by Miguel Alfaro and Nayeli Vargas As part of our Von Historians Club project to research WWII veterans who attended Von Steuben, we were fortunate to meet with a local stage actor who attended our school, Myron “Mike” Nussbaum. We went to his condo with our teacher, Ms. Meghan Thomas, on a Saturday to discuss […]
Please join me for a lively program about Dr. Theodore B. Sachs, who led a movement to establish the Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium. From the start of his medical career in the Maxwell Street area to his appointment as the founding director of the Sanitarium, which opened in 1915 and closed in 1974. We’ll explore […]
Manny Weincord shares memories of Albany Park — as a kid and as a high school basketball coach.
Guest blogger Kenneth Haag shares a charming childhood memory of the rag man who rode through the alleys of Kenneth’s North Side Chicago neighborhood.
I met Marshall Rosenthal about two years ago. While I immediately learned he was a great source for information on Chicago past and present, I didn’t get a chance to know him well enough. I never knew the details of his storied career in Chicago journalism until I read his obituary earlier this week.
From Montrose to Peterson, Kedzie to Pulaski and far beyond, generations of Chicago kids knew Ned Singer’s Sports.
