Old Chicago Photographs - Page 6

UrbanSophist · January 25th, 2006, 09:34 AM

675 Rush, Then

Today

977 Rush, Then

Today

1811 N. Howe, 1946

Today

2222 S. Dearborn, 1944; Old Capone Headquarters

Today

3218 S. Wabash, 1949

Today; Now IIT's campus

Skyward · January 25th, 2006, 05:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frumie

The grime on the buildings came from the massive coke ovens at the southside steel mills.

Not just the mills. Every home, office and industrial site in the city was coal fired. So was every train. Coal means coal dust and an immense amount of soot when burned. The Art Institute was black from the steam trains running 24X7 right behind it.

UrbanSophist · January 26th, 2006, 02:27 AM

Where Louis Armstrong got his start:

Yikes...

Jules · January 26th, 2006, 02:47 AM

Where do you get all these!? Awesome pics like usual!

depressio · January 28th, 2006, 10:13 PM

Wow, it's incredible. You look back and you're amazed at how much everything north of the loop and west of the Hancock has exploded recently. Great pics!

UrbanSophist · March 8th, 2006, 08:35 AM

Oh how things have changed... and will continue to change!

ardecila · March 9th, 2006, 02:43 AM

Wow, this photos are amazing. Where do you dig them up? I recognize some of them from the Chicago Daily News collection at CHS.

I particularly liked this one:

Makes me wish we could've saved that building at center (Trib presses, maybe?) It's a hell of a lot better than the Oleacher Center.. and we could've put lofts in, too!

UrbanSophist · March 12th, 2006, 07:21 AM

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...6510&q=chicago

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...3719&q=chicago

uberalles · April 11th, 2006, 03:35 AM

A little large hope you don't mind. Grant Park 9-30-1989

uberalles · April 11th, 2006, 03:40 AM

Chicago's nearly empty square-block space, located in the heart of the city's loop is both loved and hated, depending on which side of the fence your on. Developers, politicians in general, and tax collectors tend to favor filling the void. Preservationists (who already mourn the architectural losses), many lunchtime wanderers, tourists, and others may favor leaving the square block bounded by State, Randolph, Washington and Dearborn streets empty, affectionately or deridingly known as Block 37.

Block 37, 7-5-1990

Block 37, 9-17-1989 Before demolision

source

UrbanSophist · April 15th, 2006, 07:16 AM

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...hicago&pl=true

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...hicago&pl=true

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...hicago&pl=true

chicagogeorge · May 20th, 2006, 02:45 AM

McDude · May 21st, 2006, 12:47 AM

Finally registered to this site.

Gorgeous photos!

wickedestcity · May 21st, 2006, 05:01 AM

^ the hebrew words in the window read "kosher" and "meat" just in case you all were wondering

UrbanSophist · June 13th, 2006, 12:00 AM

Looks like an old ad:

Even the old skyline was quite awesome.

spyguy · June 13th, 2006, 12:09 AM

^That's one amazing pic. It's crazy how so much has changed, yet at the same time a lot looks untouched.

Azn_chi_boi · June 13th, 2006, 03:36 AM

I like that photo, but look fakeish...

ardecila · June 13th, 2006, 04:38 AM

Look at the clouds, they are obviously painted, you can see the brush strokes. But an EXCELLENT pic anyways! It is fakish. It was painted, but nearly photoreal - just like this one:

UrbanSophist · June 19th, 2006, 07:11 AM

Photograph of Plate Number 2, an image of debris left
after the Chicago Fire in October, 1871:

Framework of the County Building
while under construction, looking
up at the building from the ground:

New City Hall building during
construction, nearly complete:

Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. Store
looking south on State Street
from Madison Street:

Marshall Field and Co. building viewed from the south
looking at the northeast corner of Washington and
State Streets with automobiles in the intersection:

Frumie · June 19th, 2006, 04:25 PM

Just to the north of the Marshall Field bldg is Louis Sullivan's Masonic bldg; you can see how the 190 LaSalle is a clear tip-o'-the-gables tribute to it.

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/2231/n0815137ko.jpg

January 25th, 2006, 09:34 AM	#101
UrbanSophist Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Aberdeen, UK Posts: 2,874 Likes (Received): 0	More Then and Now... 675 Rush, Then Today 977 Rush, Then Today 1811 N. Howe, 1946 Today 2222 S. Dearborn, 1944; Old Capone Headquarters Today 3218 S. Wabash, 1949 Today; Now IIT's campus

March 8th, 2006, 08:35 AM	#106
UrbanSophist Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Aberdeen, UK Posts: 2,874 Likes (Received): 0	1979 Oh how things have changed... and will continue to change!

April 11th, 2006, 03:35 AM	#109
uberalles Boca Raton,FL (x-Chicago) Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Boca Raton Posts: 430 Likes (Received): 0	A little large hope you don't mind. Grant Park 9-30-1989 __________________ Chicago Spire Information Chicago Construction Map (Google type)

April 11th, 2006, 03:40 AM	#110
uberalles Boca Raton,FL (x-Chicago) Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Boca Raton Posts: 430 Likes (Received): 0	Chicago's nearly empty square-block space, located in the heart of the city's loop is both loved and hated, depending on which side of the fence your on. Developers, politicians in general, and tax collectors tend to favor filling the void. Preservationists (who already mourn the architectural losses), many lunchtime wanderers, tourists, and others may favor leaving the square block bounded by State, Randolph, Washington and Dearborn streets empty, affectionately or deridingly known as Block 37. Block 37, 7-5-1990 Block 37, 9-17-1989 Before demolision source __________________ Chicago Spire Information Chicago Construction Map (Google type) Last edited by uberalles; April 11th, 2006 at 03:50 AM.

April 15th, 2006, 07:16 AM	#111
UrbanSophist Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Aberdeen, UK Posts: 2,874 Likes (Received): 0	http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...hicago&pl=true http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...hicago&pl=true http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...hicago&pl=true __________________ Chicago http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=381690 New York http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=378936 http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=378938

January 26th, 2006, 02:27 AM	#103
UrbanSophist Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Aberdeen, UK Posts: 2,874 Likes (Received): 0	Where Louis Armstrong got his start: Yikes...

January 26th, 2006, 02:47 AM	#104
Jules Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,564 Likes (Received): 1	Where do you get all these!? Awesome pics like usual!

January 28th, 2006, 10:13 PM	#105
depressio Lime and limpid green Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 293 Likes (Received): 0	Wow, it's incredible. You look back and you're amazed at how much everything north of the loop and west of the Hancock has exploded recently. Great pics!

March 9th, 2006, 02:43 AM	#107
ardecila Jack-Of-All-Trades Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: New Orleans/Chicago Posts: 1,392 Likes (Received): 0	Wow, this photos are amazing. Where do you dig them up? I recognize some of them from the Chicago Daily News collection at CHS. I particularly liked this one: Makes me wish we could've saved that building at center (Trib presses, maybe?) It's a hell of a lot better than the Oleacher Center.. and we could've put lofts in, too!

March 12th, 2006, 07:21 AM	#108
UrbanSophist Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Aberdeen, UK Posts: 2,874 Likes (Received): 0	http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...6510&q=chicago http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...3719&q=chicago

May 20th, 2006, 02:45 AM	#112
chicagogeorge Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: South suburban Chicago Posts: 5,312 Likes (Received): 109	__________________ for the Pelasgians, too, were a Greek nation originally from the Peloponnesus 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

May 21st, 2006, 12:47 AM	#113
McDude Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Chicago (Old Town) Posts: 53 Likes (Received): 0	Finally registered to this site. Gorgeous photos!

May 21st, 2006, 05:01 AM	#114
wickedestcity BANNED Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,570 Likes (Received): 0	^ the hebrew words in the window read "kosher" and "meat" just in case you all were wondering

June 13th, 2006, 12:00 AM	#115
UrbanSophist Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Aberdeen, UK Posts: 2,874 Likes (Received): 0	Looks like an old ad: Even the old skyline was quite awesome.

June 13th, 2006, 12:09 AM	#116
spyguy Expert Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 6,947 Likes (Received): 6	^That's one amazing pic. It's crazy how so much has changed, yet at the same time a lot looks untouched.

June 13th, 2006, 03:36 AM	#117
Azn_chi_boi BANNED Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bridgeport + Chinatown, Chicago Posts: 4,269 Likes (Received): 0	I like that photo, but look fakeish...

June 13th, 2006, 04:38 AM	#118
ardecila Jack-Of-All-Trades Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: New Orleans/Chicago Posts: 1,392 Likes (Received): 0	Look at the clouds, they are obviously painted, you can see the brush strokes. But an EXCELLENT pic anyways! It is fakish. It was painted, but nearly photoreal - just like this one:

June 19th, 2006, 07:11 AM	#119
UrbanSophist Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Aberdeen, UK Posts: 2,874 Likes (Received): 0	Photograph of Plate Number 2, an image of debris left after the Chicago Fire in October, 1871: Framework of the County Building while under construction, looking up at the building from the ground: New City Hall building during construction, nearly complete: Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. Store looking south on State Street from Madison Street: Marshall Field and Co. building viewed from the south looking at the northeast corner of Washington and State Streets with automobiles in the intersection:

June 19th, 2006, 04:25 PM	#120
Frumie Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 717 Likes (Received): 0	Just to the north of the Marshall Field bldg is Louis Sullivan's Masonic bldg; you can see how the 190 LaSalle is a clear tip-o'-the-gables tribute to it. http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/2231/n0815137ko.jpg __________________ You truly want peace? Be righteous.

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