Worshippers at Saint Mary of the Lake, 4200 Sheridan Road, Uptown

This photograph from 1985 shows worshipers linking hands in prayer during mass for Colombian volcano disaster victims at St. Mary of the Lake Church, 4200 N. Sheridan. Ted Cardenas (second from left) has family in the stricken area and Rafael Vanegas (second from right) is the Colombian consul in Chicago.

Image available for purchase at time of writing from eBay: Saint Mary of the Lake

Aeriel View of Uptown, Looking Toward Edgewater Beach Hotel

The main road at the left in this picture is Sheridan Road, looking north toward the former Edgewater Beach Hotel located near Sheridan and Foster Ave. The Trib had this identified as 1934, but a reader pointed out that can't be right because of the 4+1's and the Tides Motel visible. Anybody have a better date?

Hotel Sheridan Plaza, Wilson and Sheridan, Uptown Chicago

Text reads:

Uptown Chicago's Most Favored Hotel!

Why not this coming summer spend a few days or weeks on the famous North Shore—Chicago's vacation land? Come to the beautiful Sheridan Plaza. Bathing, boating, motoring, theater-going. Short ride to golf grounds and parks. Music and dancing every evening. Moderate rates in the restaurant and Narcissus Grill cafeteria. Eighteen minutes from downtown: elevated express and surface lines; motor busses to and from downtown through Lincoln Park stop at the door. European plan. Excellent rates with private bath. $3 a day and up. Reservations are advisable. Exceptional garage accommodation.

Image currently on eBay: http://bit.ly/183KQNy

Sheridan and Montrose, Uptown Chicago, 1910

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

Erlich's Restaurant — 5236 Sheridan Road Chicago

Matchbooks are fun collectibles, and a great way to discover what businesses were once along a particular stretch of the neighborhood.

Pantheon Theatre on Sheridan Road at Eastwood, Chicago

According to Cinema Treasures: The Pantheon opened its doors in 1918 for the Lubliner & Trinz chain, located in the Uptown neighborhood on Sheridan Road at Eastwood Avenue. At the time it opened, it was said to have 3000 seats. It was the largest movie theater in the area until seven years later, when the nearby Uptown Theatre opened.

Sheridan South from Leland, Uptown Chicago

While I love the great entertainment history of the neighborhood photos like this make me a bit wistful. I wonder what these families thought as "progress" creeped into Uptown, along with the apartment hotels, clubs, restaurants, dance clubs, and theatres.

Sheridan South from Leland

Another 100-year-old-view of Sheridan Road, looking south from Leland. This stretch has changed a lot over the last century, with homes coming and going, businesses coming and going... There are a few pockets of Uptown that still look like this, but not many. If you ever feel like taking a stroll through the past, take a walk down Castlewood to see samples of some of these vintage homes.

Dr. S. P. Hedges, 4519 Sheridan, Chicago

Currently on eBay, item: 230751017649

Writing on back of image: Dr. S. P. Hedges, 4519 Sheridan Road, Chicago. Father and his electric, in which he was injured when struck by an electric street car.

Edgewater Beach Hotel, 1941

The Chinese Room at the Edgewater Beach Hotel, 1941. Item available on eBay, auction number 370579944464

Apartments on the Southwest Corner of Foster and Sheridan, Uptown Chicago

Today, there is a McDonald's on this corner.


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JOIN Office, Wilson and Sheridan, 1966

The exterior of the Jobs or Income Now (JOIN) office, 1966.

Image now available on eBay: item 290595622819.

Greenlee Residence, Sheridan at Windsor, Buena Park

Ralph Greenlee Residence, circa 1897
Sheridan at Windsor, Buena Park, Chicago
from the Inland Architect and News Record

Sheridan and Hollywood, 1964

Sheridan and Hollywood, before a large number of highrises came in. (Image currently on eBay: 260817076402)

The view today:


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Storm Damage to North Sheridan High Rise, 1963

Currently available on eBay. Item 250854476992.

Sheridan Road, Uptown Chicago, 1939

I'm not sure what the crossroad is, but this is a stretch of Sheridan Road in Uptown in 1939.

 

 

Currently available on eBay here: 290589286840.

Somerset Hotel, Sheridan Road Near Argyle

A postcard currently available on eBay

Burny Bros. Bakery, Sheridan, 1960

Thanks to Amanda M. for sending this one in!

Does anyone know the exact address? I caught a reference that it was located near the Mode Theater.

Foster and Sheridan, 1948

From our new favorite source for images, the IDOT collection at University of Illinois-Chicago.

Sheridan and Castlewood Terrace

From the IDOT collection.

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