Uptown Chicago History

Here is a fantastic scene of Broadway just north of Montrose. You can see the exquisite blue and white terracotta building, torn down a few ...

Sheridan and Montrose, 1910. The original 100-year-old postcard is currently available on eBay: http://bit.ly/1d3zxVQ

Scenes of a broken water main at Hazel and Montrose in 1973. eBay item 251052879430.

Editor's Note: Bill Matteson's story about bootlegging brought back some memories for this reader. We saw his story in the comments,...

Detail: I still mourn the loss of this gorgeous terra cotta building; even then, I had no idea of how beautiful it orginally was. From t...

From the IDOT collection. Source: Illinois Department of Transportation Chicago Traffic photographs Collection: IDOT Chicago Traffic...

Thanks to Uptown Update for bringing this image to our attention; it was sent in by one of their readers. It's one of the best photos...

A great press photo from 1959 showing Marine maneuvers at Montrose, with the Edgewater Beach Hotel in the background. Original available at ...

Original caption reads: Urban Progress Center Opens with picketers on Montrose calling themselves Community Union of Poor People in Uptown, ...

A view of the street car that used to run down Montrose Avenue. Currently available from this seller: Montrose Avenue Street Car

From reader Bill Matteson: CRICKET HILL Some time in the late forties there was a big field we called Cricket Field. How it got that ...

We featured the exterior of the Equator Restaurant back in September. Here is a vintage shot of the interior, circa 1965. The original i...

Here's a delightful discovery--one of the oldest images we've found of Sheridan and Montrose, from 1913. You can see a street car of...

Closeup of the McJunkin Building from 1956. What is particularly distinctive is the decorative cast iron trim the building once sported. Pu...

This image is of particular interest to me, because I was born at Cuneo Hospital. Although we moved out to the suburbs when I was a wee todd...

Military training or synchronized swimming? You decide. You can spot the Edgewater Beach Hotel and Apartments at the upper left. Purcha...

The Equator Restaurant, 1729 W. Montrose, as it looked in 1965. Check out the detail on the corner of the building. I can't tell if it...

Seller's description: "Like father Like Son" 1954 Tiny Ricky Werderitch keeps getting all the bites on his bamboo pole line, ...

Montrose and Broadway, 1928 "People from all over Chicago came to Uptown for entertainment. The action centered around the Broadway-L...

What a crowd! You can spot the Edgewater Beach Hotel at the far right. Original image, as well as high-quality reprints available from he...