Perfect day for walking in the footsteps of local history and discovering the beauty that was hidden behind the green fence surrounding the Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium from 1915 to 1974.
Join me for a talk and walk about the history of the Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium–a hidden city within the city.
Like many of my generation, I first heard about a Jewish jock during the fall of 1965.
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.
North of Peterson, south of Peterson, was it so different ?
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.
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.
It’s a long road from Albany Park to Hollywood, and Andy Romanoff has been taking photographs all along the way.
I thought the candy counter was A LOT BIGGER.
Those of you who grew up in Hollywood Park during the fifties and sixties will understand how I feel about discovering this photograph.
