Lost Chicago. Places We Loved Which are Now Gone.

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Lost Chicago. Places We Loved Which are Now Gone.

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A collection of photos depicting places we used to go for fun in Chicagoland which are things of the past. I received an email directing me to Craig's Lost Chicago which had photos of btgone Chicago treasures and these were under the fun section. As I viewed them I realized a soundtrack was needed. The song choice was obvious to me, "Old Days" by Chicago. I hope you enjoy the show which will definitely bring back some warm, nostalgic memories. I hope Craig also likes what I have done. I will send him this link. His web site is www.craigslostc...

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@sumo5883 11 жыл бұрын

Was waiting to see the Rainbo Ice/Roller Skating Rink on the 4800 block of N. Clark St. and the Uptown Theater on the 4800 block of N. Broadway.

@joefranks4235 4 жыл бұрын

Gosh, Bell's Apple Orchard. I was trying for a long time to remember what orchard we went to for a number of years for our apples. I can still picture the bushels of apples we use to pick when apples were affordable by the bushel. Was a great family fall outing on a Saturday........wonderful memories.

@glennso47 2 жыл бұрын

There is an apple orchard in Boone County near Belvidere called Edwards Apple Orchard. It’s still around.

@guitarizt68 2 жыл бұрын

Kiddieland, the Axle Roller Rink, Norridge Theater, Poplar Creek - and where I spent a good portion of my early adult life playing in bands - the Thirsty Whale. Such a shame those places are all gone. Perfect choice of music for our wonderful memories.

@timrobinson7373 2 жыл бұрын

Lots of those places I remember very well thanks for the memories

@runner6500 3 жыл бұрын

You forgot the biggest memory of all, Marshall Fields.

@zeusdvm 11 жыл бұрын

A slideshow I had created...looking back on some iconic places around Chicagoland which are no more.

@glennso47 2 жыл бұрын

Are you familiar with a Russian or Ukrainian rock band that has done covers of Chicago songs? They sound even better than Chicago. Leonid and Friends. They have some music videos elsewhere on KZfaq. Check it out!

@jamessawyer8889 3 жыл бұрын

To remember so much stuff in this video is just a mind-blowing trip down memory lane, let's keep these places in our minds and visit what we once knew, this is why you should do a chart the changes tour you'd be surprised how much you can recall, this is why I am blessed with a photographic memory like my late father, to remember what Chicagoland memories and exactly how I remember Arlington Heights and what used to be where, it's just amazing

@praisegod3768 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Such nice memories :) And the PERFECT song for the photos :)!

@davidrembiszewski2405 6 жыл бұрын

Wow there's a trip down memory lane

@robertpattison7988 3 жыл бұрын

Nice putting this all together.. I grew up in Wheeling 60 - 72 ..was at least 4 places you highlighted. Thanks for bringing back these wonderful memories.

@thcharles1 9 жыл бұрын

Wow I remember almost all of them.

@robertpreston2220 5 жыл бұрын

Good old days!

@kenkunz1428 6 жыл бұрын

Maxwell St. How did you forget Maxwell st.?

@hondotoo 3 жыл бұрын

the original Maxwell Street was there every Sunday it was the best of times!

@gordon4385 6 жыл бұрын

I saw the Rolling Stones at the Amphitheater in 72. Stevie Wonder was the opening act!

@ge2623 3 жыл бұрын

I saw Steve Martin there in his white suit days with Steve Goodman opening for him. In high school me and a friend went to rockfest. Red Ryder, Survivor, etc...

@jimvetromila4562 6 жыл бұрын

Good old Chicago.

@Dcvillnz 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing ! Great Song for it too Stay safe during these Covid Xs 🙏

@tinahachey454 5 жыл бұрын

I loved the roller skating how much fun on the weekends miss that 😀😀

@drjohnson98 4 жыл бұрын

Dispensa's Castle of Toys! That was owned by my best friend's uncle! He lived on the property with his grandmother during the summer and helped out at the amusement park. I still remember the commercials for it.

@donna8050 10 жыл бұрын

What a GREAT JOB .It makes me So Happy to see things like this from when & where I grew up. If we could go back I dont think we would have so many mean people in the world doing mean things Thank You For Taking The Time To Do This

@larrydrozd2740 3 жыл бұрын

The Thirsty Whale....the last Chicago club I played before moving to Austin in 1986. I didn't know Poplar Creek was gone.....wow. You need to go farther south for this too.

@gRosh08 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing.

@suzyq642 9 жыл бұрын

That was great......but Santa's Village is STILL open!!!! Same location. It's called Santa's Village Azoosement park. You should go!!!!!

@robertpreston2220 5 жыл бұрын

Not the same though

@karltork6040 3 жыл бұрын

Better than gone forever!!!

@chiefwaz 8 жыл бұрын

Should have gone farther south than 40th. You missed some great memories

@alekhidell6626 3 жыл бұрын

Sheridan Drive In 79th and Harlem Burbank, IL.

@BustedJunkStudio 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely done by a northsider.

@guitarizt68 2 жыл бұрын

@@BustedJunkStudio - Whining just like a southsider.

@BustedJunkStudio 2 жыл бұрын

@@guitarizt68 ahhh... you must be one of those most vile northsiders... A pox on you sir! Good day! 😃

@guitarizt68 2 жыл бұрын

@@BustedJunkStudio - Certainly better than being south-side vermin ;) Still, I was raised to take pity on the less-fortunate, so I'll share that pox with you and wish you a good day, as well :)

@MrPorsche85 3 жыл бұрын

Used to go to a lot of those places, Kiddieland, Santas Village, worked at Adventure land a couple of summers, Popular Creek was great, 53 Drivein. Missed seeing Come Back Inn pub.

@searle1836 2 жыл бұрын

Saw Elton John and the full band at Poplar Creek, memories....

@johngalt6929 4 жыл бұрын

Great song choice!

@WytZox1 9 жыл бұрын

What about Sunset Drive In movie theater on McCormick Blvd in Skokie? But I always thought that seeing Santa in summer at a kiddyland type place (Santa's Village) seemed kind of creepy. ☺

@hondotoo 3 жыл бұрын

Fun Town 95th and Stony Island... there was an amusement park around 127th and Harlem

@rubenjones1225 Жыл бұрын

Loved Comisky park they would shoot off fireworks every time the White Sox hit a home run I remember they had disco night once and everyone threw hundreds of records on the field and destroyed them great times never understood why they closed riverview , Ringling Brothers would come every year

@theinvisiblegirlmh 3 жыл бұрын

The Hawthorn/Mellody Farms Dairy....was that on Milwaukee and Town Line? Very cool to see the names were kept by Hawthorn Mall (1978-) and Mellody Farms (2019-)

@BigEpinstriping 7 жыл бұрын

Two that I didn't see here BTW: Ebenezer Floppen Slopper's Wonderful Water slides (abandoned waterpark is still there) Rt 83 Oakbrook Terrace Santa Fe Speedway in Willow Springs (Off of wolf Rd if I recall) Spent many weekends there with my dad watching stock car races; Once even saw a guy with a hang glider attached to a motorcycle jump some cars there. The good old days!

@peteytwofinger 6 жыл бұрын

yeah remember he wiped out after landing well . he went to turn and his hang glider wing dug nto the dirt and flung him off the bike ... i also remember super joe einhorn wiping out VERY bad , that the jet car roast , the large couple who jumped a vw bug and the flaming wall of death failure . the worst was the figure 8 demo ater the 200 on spt 21st ... that was the last figure 8 demo as a driver lost his life in a head on .

@_Tommmmmm_ 6 жыл бұрын

It’s cool how you can still see the water slides during the winter when taking the off ramp from 83 to west on Roosevelt. Gets pretty covered up by the trees in the summer.

@roscoer7855 4 жыл бұрын

Santa Fe like Raceway Park was demolished many years ago to make way for mobile homes?

@karltork6040 3 жыл бұрын

@@roscoer7855 No, for Mc Mansions!!!

@vultureguy33 2 жыл бұрын

2 more that I didnt see in the other comments: what about Ronnie's steakhouse, and Boston's Italian Beef

@Alphahydro Жыл бұрын

Shout out to Craig of Craig's Lost Chicago

@walterbrown8694 3 жыл бұрын

How about Joe Ross' Italian Restaurant on Clark St across from the Greyhound terminal - The Blue Note was close by. Also remember the Aragon Ballroom on State St. Trolley cars on State St. when I was an engineering student at IIT, 33rd & Federal -

@mlkmg2514 6 жыл бұрын

Most of these "Lost Chicago Places" were NOT in Chicago. What about all the beautiful movie palaces in the Loop and the Granada Theater. I was surprised you remembered Riverview.

@vultureguy33 2 жыл бұрын

I mean, I get it though, Chicagoland. As a lifelong Chicago person born and raised in the actual inner city, these are mostly places I went to and remember.

@rubenjones1225 Жыл бұрын

The Regal theater 🔥

@ivyrivera8081 5 жыл бұрын

Some of those places are still opened. Just under a different name!

@iloveyoumadhuri 5 жыл бұрын

Oh Dear God! Many of the places where theaters, rollerskating rinks, and amusement parks closed down are now places where crimes are greater and morale is lower. We all need a lesson. You cannot make everything outside of work about pleasure. If you do, you will self-destruct to where you have no purpose.

@jerroldkazynski5480 3 жыл бұрын

How about George Diamond's Steakhouses? There were a couple of them. And the Ivanhoe restaurant. Neva Pool Hall, near Grand & Harlem.

@iloveyoumadhuri 5 жыл бұрын

At 1:30. No wonder Oak Brook Terrace went to hell. I went to school with kids from there and I get the feeling they and their families developed bad attitudes as they had no place to go after Dispensa’s shut down.

@mmcpherson7320 2 жыл бұрын

Thank God no more Horse abuse 🙏

@glennso47 2 жыл бұрын

But they still abuse horses at Churchill Downs and other tracks. Also there are tracks where they abuse Greyhound dogs. I think there’s one in Dubuque Iowa.

@jimmyb1559 3 жыл бұрын

Why do we do away with all the wonderful places that made our cities and towns great?

@glennso47 2 жыл бұрын

And keep the crappy stuff such as adult book places or self-service massage parlors ? 🙄

@bgierat 11 жыл бұрын

Is Raceway Park still operating outside of Calumet Park? I remember summer nights with the bedroom windows open and you could hear the race cars which were miles away.....

@roscoer7855 4 жыл бұрын

Been gone over 30 years ago. Now a grocery store. Residents said it was too noisy.

@cmat57 3 жыл бұрын

Raceway Park. 1938-2000

@dbeaus 3 жыл бұрын

@@cmat57 spent many a night at Raceway in the mid 60's. We were too young but always got beer anyway. Noise, fumes, girls, beer, lots of fights, and oh yeah, Racing. My friend, Don Dado lived his dream and raced there while I was in the Army. I believe he was rookie of the year about 69 or 70. Rarely went back after the Army, had other interests.