Sheridan and Irving, 1936

From the IDOT collection. This series includes a rare pic of the Sheridan Theater. If you go to the IDOT site, you can zoom in on these images.

Detail:

Source: Illinois Department of Transportation Chicago Traffic photographs
Collection: IDOT Chicago Traffic Photographs (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Repository: Special Collections and University Archives, University of Illinois at Chicago Library

Clarendon Avenue at Graceland (Now Irving Park)

A nifty Childs postcard of Clarendon. Original postcard available here: Clarendon

Lake View High School Football Team, 1908

Cocktails and Highballs at Henry's Tavern, Sheridan in Uptown

For those of you who might be in the mood for a highball--who cares if it's only Wednesday?--here's a recipe from Recipezaar.com:

Cuba Libre

In the 1930s, John O'Hara used to mention these in his novels. I'm sure that Ernest Hemingway drank a million of them! RC Cola works much better than Coke for this one. This is listed under "cocktails" but it's really a highball, only using one liquor. Enjoy!

8 ounces cola, Royal Crown (RC)
6 ice cubes
2 1/2 ounces light rum
2 lime wedges

Directions
In a frosted 12-ounce tumbler, pour in the ice cubes. Squeeze the lime wedges over the ice and drop them into the tumbler. Pour the rum over the ice. Slowly pour the RC Cola over the ice and stir.

So what's at the location these days?

That would be Nick's Uptown!


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Sheridan Road and Irving Park, 1928

It looks like that might be Immaculata High School in the upper left corner.

Original caption reads: "View of a road in front of the construction site of a new drive at Irving Park Boulevard and Sheridan Road in Chicago, Illinois. A roadblock, a building, and a horse-drawn wagon are visible in the background."

Cite as: DN-0085752, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society, Library of Congress.

Immaculata High School, Irving Park and Marine Drive

Summary from Wikipedia: Immaculata High School was an all-girls' Catholic high school located in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It was open from 1921 to 1981. The campus buildings received Chicago Landmark status on July 27, 1983. Still standing at Irving Park Road and Marine Drive, they were designed by Prairie School architect Barry Byrne, a onetime apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright.

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Immaculata High School, Chicago, Illinois

Lake View High School, Ashland and Irving

My grandmother Elsie graduated from Lake View High School in the 1930s; I forget which year off hand. She married my grandfather Edwin shortly after.

Irving Park Boulevard and the Lake Shore

This is one of the earliest postcard images I've seen for the area. The Pattington was built in 1906 and is currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

In 1995, the Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois awarded The Pattington the Richard H. Driehaus Preservation Award.

Top image courtesy John Chuckman; bottom image courtesy Google.