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115 Treasured Memories About Growing Up In Chicago

June 26th, 2008 by Scott Marks

In no particular order:

1. Santa’s Village (East Dundee) - The first franchised theme park. No matter how hot it got, there was always that thermodynamic marvel, the outdoor slab of ice that never thawed. 2. Hollywood Kiddieland (Devon & McCormick) - A great thrill for any child was a ride to a birthday party on the Kiddieland Firetruck. 3. Adventureland (Addison) - Bring this ad for one free box of popcorn. 4. Linn Burton for certain for Bert Weinman Ford - Blinding white hair and the fastest pronunciation of the words “full delivered price” on record. 5. Cellozzi-Ettleson, where you always save more money! 6. Ed Roberts for Beren’s Automotive and the Beren’s Bear Rocking Chairs. 7. Baby Huey’s Bar (Sheridan N. of Devon) - Huge likeness of the Harvey-Toons heavyweight sat in his nest atop the entranceway. 8. Kroch’s and Brentano’s on Wabash - Spent days in their basement. 9. Oak Street Bookstore (Next to the Esquire Theater) - Owned by a classy old dame who chain smoked. 10. Chandler’s in Evanston - After Kroch’s folded, my literary basement of choice. 11. Michael Alan Clothes Store (Touhy W. of California) - Shopped here as a kid. Run by Mr. & Mrs. Silverman. He always had a butt dangling from his mouth when he took measurements. The store stocked the finest in “Husky” clothes. 12. Chernin’s Shoes on Roosevelt Road - Not that I’m a shoe hound, I just have fond memories of going there with my folks. It was an orthodox shoe store: women on the right, men on the left.

13. Red Goose Shoes - Loved when the goose crapped out the Golden Egg filled with cheap plastic trinkets. Also gave away incredibly gay Buster Brown Comics, but did reward me with a special edition Three Stooges comic book (which I still have!) 14. Neumode Hoisery and the way the drummer on the Bozo Band would hit the wood block three times when Mr. Ned said “no bind top.” 15. Shopper’s World later became Community (Devon & McCormick) - A place we could walk to when bored. 16. Winsberg’s (Clark & Granville) - Decent neighborhood clothing store that Bob Leff worked at! 17. Crawford’s - The only department store on Devon Ave. Great brown and yellow logo and outdoor sign. 18. E. J. Korvette’s (Dempster & Waukegan) - Named after 8 Jewish Korean Veterans.

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19. Superdawg (Devon/Milwaukee/Nagel) From the bottom of its pure beef heart the best hot dog and crinkle-cut fries on the planet. Continue reading 115 Treasured Memories About Growing Up In Chicago

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