March 2, 2011

Sheridan and Sunnyside, Uptown Chicago, 1936

Way back in 2008, we posted a 1920s  advertisement from a gas station at Sunnyside and Sheridan, the aptly named Sheridan Sunnyside Service Station.

This series from IDOT shows a photo of a Sinclair Station on the same corner in the 1930s.





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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

In that top picture we're looking toward Broadway, right? You can see the El tracks when you blow up the image. So that beautiful terra cotta building is where the Aldi is now, I think.

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