The Road Map
to this Blog + more
with nearly 70 Topical Posts
always adding & improving
Town[ship] of Lake View
While my blog is to inform,
my goal is to inspire further research by others
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Why this
Blog
Those of us who live in Lake View are all familiar with Temple Sholom at the corner of Stratford Place and (inner) Lake Shore Drive. But what do we know about the lot immediately south of it, now enclosed by a six-foot tall black ornate metal fence?
While living on Stratford Place just a stone-throw from the Temple, I often wondered about this over-sized property before it became a parking lot. What did it used to be? Curious, I decided to do a mini research project on the question.
This initial curiosity motivated me to create this blog, and make its focus broader, expanding it to cover the entire Lake View community from its very beginnings.
I started with search with Ravenswood-Lake View Historical Association (I was one of several board members) and then branched off from there to include images/photos from contributors from social media pages and countless of other online sources that I have mentioned below, always trying my best to make sure to credit the source. I am constantly updating and editing my work - keeping it as real and authentic as possible.
Now as a substitute teacher with some time on my hands, I welcome comments and constructive criticisms that will be meaningful to my work - to our collective work!
Contact me at lvhistorical@gmail.com
published by Inside-Booster Newspaper
the parking lot at 505 Stratford Place
This blog has over 70 topical posts - adding more information and photo/text all the time. I could have done a better job on formatting and geo-tagging. I am constantly trying to correct this deficit. Some posts are directly related to others and noted at the beginng to each post. I began my research in 2007 in my apartment on Stratford Place and continue my work in Oak Lawn. I will continue until I find a university library willing to adopt this type of online work.
I have assembled a collection of purchased postcards, press photos, books, and collectibles mostly from Ebay - my offine work.
Change can be Swift
and Sometimes Forgotten
from a 1915 church advertisement booklet
and once located on the corner of Roscoe & Sheffield the Belmont L Overpass has completely change the landscape of this area of Lake View for better or worse. Sven J. Akeson's Home Bakery & Coffee should be remembered by someone.
2021 Google Map view of the current location
I was a Board of Director Member of
Members of Board of the DirectorsThe Association has a board with directors and three officers elected annually by the membership. The 2017 board of directors
Patrick Butler, President
Dayle Murphy, Vice President
Leah Steele, Secretary/Treasurer
Dorena Wenger, Program Chairperson
Garry Albrecht, Associate Director
Peter von Buol, Associate Director
Marcella Kane, Associate Director
Carolyn Bull, Associate Director
Ron Roenigk, Associate Director
Jon Stromsta, Associate Director
The Association's Story
is protected by Square Space
on the bottom of every post is the following
in bold type:
These posts are exclusively used for educational purposes. I do not wish to gain monetary profit from this blog nor should anyone else without permission from the original source.
me hiding out in Andersonville in 2011
This historical coverage includes the township of, city of, district of, and finally the Community of Lake View.
According to my readings the integration of the City of Lake View into the City of Chicago took awhile. I guessing almost a decade. This was a period in time that the former city was referred to as the 'District of Lake View' until the City of Chicago adopted the 'community areas' concept.
The territory covered by this blog is Fullerton Avenue to Devon Avenue, Western Avenue to the existing lakefront. My focus narrows when Lake View became one of the 75/77 official community areas in the City of Chicago.
An Exhibit
with Discussion in 2018
'I go on the road'
photos from the exhibit - Garry Albrecht
My collection has grown since then
The exhibit at Sulzer Library
Donations
are GGGGreat!!
Email me at
lvhistorical @gmail.com
For example, Carole Kulger-Brennan who lives in California donated all her yearbooks to me.
Very thankful!!!
My Various
Research Sources:
The Maps
Charles Rascher's Fire Insurance Map of Chicago was the first fire insurance atlas in Chicago, debuting in 1877. Rascher insurance maps are useful for city-level research. This series of specialized maps shows the outlines of buildings, names businesses, and uses colors to indicate construction materials. These maps were created to help the fire insurance industry assess the cost of replacing structures lost to fire.
1887
(revised 1886 map)
(article with instructional video)
I have incorporated these maps into every post
The Sanborn map collection consists of a uniform series of large-scale maps, dating from 1867 to the present and depicting the commercial, industrial, and residential sections of some twelve thousand cities and towns in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Sanborn maps are detailed maps of U.S. cities and towns in the 19th and 20th centuries. Originally published by The Sanborn Map Company (Sanborn), the maps were created to allow fire insurance companies to assess their total liability in urbanized areas of the United States. These maps always have been accepted as the most accurate and detailed building and construction record extant. Sanborn maps are crowded with detail and color. So is their history. Daniel A. Sanborn created these maps for one, very specific reason: to provide insurers a catalogue of city structures that could be fire risks. He was a social scientist, and a memorialist of American transcendentalism who wrote early biographies of many of the movement's key figures. He founded the American Social Science Association, in 1865, "to treat the great social problems of the day".
Volume 9, Sheet 99
1894
(revised 1923 map)
(Chicago library card # required)
(1908-1918)
Lake View Saga 1837-1974
(not online)
by Pat Butler
Maps:
(ward map)
Rascher's Atlas Maps:
(in sections)
Fullerton to Devon
Fullerton to Devon
(a revised 1886 map)
(in sections)
(Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps)
Chicago library card # required
South of Irving Park Road
(a revised 1923 map)
North of Irving Park Road
(Graceland West)
South of Fullerton Avenue
West of Western Avenue
(revised 1913 map)
David Rumsey Historical
Map Collection:
(until 1937)
(from 1923)
Industrial History: C&E:
(story of 4+1's)
Some Facebook Pages
Some YouTube Videos
of Interest:
of Great Interest:
photos - Ebay
both editions part of my collection
2nd Edition
by Patrick Butler
Pat Bulter died December 2023. He was one of the last of his journalistic breed. Below is an excerpt from an article from the Inside Brooster/an Inside Publication
that that employed him.
Special Magazine Edition
published by the
Lincoln-Booster Newspaper
and part of my collection
Helen Zatterberg
Manuscript
This manuscript was written in 1937
as the first known published historical narrative on Lake View
by Ravenswood-Lake View (Society) Association
Helen Zatterberg
Ms. Zatterberg help established the
Ravenswood-Lake View Historical (Society) in 1935
My Lake View
Artwork & Artifacts:
A commerical view of Lake View in 1980's
with some zooms
section 1
section 2
section 3
section 4
section 5
section 6
section 7
and below
a hand-painted view
of the 1945 World Series from a photograph
reprint photo of the first clubhouse of Belmont Harbor, the Carrier, a 50 + craft that moved logs within the Lake Michigan region
Depiction of the initial dredging of Belmont Harbor on rice-paper
and below
a south view from the Lake View House/Hotel
Illustration of Lake Shore Drive
north of Brompton Avenue
prior to 1940's??
and below
Artwork
of Lake View Restaurants:
Yoshi's on Halsted
Angelina's on Broadway
The Diner on Halsted
postcard size
Pickard China Dishware
1900's-1940's
plates from the Century of Progress below
Post Notes:
A Neighborhood Awaits
poem by Garry Albrecht
A neighborhood can captivate an endless story,
From its' noble beginnings to nondirectionalness ends,
An historical teller is what I do,
For study as well for its substance and tales,
For history repeats so told for those who do not
listen, study, and learns.
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Important:
These posts are exclusively used for educational purposes. I do not wish to gain monetary profit from this blog nor should anyone else without permission from the original source.
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