659
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State St circa 1920

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Looking south State St.

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and looking north


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The Roman Antiquities of Dionysius of Halicarnassus
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/...assus/1B*.html

Macedonia, of course, is a part of Greece". Strabo, VII, Frg. 9
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/...ragments*.html

But north of the gulf, the first inhabitants are Greeks called Epirotes....
Procopius
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