With air pollution, averages don’t tell us a whole lot. We need to look at specific locations to see if air quality is really improving. Let’s examine Chicago (Cook County). As the center of a big ‘ol historical industrial area, you’d expect...
So, today I took some pictures….
The spectacular Chicago Theatre with its grand staircase, beautiful lobby, and an imposing auditorium is called the “Wonder Theatre of the World.” The Theatre had opened on October 26, 1921 with the show The Sign on the Door starring Norma Talmadge. The...
After living in Wicker Park for something like five years, earlier this fall I finally climbed up onto the Bloomingdale Trail to check out what was up there. The Bloomingdale Trail is one of those things that I suspect a lot of Chicagoans have seen, wondered about,...
Philip D. Armour’s Grandchild, Now Two Years Old, a Sturdy and Pretty Child. Chicago, November 20, 1898. — Lolita Armour, granddaughter of Philip D. Armour, just two years old, although an incubator baby, is one of the sturdiest girls of her age in...
