Look Back, Chicago 🇺🇦

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Sears, Roebuck and Co. store at Six Corners (the intersection of Irving Park Road, Cicero and Milwaukee Avenues) in Portage Park in Chicago, circa 1960.

@rotatingconcept Original Chicago group on Facebook.

@lookbackchicago where did you find this image?

Wolf Point, Chicago. 1885 and today.

Carson Pirie Scott, State Street, December in early 1970s. 📷 Allan Zirlin.

Christmas Shoppers board motor coach with holiday purchases at State & Madison Streets, December 1937. (Chicago Tribune Historical Photo)

Finally got out to Walt Disney’s birthplace in Hermosa for Open House Chicago. The work being done is quite exciting! Can’t wait to see what’s to come.

The Worlds Fair 1893. This is who we were…

Indian trails circa 1804 based on 20th century mapping by Scharf

Feel free to share your thoughts/reasoning why in the comments!

Chicago, which do YOU prefer?

This is a travesty.

@Eric_Erins St. Boniface is underrated.

It’s because it has not one, not two, but three Victorian era park like cemeteries

Chicago population, 1900-1950, by square mile for each decade

Here's my latest historical deep dive: Rainbo’s Rise and Fall. The story of Rainbo Gardens in the late 1920s. Gambling! BYOB cocktails! Dance marathons! Political banquets! And a tragic death. robertloerzel.com/2024/08/18/rai…

Fraternal twins.

@Blendall_lover @north0fnorth @jasonca38086270 They are just starting renovations transitchicago.com/cta-unveils-re…

@north0fnorth @jasonca38086270 It's quiet ironic you're criticizing a vehicule's design and build quality while the entire train station of your city looks neglected & outdated

holy shit it looks even worse in real life lmfao

Dedication plaque for Bryn Mawr Avenue bridge, 1968, Chicago.

@LadyTophamCatt Near Damen and Lawrence! I know it well.

Here is my new chronicle of the Uptown Theatre's opening in 1925. I don't have any news to report about plans to reopen it. But let's take a look back at when it was the world's largest movie theater, with "magnificence beyond all your dreams." robertloerzel.com/2024/06/19/the…