Join me for a talk and walk about the history of the Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium–a hidden city within the city.
Author Archive | Frances Archer
Book review: Jewish Jocks, an unorthodox hall of fame
Like many of my generation, I first heard about a Jewish jock during the fall of 1965.
Book review: The Middlesteins
As The Middlesteins proves, Attenberg knows and understands the world of ordinary middle-class Jews in the Chicago suburbs very, very well and writes about it with insight, compassion and humor.
Just south of Peterson
North of Peterson, south of Peterson, was it so different ?
North of Peterson
Where Hollywood Park seems to have a foot in both the urban and suburban worlds, depending on which block you’re passing, Peterson Park is pure suburb. How can you tell? Attached garages are far more common in Peterson Park than in Hollywood Park, as are two-car garages.
Albany Park: The Novel
The story follows two Von Steuben freshmen who are in and out of love with each other for fifty years. Although the characters leave Albany Park and venture into the world, Albany Park never leaves them.
“Nicholas Ray at the Chateau Marmont,” an exhibit of Andy Romanoff Photographs
It’s a long road from Albany Park to Hollywood, and Andy Romanoff has been taking photographs all along the way.
I feel like a kid in a candy store
I thought the candy counter was A LOT BIGGER.
What made Hollywood Park so sweet
Those of you who grew up in Hollywood Park during the fifties and sixties will understand how I feel about discovering this photograph.
See You There: the All-Years Von Steuben High School Reunion
Tickets now available for the all-years reunion at Von Steuben on October 12, 2012. Doors to the auditorium at the north end of the building open at 7 pm and stay open until 10:30 pm. Tickets are $10 each. You can buy a ticket online now at the Von Steuben Alumni Association website or you […]