Montrose Ave Train, 1981

Another image currently available on eBay of the Montrose Station. Train is signed Ravenswood B at Montrose Ave.

Montrose Avenue, 1989

Photo by Genial23. From the caption: "This old viaduct was part of a freight line that once ran all the way to Milwaukee. It was torn down some time around the turn of the decade. Note the old CTA Wilson Avenue Shops (destroyed by a mysterious fire in 1997) at right."

Montrose East of Sheridan

4365 Sheridan Chicago

This deco-looking building was located at Montrose and Sheridan, where the parking lot of the Jewel is now located. It housed several small businesses, including Top This Italian Beef, and a 30-lane bowling alley. At the far right, you can see the Buena Memorial Presbyterian Church.

Image courtesy HAARGIS.

Sheridan Road and Evanston Avenue (Broadway)

A few days ago, I posted an image of the intersection of Sheridan/Montrose/Broadway. Here is another view, taken from further back, showing the same building. I don't have an exact date for it.

At one time, Broadway Avenue (off to the left in this image) was named Evanston Avenue because it went, well, up to Evanston. Sheridan Road goes off to the right in this photo.

Montrose, Sheridan, Broadway

Many thanks to my friend Andy for finding this terrific historic postcard, postmarked 1910. With all the other rehabs going on in the neighborhood, wouldn't it be great to replicate the original ornamentation at the top of this building?

Pumping Station at Clarendon & Montrose, Uptown Chicago

The Lake View Pumping Station was located on the northeast corner of Clarendon and Montrose. It supplied a large portion of Chicago's water needs during the first half of the twentieth century, with a capacity to pump 25 million gallons of water a day.

The first photo dates to 1904, and shows the original station, which was built for the city of Lake View in 1875. Lake View was annexed to Chicago in 1889 and a new pumping station was built between 1907 and 1915.

The pumping station stopped supplying water to the city in 1964, and was torn down in 1978. The second image was taken that year, and is looking west down Montrose toward the station.

Buena Memorial Presbyterian Church, Buena Park, Uptown Chicago

When the roof of Buena Memorial Presbyterian Church collapsed in 1996, it was the beginning of the end. Years of neglect and deferred maintenance had taken their toll, and the century-or-so-old church was to be demolished.

Buena Memorial was located at 4247-4301 N. Sheridan Rd., near Montrose and Broadway, on that little peninsula-like piece of land where The Mark condos now stand.

Additional photos of the interior—including closeups of the collapsed roof—can be seen at King Richard's Religious Artifacts, the company responsible for the salvage operation. Fortunately, a great deal of the stained glass and other fixtures were saved.

A very depressing photo of the final destruction can be seen at Midwest Wrecking.