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Snyder Drugs, Burlington Avenue, La Grange
1955
La Grange Road and Burlington Avenue
1955
Stineway Drugs, La Grange Plaza shopping center
1955
Kopecky Drugs, Roosevelt Road, Broadview
1955
Kopecky Drugs, Roosevelt Road, Broadview
1955
Chicago's shopping districts
Hand-drawn map by C. William Brubaker showing the locations of Chicago's shopping districts.
1981
Devon Avenue commercial area
View west along the north side of West Devon Avenue. The intersection with North Artesian Avenue is on the left side of the image. Numerous shops, including Towne Shoes and Slivka's Shoes, line the street.
1978
West Morse Street near Elevated train station
View looking east along West Morse Street from just west of the Morse station on the CTA Red Line. Numerous retail businesses including a bakery, restaurant and liquor store occupy the single story building on the 1400 block. The east half of that building is now demolished.
1982
Snyder Drugs, Burlington Avenue, La Grange
1955
Stineway Drugs, La Grange Plaza shopping center
1955
Walgreens Drugs, Devon & Talcott Shopping Center, Park Ridge
1955
Morava Drugs, 22nd Street and 58th, Cicero
1955
Snyder Drugs, Burlington Avenue, La Grange
1955
Cech's Drugs, La Grange
1955
Musket and Henriksen Drugs, Austin and Irving Park Road
1955
West 95th Street business corridor
View looking east along West 95th Street. The intersection with South Leavitt Street is in the middle of the photograph. At the right, the sign for the parking lot for Himmel Furs (2201 West 95th Street, now Andriana Furs) is visible.
1974
West 63rd Street at Western Avenue
View looking northwest along the north side of West 63rd Street from the intersection with South Western Avenue. Walgreens and a Household Finance Loan office is in the left foreground.
1978
North Wells Street from West Schiller Street
View looking north along the east side of North Wells Street from just north of the intersection with West Schiller Street. The Old Jerusalem restaurant is visible (1411 N. Wells Street). Next to it on the left is the Wax Museum (defunct), decorated with flags in celebration of the American Bicentennial. In the distance at the left, the Americana Towers, Kennelly Square, and Eugenie Square apartment buildings are silhouetted against the sky.
1976
Spatny Pharmacy, Cermak Road and Gunderson
1955
Kunka & Parks Pharmacy, Cermak and Ridgeland, Berwyn
1955
Sauerberg Pharmacy, Burlington Avenue, Western Springs
1955
Walgreens Drug Store, Main Street, Downers Grove
1955
Roseland commercial district, South Michigan Avenue
View north along South Michigan Avenue from the intersection with East 114th Place. At the time of the photograph, the area was a thriving commercial district with stores and businesses lining both sides of the street.
1972
Cermak Road, South Lawndale
View in winter looking east along the north side of West Cermak Road between South Marshall Boulevard and South California Avenue. A four story building with a "Hotel" sign in front (2860 West Cermak Road) has a side wall painted with an advertisement reading in part "Aqui es! Super Birria Jalisco". Further down the block is Manning Savings (2854 West Cermak Road). At the extreme left is a parking lot with a sign over the entrance reading "Marshall Sq. Theatre Parking".
1979
Walgreens, Cermak Road and Ridgeland, Berwyn
1955
Grosse Pharmacy, Ogden Avenue at Joliet, Lyons
1955
Cech's Drugs and Walgreens, La Grange
1955
Stineway Drugs, La Grange Plaza shopping center
1955
18th Street, Pilsen
View looking east along West 18th Street, from east of the intersection with South Racine Avenue. The sign for the Cuernavaca Restaurant (1158 West 18th Street) is visible at the left of the image. A bakery, the Panaderia El Paraiso is next to that. Other businesses line both sides of the street.
1981
Main Street, East Chicago, Indiana
View looking north along Main Street from the intersection with Broadway Street, at the downtown business area of East Chicago, Indiana. The green marquee for the Garden Theatre (formerly 3424 Main Street, East Chicago; now demolished) is visible near the center of the image. Refinery smokestacks are visible in the distance at the far end of the street.
1972
Gately's People's Store, South Michigan Avenue commercial strip
View looking north along a thriving commercial strip on South Michigan Avenue. Gately's department store (Gately's People Store, 11201 South Michigan Avenue at East 112th Street) with its five-story parking garage is visible near the center of the image. Numerous other businesses line both sides of the street. The light posts are decorated for the Christmas holiday season.
1972
Archer Avenue commercial strip
View of the commercial strip along South Archer Avenue. The intersection with South Kedzie Avenue is immediately to the right of the building on the right. Businesses pictured include Archer Jewelers and the Golden Heart Snack Shop Restaurant.
1978
North Broadway Avenue businesses
View looking north along the sidewalk on the east side of North Broadway, south of the intersection with West Bryn Mawr Avenue. 5549 North Broadway, a two story brick building, is near the center of the photograph. 5545 North Broadway, which housed a photo studio at the time the photograph was taken, is partly visible at the far right.
1980
Apartment block with street-level retail, North Clark Street
View looking southwest along the west side of North Clark Street, at a 1920s apartment block with street-level retail businesses, located between West Thome Avenue and West Granville Avenue (6200 - 6244 North Clark Street).
1976
State Street Mall from Van Buren Street
View looking northwest along a block of the State Street Mall (South State Street) from near Van Buren Street toward Jackson Boulevard. Retail businesses in low-rise buildings including Regal Shoes, Smoky Joe's and Radio Shack are visible.
1987
Loomis and 18th Street, Franklin Drugs
1955
West 22nd Street, Cicero, and Morava Drugs
1955
Nosek's Drugs, 22nd Street and Austin, Cicero
1955
Stineway Drugs, La Grange Plaza shopping center
1955
Lincoln Avenue, Lincoln Square
View north along North Lincoln Avenue, from just northwest of the intersection with Western Avenue and West Ainslie Street. A McDonald's Restaurant is on the left, and signs for Lincoln Square Bowling and an Ace Hardware store are visible beyond that.
1978
Western Avenue commercial area near Lawrence
View looking north along North Western Avenue, from south of West Lawrence Avenue. The 3 Links Hotel is on the left (4740 North Western Avenue). Other businesses line both sides of the street. The lower part of the Lincoln Square Savings & Loan Association sign is visible at the far right.
1967
West Howard Street and CTA Howard Station
View looking west along West Howard Street from just east of the CTA's Howard station. Part of the Howard Theater building (1621 W. Howard Street) is visible on the far left, with retail businesses occupying the street level and apartments on the upper stories. Stores and restaurants line the north side of the block.
1975
Honsik Pharmacy, 26th Street and Christiana
1955
A. W. Ballin Pharmacy, 12th Street and Independence
1955
Kopecky Drugs, Roosevelt Road, Broadview
1955
North Clark Street, Andersonville
View north along the west side of the 5200 block of North Clark Street from the intersection with West Farragut Avenue. Svea, a Swedish restaurant, is visible.
1981
North Clark Street, Rogers Park
View looking north along the sidewalk on the east side of North Clark Street, south of the intersection with West Greenleaf Avenue. The A&T Grill is in the foreground, located at the time at 7021 North Clark Street.
1982
26th Street and Pelikan Drugs
1955
Walgreens Pharmacy, La Grange Road
1955
Cech's Drugs, La Grange
1955

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