August 25, 2011

Wilson Avenue, 1970


Wilson Avenue, looking west. The Bank of Chicago in the image is the TCF Bank Building (formerly the Wilson Theatre). Image available on eBay: item 160639430714

2 comments:

bill Matteson said...

this my friends is what a neighborhood Was. this was Uptown at it's finest,

I my mind,I can still picture this intersection all 4 corners

I can't explain Uptown as it was then
you just sorta had to be there

old guy said...

Sure I remember and a lot of the store fronts had these big rollup awnings and if it was raining out you could walk on Broadway from a little beyond kenmore almost to lawrence and hardly get wet. other than intersections there were a few open spots but not many.

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