Friday, March 25, 2016

Uptown Chicago Relo?

Wilson & Magnolia Avenues, Chicago

























Not sure what the story is (was) with the Starbucks at Wilson & Magnolia in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago. Hopefully a Relocation is on the corporate menu. It was part of my morning coffee routine when showing properties in the area (and an ad hoc office/wireless hotspot on more than a few occasions).




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Thursday, March 10, 2016

Flashback Wrigleyville Storefront

'YESTERDAY'  at 1143 W Addison St, Chicago



















Anyone who has ever rolled down Addison St in the Wrigleyville neighborhood of Chicago has passed YESTERDAY,  the 100+ year old storefront pictured above.  Originally a barber shop then a TV repair store, YESTERDAY opened its doors as a comic and memorabilia business in 1976 and is still a neighborhood fixture 40 years later. "Where past meets present" says the sign above the front entrance. Totally.



Geno Petro | CHICAGO REALTOR®





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Wednesday, March 09, 2016

Uptown Chicago Prairie Style

Graeme Stewart Elementary School, Chicago



















Standing vacant in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago since 2013, the former Graeme Stewart Elementary school is a fine brick example of  Prairie School architecture.



Geno Petro | CHICAGO REALTOR®





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Tuesday, March 08, 2016

Chicago Real Estate Rubble

Western/Belmont/Clybourn, Chicago  March 2016

























Pictured Above: The intersection of Western/Belmont/Clybourn Avenues near the Roscoe Village neighborhood of Chicago. What once was the Belmont 'Flyover' is now concrete and rebar rubble. Completion ETA: Not Soon Enough.



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Tuesday, March 01, 2016

Old School Chicago Shoe Repair




Tucked away in a basement storefront at the corner of Irving Park and Clarendon (on the Wrigleyville neighborhood | Uptown neighborhood cusp), Kell's is an old school Chicago shoe repair shop (keys & belts, too according to the signs). And...they did a great re-furb of the wife's Ferragamos (pictured above)



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