tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2840267469201344530.post8851611669072454889..comments2023-11-05T01:52:12.815-07:00Comments on FRANKENSTEIN1959: Behind The Skins Of BuildingsWayne Allen Salleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17199261942617339556noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2840267469201344530.post-6180109507887142032008-07-14T15:45:00.000-06:002008-07-14T15:45:00.000-06:00I love this Lone Urban Geographer thing you're doi...I love this Lone Urban Geographer thing you're doing. I wish I'd thought to make a similar chronicle of Minneapolis/St. Paul before I left. My last visit back, every time I asked about one of my old haunts, I was told, "It no longer exists."<BR/><BR/>I was starting to feel like the damn Flying Dutchman or something...Steve Malleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17561234111786788616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2840267469201344530.post-7762885832011182692008-07-13T23:03:00.000-06:002008-07-13T23:03:00.000-06:00I like that second building with the rolled turret...I like that second building with the rolled turret like structures. I could use a senior citizen sign.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2840267469201344530.post-34660892693987207612008-07-13T22:41:00.000-06:002008-07-13T22:41:00.000-06:00You know the Old Archer Avenue Big Store had been ...You know the Old Archer Avenue Big Store had been a family staple until it became a Zymskey's cut rate emporium. The old Brighton Theater was the last bastion of sticky floors and bad popcorn for miles. But you missed two hugely important buildings in my 'hood. Well, three actually. The first is the old Standard Federal Bank Building. It was taken over by TCF about six years ago. It was THE place to meet old Polskas and their widow's pensions if you were in the market for an old lady with money. The second one is on the same side as the Big Store building. It was an original Walgreen's, one of the first in Chicago. The damn thing even had a lunch counter and a down stairs, that was also a fallout shelter. It's now called La Plama market and smells of old feet if you go in there. But the outside is very Art Deco if you can see past the tacky signage. The third and most important is on the inside of the triple corner at Archer and Sacramento and 42nd. it is the oldest working firehouse in Chicago. it was featured in Backdraft also funnily enough. built before the turn of the last century when Brighton Park was a half day ride from the city. It has a tricky historical rating, the City can not sell it to developer, it has to remain a firehouse or a museum and can't be torn down. Thanks to fast Eddie Burke that is.<BR/><BR/>Sorry I missed your adventure- it sounds like it was fun.<BR/><BR/>See you tomorrow,<BR/><BR/>Mike-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com