Uptown Chicago History

It's Friday night, so let's get the party going with another group that performed at Rainbo Gardens (Clark at Lawrence) in the 1920s...

In 1921, Frank Westphal became established with his own dance orchestra at the newly opened Rainbo Gardens in Chicago at Lawrence and Clar...

A photograph of the beautiful Our Lady of Lourdes Church on Ashland at Lawrence before it was moved across the street. Original availab...

Original caption in the Daily News reads: Southeast Asians escort a float with a statue of the Virgin Mary from St. Thomas of Canterbu...

This photo originally ran in the Daily News in 1970. The young girl was attending a wedding of Julie Margaret York of Hong Kong and Rona...

Image originally ran in the Daily News with the following caption: "Walking Thunder, Kuno Bird, and Nathan Bird (from left) practice...

Bill Matteson Uptown  Chicago History Correspondent Uptown always was and always is in my mind. It is hard to believe what our Uptown ar...

Wowza! Although not in color, here is another terrific view of Uptown from the sky, with perhaps even more detail than the previous image we...

My upstair's neighbor is the coolest mom. She and her eleven-year-old son go to concerts on the weekend, hang out at jazz, rock, and ...

Construction on Leland looking toward Broadway; you can see the rooftop marquee of the Uptown Hotel. The Uptown Hotel, aka the Plymouth, was...