10. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 7157 is northbound on Western at 67th on June 15, 1955. 01. But the largest group of projects was the Street State corridor in the former Bronzeville Black Belt, which had a total of 7,938 units. All Rights Reserved. Redone tile at the Monroe and Dearborn CTA Blue Line subway station, showing how an original sign was incorporated into a newer design, May 25, 2018. 4:46 Loco #400, August 17, 1955 To reach Englewood, this bus line ran east on 95th to Vincennes, north to 87th, west to Morgan, north to 63rd, then east to the Englewood L. These restrictive covenants were outlawed in 1948, allowing Black residents to begin to spread out beyond the Black Belt and to pursue a middle-class life in better-resourced communities. 4:45 Car 5727, January 16, 1954 Is BCD Travel a good company to work for. The neighborhood surrounding the East 63rd Street L lost more than 83 percent of its population over the next 30 years. https://thetrolleydodger.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/pic535.jpg The Chicago and South Side Rapid Transit Railroad Company was the first to successfully obtain right-of-way and permission to build an elevated passenger railway in Chicago. The tracks going to the right were for the 67th/69th/71st line, which used Western to travel between 69th and 71st. The bulk of the items are from the 1920s-1950s. Last Run of the Hagerstown & Frederick: ), Now Available On Compact Disc The expressway was originally designed to run through Bridgeport, then Mayor Daleys neighborhood, but the development was moved eight blocks to the east, installing a multi-lane barrier between Bridgeport and the Black Belt, literally cementing the segregation of Black and white communities. The streetcars shown here were Western Ave. cars, running east on 69th St. to get to the Vincennes / 77th St. barn. White Flight, which I titled "Midnight Flight: One family's experience of White Flight and the racial transformation of Chicago's South Side (an online novel)" which you can read here for free . Note the circa 1953 Cadillac at left. In the background, you can see the large Chicago Bridge and Iron Works, which fronted on the north side of 107th St. The DNAinfo archives brought to you by WNYC.Read the press release here. 02. Yusay beer stands out on a lot of the photos. The suburban bus company had two routes into Englewood one north along Western, then east on 63rd (this was the Harvey bus), the other north along Halsted St. from the south (this was the Chicago Heights bus). Chicago is one of the most segregated cities in the United States. Todays photos have two things in common. They were not all taken at the same time, however. Photo 504 shows car 4108 turning off of northbound Dearborn St. to westbound Kinzie St. before continuing north on Clark St. Photo 506 is certainly plausible. Look at this classic car in Rockford back in 1956. It is very unlikely that he will ever be able to recoup his investment, but we support his efforts at preserving this important history, and sharing it with railfans everywhere. Chapter Titles: Author David Sadowski (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 4373 is on Western near the Douglas Park L on October 5, 1953. 7113 crossing back to the right-hand track would have involved the same procedure unless there was a common, wired, trailing crossover a couple of blocks further. 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The light green paint originally used on these cars faded badly and was hard to match. The lack of such a track indicates that any Western car ending its run and heading to the 77th and Vincennes barn had to start at the 79th and Western terminal, go north on Western, then turn east on 69th. Maps of Chicagos early ethnic composition show that immigrants and their descendants lived in clusters. The rest of Madison was bussed. Although there are significant improvements we have made, there are still things that remain the same. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Chicago's South Side Building new lives in the 'Black Belt' by Alex Q. Arbuckle Image: Library of Congress In the early decades of the 20th century, millions of African-Americans began leaving. Keep up the excellent effort. You can find those pages on the Newberry Library's Chicago Ancestors website.. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA PCC 4108 is westbound on Madison at the Chicago River, running on the Madison-Fifth branch of Route 20. chicago Go To Homepage Before You Go What makes this picture so interesting is the road sign, Keep left of tracks. Thats because, precisely at this spot, the streetcar tracks moved off the street and onto private right-of-way between Vincennes Ave. and the main line of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad. Store which was acquired by the Sears interests who replaced the original Becker-Ryan building. Despite the Citys first settler, Jean-Baptiste Point DuSable, being of Haitian descent, Chicagos infamous segregation is still intact, and it joins a list of large cities with similar rates of racial polarization, such as Cleveland, Newark, Philadelphia, and Houston. Title Building Chicagos Subways Buses terminate at the nearby Howard L station. South Side Weekly partnered with WTTW and the Invisible Institute to co-publish text and visual reporting and analysis covering the impact racial divisions have on individuals, the city, and our region. 4:00 Master Unit car #74, August 8, 1953 Required fields are marked *. All rights reserved.. Espaol: Gua de recursos COVID-19 en el sur de Chicago, The Geography of Fear: Policing a Segregated Chicago. Open in Google Maps. 06. The Trolley Dodger On the Air Stunning Vintage Historical Photos Show What Chicago Looked Like In The 1960s. The plan was ostensibly intended to decentralize Black poverty and relocate residents to mixed-income housing in integrated neighborhoods. Jacqueline Serrato is the Weeklys editor-in-chief. An Irish mainstay, Kelly's is one of the oldest family-owned pubs in Chicago, opening just after Prohibition was repealed and the alcohol flowed freely again. We look forward to hearing from you. (Wien-Criss Archive), PCC meets PCC in this famous Bill Hoffman photo, showing CTA PCC streetcar 4373 on Western Avenue, while a Garfield Park L train crosses on Van Buren temporary trackage. At this stage, it appears the Western Avenue bridge over the Congress Expressway was not yet finished, as the streetcar (and auto traffic) are using a shoo-fly. 01. With yt people spreading almost all across Chicago and changing so much of the neighborhoods cultures and its peoples.. its hard to imagine those areas without them. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 7037 is on Western at the Chicago River on June 10, 1956. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 4020 on Western at 73rd during track work on June 26, 1955. 14. The Robert Taylor Homes, located between 39th and 54th streets, had more than half of those apartments. The date is June 17, 1955. CHICAGO If you think your neighborhood has changed since you first moved in, you should see what it looked like 60 years ago. The University of Illinois at Chicago's digital photo collections archive has about2,300 black-and-white scans of photos of various intersections and notable outdoor areas throughout the city from the 1920s-50s. These demarcations were shaped by racist sentiments toward Black residents and non-whites and manifested through urban planning, housing policies, discriminatory banking, and other practicesall effectively confining people from different demographic groups to certain parts of the city. 02. 01. To replace workers at local factories, business brought in w. The materials include articles, correspondence, flyers, news clippings and reminisces. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 4060 is southbound at Wabash and Wacker, running on Route 4 Cottage Grove. A bit of detail on photos (pic571.jpg & pic572.jpg) at 71st & Western, the temporary facing crossover was installed without a corresponding crossover overhead wire. 4:34 PCCs #1708, 1752, 1727, 1739, December 6, 1953 (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 7156, sporting unusual yellow numbers, is on Western at Van Buren on August 13, 1954. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA prewar PCC 4008 is at Cottage Grove and 115th, south end of Route 4. Join us in looking back on three swanky nightclubs from the '60s. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA PCC 7271 is northbound on Clark at Roosevelt. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA prewar PCC 4039 is at Cottage Grove and 115th, south end of Route 4. More than 1,000. The ease of getting around that city is amazing. (Wien-Criss Archive), The conductor of CTA 7156 is throwing a track switch at Western and Archer on November 17, 1954. Between 1925 and 1950, Chicago's black literary output rivaled the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. From the 1920s through the 1950s, Chicagos South Side was the center for African-American culture and business. Recent publications have variously mentioned that either 107th St. or 109th st. was the south end of the Halsted lines private right-of-way segment in this area. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 7189 is passing through an area where tracks are being worked on at Western and Cermak on October 15, 1954. The New York Times - August 2, 1964. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 4402 on Western at 21st on June 17, 1954. It would have made Chicago a much more commuter friendly city. The Dearborn-Milwaukee Subway The discriminatory practice known as redlining was a color-coded classification system implemented by the Federal Housing Administration that determined the value of housing based on the racial demographics of a neighborhood. We appeared on WGN radio in Chicago last November, discussing our book Building Chicagos Subways on the Dave Plier Show. PCC 7113 would be powered into the crossover while the conductor pulls the pole from the rear window, as the car then coasts onto the parallel track. Under the Plan for Transformation, the City began to knock down the projects one by one like dominos. The Gallagher House is the home of the Gallagher Family. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 4037 is on Western at the Chicago River on June 10, 1956 just one week before the end of streetcar service on Route 49. They were in various neighborhood, suburbs. The River Tunnels (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 4227 is on the turnback loop at Clark and Howard, the north end of Route 22. (Wien-Criss Archive), The Western and Berwyn loop on June 10, 1956. You can compare the different CTA paint schemes on the first two cars. First, a nit: I think this picture is at 107th rather than 105th. Type in the name of your neighborhood or select one from the list below. Seems to have been a good choice since the same building is still a Ford dealer today. 04. This corresponds to the white on dark green format of the 54 Illinois plates. The South Side is one of the three major sections of the city of Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Geographically, it is the largest of the three sections of the city, with the other two being the North Side and the West Side. Notice the Yellow cabs waiting for L passengers. Chicago's South Side in black & white May 12, 2016 SJNN By Alden Loury Looking West down 79th Street at Western Ave, Chicago, IL. The comments about the photo at Division and Crosby are confirmed by the street sign at left showing that street to be Burling Street. For Shipping to US Addresses: To commemorate these anniversaries, we have written a new book, Building Chicagos Subways. Public housing was intended to house a mix of working-class and poor families and was welcomed and enjoyed by new residents, according to early testimonies. Why does every recent description and photo caption of the segment of the Cottage Grove line south of 95th St. talk about it paralleling the Metra Electric? 05. 3:45 Box motor #5 This pattern ran from 107th St. north to the Rock Island suburban line viaduct at 89th St., at which point the streetcar tracks rejoined Vincennes Ave. to go under the viaduct. 4:13 Loco #12 1. 29:34 (Johnstown Traction recordings were made August 9, 1953) Building Chicagos Subways is in stock and now available for immediate shipment. Here are some shots around Illinois during the 1950s. 1957: Civil Rights Act of 1957 is responsible for enforcing the civil rights laws passed. (Source: A. https://thetrolleydodger.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/pic512.jpg (Wien-Criss Archive), A CTA prewar PCC is on Western at Congress on June 11, 1956. I always knew about racism growing up in the 70s, recall seeing the hippies in Old town. Back then, you could live that close to the steel mills. Shameless fans, you are welcome to come inside the gate and take pictures on the porch, a sign in front of the house reads. 4:35 August 27, 1954 For Shipping Elsewhere: Another clue that helps pinpoint the date is the light lettering on dark background seen on license plates in this image. There are miscellanous directories available for later yearsbusiness directories and . A wooden Garfield Park L train is nearby, on temporary trackage. South Side Chicago - (grist.org) In 1980, the community suffered as South Works, a company in the area, laid off employees and closed more of its facilities in the neighborhood. the streetcar tracks turning between Halsted and 63rd. 5:07 December 31. 4:53 Engine whistle signals, loco #12, January 17, 1954 Technology advances enter the classroom and Chicago schools now have projectors, microscopes and early computer kits. I remember as a kid in late 1961 seeing the Humboldt Pk tracks from my seat on the Logan Sq El. This picture was taken from the eastbound platform of the Englewood L station spanning Halsted St. At that time, Halsted was still a very busy business district; in fact, I read somewhere that Englewood was the busiest business district outside the Loop. Once a separate community, South Chicago began as a series of scattered Native American settlements before becoming a village. RRCNSLR Median income and employment plummeted, and L ridership fell. During the 1950s many residents called the northeast . Total time: 74:02 (Wien-Criss Archive). These were stipulations written into deeds of sale that prohibited Black residents and non-whites from buying, leasing, or inhabiting property in a determined parcel. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 6154 is southbound at Halsted and Congress on October 5, 1953. I grew up on the South Side of Chicago in the 1950s and '60sliterally across the street from U.S. Steel. Most resided in Humboldt Park with Division Street being the heart of the neighborhood. A man walks down Clark Street in Chicago in 1940. Another 537 were injured, more than half of whom were Black. The South Side's 87th Street, for instance, was a stronghold of Black businesses, particularly during the 1980s. Between 1950 and 1960, most white residents in Chicago's south side Woodlawn neighborhood fled as poor blacks moved in. CHA high-rises were stigmatized by the city and the media, which portrayed them as vertical drug-ridden ganglands. Begin typing your search term above and press enter to search. They were simultaneously subject to predatory practices such as contract selling, in which realtors would deceive buyers into signing contracts to buy marked-up houses on installment with high interest rates and no guarantee of title. Through a century of discriminatory strategies from the City and the real estate industry, in addition to antiquated attitudes toward Black residents and people of color, Chicago continues to be a city of neighborhoodshighly segregated neighborhoods. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 453 and 190 are on Halsted at 63rd Place on May 21, 1954. This is our 241st post, and we are gradually creating a body of work and an online resource for the benefit of all railfans, everywhere. He would later say, I have been in the Civil Rights Movement for many years all through the South, but I have never seen not even in Alabama or Louisianamobs as hostile and hateful as this crowd. The Fair Housing Act was passed in 1968. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA prewar PCC 4008 is southbound on Wabash at about 900 South. ISBN 1467129380, 9781467129381 The highest ratio of discriminatory acts to race-related tests occurred in the Near North Side neighborhood, where over half of the tests involved race discrimination, the Chicago Commission on Human Relations and the Chicago Lawyers Committee found. https://thetrolleydodger.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/pic566.jpg From speakeasies in the '20s to rooftop bars today, Chicago's seen a lot of wild nights. Greektown, the south side's Chinatown, South Asians on Devon Street, Pilsen's Mexican Americans, and the Polish Triangle are just a handful of the vibrant communities in Chicago - famously. St. Louis Public Service: From the Original Master Tapes Railroad Record Club North Shore Line Rarities 1955-1963 03. At the end of Shameless, Lip has decided to sell the Gallagher house for a mere $75,000 a far cry from the $250,000 he was offered by a developer before he pushed too hard and lost that deal. And this photo is at 69th and Western, showing a northbound Western car turning east on 69th to head to the 77th St. barn. A 2017 fair housing study looked into six community areas that had the most reported complaints of racial and income discrimination against renters: Jefferson Park, the Near North Side, Bridgeport, Hyde Park, Clearing, and Mount Greenwood. First, they were all taken in Chicago during the 1950s. Discriminatory housing policies meant that the majority of African American families lived like the Youngers, in kitchenette apartments - larger apartments were broken up into several smaller homes, with a very small kitchen and one bedroom. 03. But CHA maintenance began to fall off quickly, and by the 1980s the War on Drugs and mass incarceration created crises of crime and concentrated poverty in the densely populated towers of the Robert Taylor Homes, adjacent Stateway Gardens, and Cabrini-Green. 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