Known as Bronzeville, the neighborhood was surprisingly small, but at its peak more than 300,000 lived in the narrow, seven-mile strip. He is still stuck on the poverty line, working a food delivery job to support his girlfriend Tami and their son Freddie. The Civic Opera House is to the left. #535 looks north on Halsted from the L station, this was the main crossroads of the Englewood shopping district. For Shipping Elsewhere: 4:17 Car 306 (ex-AE&FRE), September 27, 1953 4:00 Master Unit car #74, August 8, 1953 https://thetrolleydodger.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/pic568.jpg Photo 537 I believe shows a detouring Halsted car turning off of Division st. onto Crosby St., not Larabee. I grew up on the South Side of Chicago in the 1950s and '60sliterally across the street from U.S. Steel. We are donating $5 from the sale of each disc to Kenneth Gear, who saved these and many other original Railroad Record Club master tapes from oblivion. #536 is a companion picture from the street to #534. On the South Side Existence in Chicago's South Side in the 1950's was harsh. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA PCCs 4103 and 4076 pass each other while crossing the Chicago River on Madison Street. On the northeast corner, the 1933 art deco Sears store building with its tenant, the Hillmans Pure Foods grocery store are partially obscured by the Arthur Murray sign and the one in back of it. 05. In the 1950s, South Side Jewish communities also formed in Jeffery Manor, Beverly, and Calumet Heights. Sixty-three percent of the time, Black testers posing as potential renters holding CHA Housing Choice Vouchers experienced some form of discrimination. https://thetrolleydodger.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/pic512.jpg (Wien-Criss Archive), The Western-Berwyn loop on June 10, 1956. Look at this classic car in Rockford back in 1956. Photos 534, 535 & 536 Englewood, at 63rd & Halsted was one of Chicagos largest and most important commercial shopping districts outside of the loop. Bibliographic information: (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 4037 is on Western at the Chicago River on June 10, 1956 just one week before the end of streetcar service on Route 49. Squad cars block entrance to a block on Chicago's South Side after disturbances during which 10,000 persons milled about the area. The station was closed in 1952, probably just a few months before this picture was taken. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 6154 is southbound at Halsted and Congress on October 5, 1953. Todays photos have two things in common. Death of an Interurban Under the Plan for Transformation, the City began to knock down the projects one by one like dominos. The car at right has a 1953 Illinois license plate, but when this picture was taken, Dearborn was still a two-way street, meaning it is prior to November 16. It appears that the street has already been made a one-way, which did not happen until November 16, 1953. The Second Ghetto Unfortunately, public housing did not solve Chicago's housing problems. In 1991 the Chicago White Sox began to play in a new Comiskey Park across the street from the old stadium. Later, this hotbed of activity attracted rural migrant workers from places such as Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the southern United Statesfrom which racist discrimination and violence drove more than 500,000 Black Americans to Chicago. (Source: A. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA PCC 4262 is on 77th, by the car barn at 77th and Vincennes. During the 1950s many residents called the northeast . In the mid-1950s Chicago faced its first postindustrial crisis as the major meatpacking companies began to close their production facilities. 17:25 (Car 187, Brighton Car House, December 13, 1951 regular service abandoned April 29, 1951) (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 7240 is at 69th and Morgan on October 25, 1954. Chicago Southside 1950's 95 square miles of the 228 square miles were considered the "south side". The first waves of Black migrants fleeing the Jim Crow South were relegated to a vertical strip of land near Lake Michigan. With its neighborhoods, parks, museums, and universities, the South Side continues to play an important role in the social, cultural, political, and economic life of the city. 01. IND Subway (New York City): Total time 73:14 Chicago in the 1950s - The Trolley Dodger Chicago in the 1950s October 29, 2019 15 Comments You would be forgiven for not recognizing this location, but that's the Western Avenue station on the Humboldt Park "L", just north of North Avenue. The Last Street Railway It truly is a phenomenal resource, not only for those interested in transit history, but also for anyone researching Chicago or Twentieth Century urban life. This is our 241st post, and we are gradually creating a body of work and an online resource for the benefit of all railfans, everywhere. These have been digitized, and we are now offering over three hours of 1950s traction audio recordings that have not been heard in 60 years. Most resided in Humboldt Park with Division Street being the heart of the neighborhood. The significance that play takes place on the South Side of Chicago in the 1950s because families like the Youngers experienced segregation from the white community.. What is the community? 03. Displaced The Near North Sides Cabrini-Green complex at one time had 3,606 apartments. Toledo & Eastern: Chicagos suburbs, Indiana, and other Midwestern states are popular destinations for Black residents. African Americans who settled in northern cities like Chicago, New York, and Detroit earned at least twice as much as those who stayed in the South in 1930, according to work by Leah Boustan, an. 2. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 7213, the last streetcar to operate in Chicago, is on Western at 21st on July 16, 1951. Your email address will not be published. Chapter Titles: (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 7123 on Western at 66th on July 9, 1950. These were stipulations written into deeds of sale that prohibited Black residents and non-whites from buying, leasing, or inhabiting property in a determined parcel. Disc Two From the 1910s to the 1920s, thousands of Mexicans were recruited by industrial contractors to work seasonally in the Midwest, in some cases as strikebreakers in the steel mills. The stores from left to right are: S S Kresge, on the southwest corner; The Ace department store on the northwest corner; and Sears Roebuck, the huge building on the northeast corner (with a Hillmans grocery in the basement). Railroad Record Club Traction Rarities 1951-58 For a few months, Madison-Fifth continued as a shuttle operation between Madison and Pulaski, using older red streetcars. We appeared on WGN radio in Chicago last November, discussing our book Building Chicagos Subways on the Dave Plier Show. The photographer who took the black-and-whites is not known, but it seems possible it was someone who did not live in this area, but came to visit. Roger W/Flickr 2. The other bus company running from the south suburbs into Englewood was the Suburban Transit System, which ran primarily east and west along 95th St. out to Oak Lawn and beyond. Racially restrictive covenants were also common in the Chicago area, as in the rest of the country. Fuller Park is one of the worst neighborhoods in the city by almost every metric. Fuller Park is the Chicago neighborhood which experienced the largest decline in population over the sixty years from the citys peak population in 1950 to 2010; its population declined precipitously from 17,000 in 1950 to under 3,000 . In the background, you can see the viaduct which is now part of the 606 Trail. That would be the old Paulina L that ran to Logan Square and Humboldt Park from 1895 to 1951. https://thetrolleydodger.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/pic512.jpg, https://thetrolleydodger.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/pic530.jpg, https://thetrolleydodger.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/pic534.jpg, https://thetrolleydodger.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/pic535.jpg, https://thetrolleydodger.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/pic544.jpg, https://thetrolleydodger.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/pic555.jpg, https://thetrolleydodger.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/pic558.jpg, https://thetrolleydodger.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/pic556.jpg, https://thetrolleydodger.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/pic566.jpg, https://thetrolleydodger.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/pic568.jpg, https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7788385,-87.6447587,3a,75y,3.14h,91.82t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYcGafc7OK9fQ0w712doa2A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192, https://chicagology.com/wp-content/themes/revolution-20/century/194063rdhalsted.jpg. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA PCC 7271 is northbound on Clark at Roosevelt. 08. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA prewar PCC 4027 (at left) passes a postwar car on Western at 24th on June 7, 1956. In the twenty years from 1890 to 1910, Chicago's African-American population increased from 15,000 to approximately What makes this picture so interesting is the road sign, Keep left of tracks. Thats because, precisely at this spot, the streetcar tracks moved off the street and onto private right-of-way between Vincennes Ave. and the main line of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad. If the station was open, there would be a sign advertising this, similar to ones seen in some of the other pictures in this post. After its peak in the 1950s, a variety of changes influenced the direction the Outfit took. Subways and Superhighways Can The New Affordable Requirements Ordinance Help Solve Chicagos Housing Inequality? Skilled workers and factory workers lost their jobs during the crisis. 03. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 7236 is at Archer and Western on November 17, 1954. From the beginning, Chicagos demographic makeup was segregated by race and ethnicity along neighborhood boundaries and the physical features of the built and natural environment. 14. Between 1950 and 1960, most white residents in Chicago's south side Woodlawn neighborhood fled as poor blacks moved in. One of my enduring childhood memories, growing up in the 1970s and 1980s on Chicago's South Side, was something I called the "boundary." We thank him for his generosity. 12. The light green paint originally used on these cars faded badly and was hard to match. $5 from the sale of each set will go to Kenneth Gear, who has invested thousands of dollars to purchase all the remaining artifacts relating to William A. Steventons Railroad Record Club of Hawkins, WI. 5,034 1950s Chicago Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images Images Editorial Video Creative Editorial FILTERS CREATIVE EDITORIAL VIDEO 5,034 1950s Chicago Premium High Res Photos Browse 5,034 1950s chicago stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. There are miscellanous directories available for later yearsbusiness directories and . (Really! Known as "Bronzeville," the neighborhood was surprisingly small, but at its peak more than 300,000 lived in the narrow, seven-mile strip. During the 1950's, the time that the Younger family was living in Chicago, whites and blacks were living completely separate lives and a majority of the blacks were living in poverty. Appearing to rise above the L platform is the corner tower of the Sears Building, looking carefully on the enlarged view, the SEARS name can be seen. Here we see the curved track from 63rd place along with the nicely highlighted companion overhead wire. Greektown, the south side's Chinatown, South Asians on Devon Street, Pilsen's Mexican Americans, and the Polish Triangle are just a handful of the vibrant communities in Chicago - famously. 4:45 Car 5727, January 16, 1954 Chicago Youth Organize Townhall for Mayoral Candidates, Op-Ed: Chuy Garca Isnt Running as a Progressive This Mayoral Bid, Chicago Rapper 8MatikLogan Gives Himself A Second Chance, IRS Approves Federal Nonprofit Status for South Side Weekly NFP, Mayoral Debate was a Poor Night for Chicago, Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic. In Chicago, most of the South and West sides have 40 to 60 percent of residents living below the poverty level. 4:34 PCCs #1708, 1752, 1727, 1739, December 6, 1953 I LOVE this article! The State Street Subway 09. Dates: 1936-2004. The CTA Pink Line runs there now, although there arent any stations on this segment. Two restaurants were bombed last weekend, the damage at one estimated at $40,000. and From the 1920s through the 1950s, Chicago's South Side was the center for African-American culture and business. 03. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 4408 on Western at 66th on July 16, 1951. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 153 is northbound at Halsted and Congress on October 5, 1953. The University of Illinois at Chicago's digital photo collections archive has about2,300 black-and-white scans of photos of various intersections and notable outdoor areas throughout the city from the 1920s-50s. According to 2009 American Community Survey data, of Chicago's 77 community areas, 68 are home to a population of which at least 50 percent identify with a single racial group. It is such a same they did not have the foresight to keep these lines going. Along with hundreds, or perhaps even a few thousand other onlookers, I watched as 30 ft flames gutted the building that July evening. The South Side has been home to some of the most significant figures in the history of American politics. By the 1960s, Black residents had moved into "grade B" (blue) communities in the South Side, such as Roseland and Beverly. Capital Transit: We look forward to hearing from you. (Wien-Criss Archive). Foursquare. This picture was taken on June 17, 1955 at Western and 71st. (2) As can be seen from each side of the street in this photo, Western Ave. was auto dealer row for a mile or so to either side of 63rd St. https://thetrolleydodger.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/pic555.jpg A 1920s map by sociologist Frederic M. Thrasher placed the Polish and Bohemian enclaves throughout the entire West Side, including the Lower West Side near Halsted Street; Germans occupied the northern lakefront, with Jewish people settling north of Madison Street and also along the southern lakefront. I was born on the south side then raised in Logan Square. Price: $24.99 In order to continue giving you the kinds of historic railroad images that you have come to expect from The Trolley Dodger, we need your help and support. The YMCA Hotel was on the west side of the street; the car is northbound, as evidenced by the Downtown head sign. The restaurant that once occupied this corner space had been gutted in a spectacular fire during the Summer of 1953, along with a tavern next door on the North Avenue side. With yt people spreading almost all across Chicago and changing so much of the neighborhoods cultures and its peoples.. its hard to imagine those areas without them. The price of $23.99 includes shipping within the United States. They were in various neighborhood, suburbs. Total time: 74:02 Extending trolly lines is much easier and economical than L tracks. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 4060 is southbound on Western at 66th on October 9, 1955. Another treasure trove of photos thanks to the Wien-Criss Archive. They lived around Halsted ave. Poor neighborhoods were razed and replaced. Chicago Hoods: West Side. The sign indicates that this bridge is going to be converted to one man operation, meaning that it will be operated from only one tower instead of two. But this must be a reroute, since it is definitely after 1949 (the car has advertising on the side) and its running Route 36 Broadway-State. You can see the shadow of the now-gone Ogden Avenue viaduct at the bottom of the photo. Native American tribesthe Potawatomi, Odawa, Sauk, Ojibwe, Illinois, Kickapoo, Miami, Mascouten, Wea, Delaware, Winnebago, Menominee, and Mesquakiewere forced out of what is now Chicago by early French and British settlers. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 7227 is on Western at Bross on October 15, 1954. The date is June 16, 1954. In any case, thanks again for all you offer on this website. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 7012 at Western and Congress, crossing over the new expressway, on June 11, 1956. Building Chicagos Subways is in stock and now available for immediate shipment. Chicago's South Side in black & white May 12, 2016 SJNN By Alden Loury Looking West down 79th Street at Western Ave, Chicago, IL. # of Discs 1 4:04 There are different types of segregation beyond the Black-white binary that normally, and rightfully, comes to mind. Open in Google Maps Foursquare 1312 W 111th St, Chicago, IL 60643 (773) 238-7171 homeofthehoagy 1,461. Begin typing your search term above and press enter to search. Photo 530 is at the south end of the Vincennes Ave. private right-of-way segment at the 10800 block of Vincennes (108th St. did not go through to Vincennes, there were no intersections along Vincennes between 107th St. and 109th St.). (Wien-Criss Archive), A CTA prewar PCC is on Western at Congress on June 11, 1956. (Wien-Criss Archive), The conductor of CTA 7156 is throwing a track switch at Western and Archer on November 17, 1954. [Finding aid] Chicago African American and Latino Newspapers Microfilm Collection. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 4004 is on Western at 26th on June 7, 1956. RRCNSLR Although there are significant improvements we have made, there are still things that remain the same. Our friend Kenneth Gear recently acquired the original Railroad Record Club master tapes. (Wien-Criss Archive), The Western and Berwyn loop on June 10, 1956. 1954 Will Guy Fieri Cook The Bean Before It's Windexed? (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 4060 is on Western at the Logan Square L on June 8, 1956. ?etc CHA admitted they lost track of thousands of displaced people as they moved to other Black neighborhoods. The interactive map shows that by the 1950s, Black residents had started to trickle into grade C or yellow-lined European immigrant neighborhoods on the West and Southeast sides. 17. CHICAGO If you think your neighborhood has changed since you first moved in, you should see what it looked like 60 years ago. Check out these old photos of Illinois from the 1940s. Join us in looking back on three swanky nightclubs from the '60s. Chris Goes of Goes Lithography Co. had a plant at 61st Street beside the Dan Ryan. Mexican residents of the area around Jane Addamss Hull House settlement housetodays University Villagehad a similar fate as the Puerto Ricans. History. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA PCC 7057, a product of the St. Louis Car Company, is at Waveland and Halsted, the north end of Route 8. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 4373 is on Western near the Douglas Park L on October 5, 1953. 4 Board of Trustees/Directors minutes May 1952-Oct 1956 draft copy. All copies purchased through The Trolley Dodger will be signed by the author. It would have made Chicago a much more commuter friendly city. In the early years of the twentieth century, Chicago was the fastest-growing city in the U.S. Prior to its more official naming, the media referred to the Bronzeville neighborhood and adjacent areas using derisive names such as the "Black Belt," "Black Ghetto," and even more appalling names such as "Darkie Town." Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections. (Wien-Criss Archive), PCC meets PCC in this famous Bill Hoffman photo, showing CTA PCC streetcar 4373 on Western Avenue, while a Garfield Park L train crosses on Van Buren temporary trackage. Technology advances enter the classroom and Chicago schools now have projectors, microscopes and early computer kits. https://thetrolleydodger.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/pic558.jpg During the 1940s Mercury Records was founded from a Chicago base and emerged as a viable rival to the established major companies. At a beach near 29th Street, a white man began throwing rocks at Black boys who were swimming at a perceived whites-only beach, drowning seventeen-year-old Eugene Williams. Black residents did not enjoy the same geographic freedom. Yelp Says If You Want To Open A Business, Do It In These 5 Neighborhoods, When It Comes To Nuts, Squirrels Are Crazy, But Not Like A Fox, At UC, Katy Perry Jokes With Mom About Song 'You Pray For Me About': WATCH, Elena Delle Donne's Fiance Proposed On Chicago Dog Beach (And Pup Helped), Decapitated Doll Heads Seen Around West Town Spark Curiosity, Concern, Look Inside This Award-Winning School Converted to Luxury Apartments, TGIF: 13 Stories To Remind You How Awesome Chicago Is This Weekend, Thanks, La Nina: This Winter Expected To Be Snowier Than Usual, New Short Film 'BlacKorea' Set In Englewood, Solo Cup Is Psyched The New 'Star Wars' Movie Is Called 'Solo', Jake Arrieta's Most Incredible Delivery Came From His Nose Last Night. Despite the simplicity of Chicagos famous grid system, designed for flat land and seemingly equitable on a map, residents of Chicago have never been equally dispersed or had the same freedom of movement and belonging. You can hear our 19-minute conversation here. In the 1960s, the population of Chicago shrank dramatically. Women approach a news stand in Chicago in 1940. Press ESC to cancel. . Of this, 46.22% are males and 53.78% are females. 04. Total time (3 discs) 215:03. It costs money to maintain this website, and to do the sort of historic research that is our specialty. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 453 and 190 are on Halsted at 63rd Place on May 21, 1954. During its heyday, there was Soft Sheen Products, a $100 million-a-year. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7788385,-87.6447587,3a,75y,3.14h,91.82t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYcGafc7OK9fQ0w712doa2A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192, 63rd and Halsted in 1939 when this Sears store was 6 years old. I see no turning track from southbound Western to eastbound 69th. 05. Buses terminate at the nearby Howard L station. Last Run of the Hagerstown & Frederick: Title Building Chicagos Subways This story was produced for WTTWS FIRSTHAND: SEGREGATION, an award-winning FIRSTHAND multiplatform, multi-year initiative focusing on the firsthand perspectives of people facing critical issues in Chicago. The Southeast Side is a description that the city itself continues to resist, including this neighborhood with all of Chicago's South Side communities. The big building on other side is the old Madison carbarn. All Rights Reserved. Located in what used to a Buick showroom, it features a large taproom with a BYOF policy that encourages delivery. Mexicans and Mexican Americans account for the vast majority of the 819,518 Latinx residents currently living in Chicago and continue to live in or right next to polluted industrial corridors on the Southeast, Southwest, and Northwest sides. In its aftermath, white flight from Chicago accelerated. 13. Railroad Record Club Traction Rarities 1951-58 (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 6142 at Clark and Archer on November 9, 1953, running Route 42 Halsted Downtown. Chicago is one of the most segregated cities in the United States. https://thetrolleydodger.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/pic530.jpg Chicago, city, seat of Cook county, northeastern Illinois, U.S. With a population hovering near three million, Chicago is the state's largest and the country's third most populous city. More than 1,000. You can also see trolley bus wires, used on North Avenue. The date is June 16, 1954. This series was produced for WTTWS FIRSTHAND: SEGREGATION, an award-winning FIRSTHAND multiplatform, multi-year initiative focusing on the firsthand perspectives of people facing critical issues in Chicago. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 7160, viewed from the Douglas Park L (todays Pink Line), is operating on Western at 21st on June 15, 1955. St. Louis Public Service: (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 7037 is on Western at the Chicago River on June 10, 1956. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 7253 is on Western at Leland (by the Ravenswood L, now the Brown Line) on June 10, 1956. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA PCC 4108 is northbound at Kinzie Street. CHICAGO, Saturday, August 1, 1964 Four bombings this week raised to 46 the number of bomb or arson attacks on Chicago area businesses in the last 18 months. The address is 2119 N Wallace St, Chicago, Illinois 60609. Known as "Bronzeville," the neighborhood was surprisingly small, but at its peak more than 300,000 lived in the narrow, seven-mile strip. After that, the streetcars had to use the 77th and Vincennes barn. Located on the south side of Chicago, Bronzeville became an established neighborhood around the turn of the twentieth century. Between 1925 and 1950, Chicago's black literary output rivaled the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. By 1928, there were at least six Mexican settlements parallel to Lake Michigan that were referred to as colonias. 5:37 Cars #606, 605, and 601, December 31, 1954 (Wien-Criss Archive). PCC 7113 would be powered into the crossover while the conductor pulls the pole from the rear window, as the car then coasts onto the parallel track. Maps of Chicagos early ethnic composition show that immigrants and their descendants lived in clusters. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 4238 is southbound on Wabash, crossing the Chicago River. These restrictive covenants were outlawed in 1948, allowing Black residents to begin to spread out beyond the Black Belt and to pursue a middle-class life in better-resourced communities. Pennsylvania Railroad GG-1s: (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 687 is at Division and Larrabee on May 17, 1954. In the twenty years from 1890 to 1910, Chicago's African-American population increased . The ease of getting around that city is amazing. 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