1817 N Orleans St Old Town Chicago

Steeped in the historic pedigree of Chicago's Old Town Triangle District, this old Victorian was built less than ten years after the Great Chicago Fire. The home still smoulders with curb appeal, and its traditional interiors have a renewed sense of confidence.

History, charm and pedestrian friendliness are only a few of Chicago's Old Town drawing cards. The neighborhood's long list of qualities reads like a What's What of coveted characteristics that many communities would love to call their own. Qualities like nearby beaches, lakefront parks, public transportation, locally-owned shops and restaurants, nationally-known nightlife venues, excellent schools and crowd-pleasing arts shows and festivals. And, oh yes, looming just a few moments' cab or bus ride away, all the pleasures North Michigan Avenue and the Loop have to offer.

Forty years ago, people descended on this urban patch, and particularly its hub at North Avenue and Wells Street, for its reputation as the Haight-Ashbury of Chicago. Today, culture has replaced counterculture as a neighborhood focus. And traditional button-down collars and ties have supplanted hippie beads as preferred neckwear. But the artistic spirit is still here, both literally and figuratively. Old Town Chicago is a neighborhood that knows the contradictions within its boundaries, and lives with them.

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Old Town Chicago Living

History, charm and pedestrian friendliness are only a few of Chicago's Old Town drawing cards. The neighborhood's long list of qualities reads like a What's What of coveted characteristics that many communities would love to call their own. Qualities like nearby beaches, lakefront parks, public transportation, locally-owned shops and restaurants, nationally-known nightlife venues, excellent schools and crowd-pleasing arts shows and festivals. And, oh yes, looming just a few moments' cab or bus ride away, all the pleasures North Michigan Avenue and the Loop have to offer.

Forty years ago, people descended on this urban patch, and particularly its hub at North Avenue and Wells Street, for its reputation as the Haight-Ashbury of Chicago. Today, culture has replaced counterculture as a neighborhood focus. And traditional button-down collars and ties have supplanted hippie beads as preferred neckwear. But the artistic spirit is still here, both literally and figuratively. Old Town Chicago is a neighborhood that knows the contradictions within its boundaries, and lives with them.

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Route 66 - Cool Springs Camp, AZ

The story of Cool Springs in western Arizona reflects the story of Route 66. The Mother Road gave it life. The hey-day of Route 66 was the hey-day of Cool Springs. When Route 66 declined in this area, so did Cool Springs.

With the huge volume of traffic travelling route 66, back when cars needed frequent service, gas stations were all along the route. Cool Springs Service Station was built in the mid-1920s and eventually had a cafe added as well as eight tourist cabins. For early motorists, Cool Springs represented a life-saving stop, to check for oil, water, gas up and maybe grab a bite to eat - or to calm their nerves before 'climbing' or after descending from the steep grades of Sitgreaves Pass with its narrow road, and hairpin curves. Of all the stretches along Route 66 this was perhaps the most intimidating of all. Some travelers of old Route 66 would pay the locals to drive their car up the grade for them or even have their vehicle towed over the summit. As the main route between Chicago and Los Angeles the traffic on Route 66 increased. It became a particularly dangerous road and Sitgreaves Pass a particularly dangerous stretch.

However, this part of Route 66 was bypassed around 1953, and Interstate 40 follows this new alignment across the desert today. The era of the Interstates had begun, and travel via the "old route" through the Black Mountains and Oatman slowed to a trickle. In 1964 Cool Springs station was abandoned. The final blow came a few years later. In the mid-sixties, a fire burned Cool Springs to the ground. Nothing remained but fragments of the stone foundations and the original stone pillars. For the next quarter of a century Cool Springs was just a forgotten memory, a crumbling stone relic along a forgotten road, home to lizards, tarantulas, and tumbleweeds. Then briefly in 1991 Cool Springs came to life again when Hollywood used it as a location for their movie "Universal Soldier". They built a facade for the movie and then blew it up. The film crew cleaned the area before they left, and the locals began using it for their local dumping grounds.

In 2001 Ned Leuchtner, a real estate agent from Chicago, was intrigued by the beauty, history and majesty of the area. He bought the site and began its careful restoration. He has done a really good job in bringing the old station back to life. Since 2004 Cool Springs Camp & Station is fully restored and has the look and feel of the 20's.

Route 66 became the highway America couldn't forget. And the restoration of Cool Springs represents the end of the old era, and the beginning of the new appreciation for the days of the past. It is a very neat place to stop as you travel the now famous Old Route 66 from Kingman, AZ up to Sitgreaves Pass. The trip is about 15-20 miles through the desert, and before you get to the pass you'll be passing Cool Springs Station.

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Chicago River - The River That Flows Backwards

The Chicago River system has played a central role in the history of Chicago and is an example of the link between nature, natural resources, and urban development. That's why to many Chicago residents, the Chicago River is a body of water dyed green on St. Patrick's Day, or a river that flows backwards from its original mouth at Lake Michigan, or the cause of a 1992 flood in the Loop.

Flowing through downtown Chicago, the river that bears the name of the city has an interesting history. Once a corridor of commercial activity, the river has been transformed into a recreational area with sightseeing boats and kayaks. Along the banks are pedestrian friendly promenades lined with caf� and eateries.

Many of Chicago's greatest buildings border the Chicago river, making the river ideal for architectural boat tours. In 1999 Chicago's mayor initiated a project to turn Chicago's riverfront - at that time mostly inaccessible to the public - into a public walkway known as the Riverwalk. The first completed section, on the south bank of the river between State Street and Lake Michigan opened in 2009.

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Chicago City Of Skyscrapers

A city's skyline forms a uniquely structured composition where the height of the buildings, their density and originality as well as the surroundings play a significant role in shaping an impressive and beautiful cityscape.

Chicago's skyline with its tall buildings is magnificent, quite appropriate for a place which is often considered the birthplace of the skyscraper. It features prominent buildings in a variety of styles by many important architects. Including the Sears Tower (now named after the British insurance company Willis), the John Hancock Building, the Aon Center, and the Prudential building, the Chicago skyline contains some of the most famous skyscrapers in the world.

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Bearded Collie - the 'Bouncing Beardie'

Bearded Collies are one of Great Britain's oldest breeds. They are sheep herding dogs, originating in Scotland. "Collie" is the generic Scottish word for a dog that herds sheep, and the Bearded Collie's long, lean body and agile movement make him well-suited to that task. The breed still herds today, but they are also popular pets. They had once been known as Highland Collie and Mountain Collie.

The most common description that I have heard for the Bearded Collie is "Bouncing Beardie Baby." This describes the general nature of the breed. Beardies are intelligent, active, and energetic dogs with a long, flat, harsh and shaggy coat. They make good members of the family and are good with children. The Beardie is very friendly and likes people, including strangers. This dog thrives on human companionship. Bearded Collies are lively and playful, full of enthusiasm and energy, and popular partners in almost any activity: conformation, obedience, agility, herding, flyball, freestyle, therapy and as just plain friends. Name it, they'll do it - jog, swim, wrestle, do tricks, join in football games. They are smart and obedient, but they are independent thinkers with a clownish sense of humor.

Beardies need lots of grooming. With their long hair, they can track in mud, leaves, and all sorts of unusual materials stuck in their coat. They may just rub it off on you. Beardies like to romp and run ... and jump. Many can easily jump a standard fence (4 feet) and some climb. They sometimes display genius in getting loose. And, Beardies can dig (famous for excavating) so you made need stone under the fence. Some Beardies have a high herding instinct and nip at ankles or eye-level bottoms, trying to bunch their "flock."
So Beardies aren't for everybody. No breed is. You have to be willing to tolerate - if not enjoy - brushing long hair, wet beards in your lap, and muddy pawprints in the wrong places at the wrong time. And you HAVE to like bounce.

For those who don't mind any of the above the Bearded Collie is a winsome, funny, loving, sometimes silly, sometimes pouty, adorable, curious, persistent pet, close and a good friend to his human.

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Joseph J O'connell House Chicago

Joseph John O'Connell, 1st, was an electrical engineer and inventor. He worked for the Chicago Telephone Company (which began as the Chicago Bell Telephone, Co. in 1878) in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

He had many inventions including the circuit breaker and the coin return. He also created the "invisible wire" which was the first time more than one telephone conversation could occur on the same wire. Reference to some additional inventions are mentioned in Angus Hibbard's autobiography 'Hello - Goodbye', including an electric lamp as a signal in a burglar-alarm operated by the telephone company in 1886.

Mr. O'Connell retired from Illinois Bell in 1930 after 52 years of service. He lived on this site in Old Town Chicago from the early 1860's until his death in 1959 at age 98.

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I See A Red Door

Old front door
1649 N Sedgwick St, Chicago, IL Old Town

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Fourth Presbyterian Church Chicago

The Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago was formed in February 1871 by the merger of Westminster Presbyterian Church and North Presbyterian Church. The combined congregation dedicated to build a church building on Pine Street (now upper Michigan Avenue), which was then a fairly undeveloped part of the city. The congregation employed architect Ralph Adams Cram to build them a Gothic Revival building. Cram, who also designed the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York, was at work on both churches at the same time during 1912. Only Fourth Presbyterian was completed, however, and was dedicated in 1914.

Cram designed and built the church for Fourth Presbyterian's congregation, but the parish house, cloister, manse, and garth were designed by Howard Van Doren Shaw.The church building is the oldest structure on Chicago's Michigan Avenue, with the exception of the Chicago Water Tower, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The church is all around wonderful whether you are looking for a place to attend a service, join a community, volunteer, admire architecture, enjoy musical concerts or get married. The ministers are progressive and open-minded and write thoughtful sermons. I highly recommend attending a Sunday service to hear the organ (and the Tower Brass every 3rd Sunday of the month) or attend one of the Friday noonday concerts which occur every Friday at noon and typically feature jazz music.
The Fourth Pres. community is a prime example for being what Christianity should be: progressive, tolerant, open-minded, enlightened and a force for communal good.

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Tribute To Graffiti

Humankind has been compelled to write on walls for thousands of years. The very act itself addresses the eternal human quest for some form of immortality in the face of a vast universe - some universal desire to state "I was here" - which I feel drives a good deal of human creation, not just graffiti and street art.

Graff is much more than beautiful murals on the street. As we travel the world, we discovered that there is a worldwide battle over public space. The 'quality of life laws' and the broken windows theory that support those laws had spread from New York City to Europe and to every other corner of the earth with severe punishments. The controversy brings up some very essential questions: What is the nature of art? Who determines what is art and what is not art? Who controls freedom of speech? Who controls public space? Why are some manifestations in public space that are offensive to many people sanctioned (billboards and strip malls) and others are criminalized (graffiti).

Street culture and graffiti are well-known for being provocative, appealing, bold and uncompromising. Originally used by gangs to mark their territory in some urban area, graffitis have now become a rich medium for unrestricted expression of ideas and statements. In fact, creative designers and artists across the globe use this form of art to deliver their message and showcase their work.

Graffiti (or spray paint) is often regarded by others as unsightly damage or unwanted vandalism. But sometimes, the boring wall is supplied with a true piece of graffiti art, making it a joy for the eyes.

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Old Town Chicago - The Second City

Old Town Chicago is indeed old. Originally settled in the mid 19th century by German-Catholic immigrants, the neighborhood got its name and became closer knit during World War II, when Chicago's Civil Defense Agency delineated a neighborhood defense unit. The unit was made up of a triangular area bounded by North Avenue, Clark Street and Ogden Avenue. This area was called North Town. North Town's inhabitants felt a sense of continued connection even after the War ended and in the spirit of community, they began to sponsor annual fairs which they called the "Old Town Holiday." In 1948 the Old Town Triangle Association was formed, and since then, the name "Old Town" has stuck; it is now the area's official moniker.

Today's Old Town is bordered on the north by Armitage Avenue, on the South by Division Street, on the east by Clark Street and on the west by Larrabee Street and Orleans Street. The neighborhood lies north of Chicago's downtown and 40 years ago it was one of the city's first areas to be gentrified. It is one of Chicago's most beautiful neighborhoods, reminiscent of a quaint European town, with its historic homes and cobblestone streets and flowering trees that make a walk on a summer or fall day all the more enjoyable. Old Town is also home to one of the few places that survived the Great Chicago Fire of the 1871: Old Town's "German village," including the Bavarian-built St. Michael Church that survived the fire because its walls were made of brick.

Old Town boasts a vibrant commercial district, is home to outstanding outdoor art fairs, rich history and fine amenities. It is one of Chicago's most interesting and easy neighborhoods to explore.

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The Blue Door - Gaslight Court Chicago Old Town

Gaslight Court is the gated historic 1900-era brick complex in the middle of Old Town Chicago at 1407 N. Wells. Several of the units have a funky 1/2 address, e.g. 1407.5 N. Wells.
The structures are nearly 100 years old and the brick pavers are all original. In the '60s, this Chicago Old Town gem was home to hippies and artisans who took up residence in the then-low-rent area and made candles and visual art.

Passersby will notice the abundance of brick both lining the alley and covering adjacent buildings, and if you press your face against the gate's bars, you will see potted plants, a lone tree, a bistro table and a lingerie shop, a running fountain built into one of two small stairwells leading down from one building, balconies filled with flowers and a hidden set of steps leading to an accounting firm, but the best way to check it all out is to make nice with one of the 19 residents who live in the adjoining buildings, which spill out into the alley.

Gas lanterns once lined the alleyway. The lanterns have since been replaced by electric ones, but this slice of Chicago history lives on - even if you have to nab something slinky to get to it.

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Chicago - Chi-town - Chitown - The City Beautiful

Chicago, the City of the big shoulders, is one of the most architecturally diverse cities in the world. Its skyline along the shores of lake Michigan is unmistakable, and every year thousands flock to view its historic buildings, cites and attractions.

In this photograph:
The Ritz-Carlton Residences Chicago Magnificent Mile - 664 North Michigan Avenue (left, tall)
postmodern skyscraper, Height: 495 feet / 151 meters, Floors 40, finished 2010

City Place - 676 North Michigan Avenue (center, tall)
postmodern skyscraper, Height: 470 feet / 143 meters, Floors 40, finished 1990

Chicago Place - 700 North Michigan Avenue (right, tall)
postmodern skyscraper, Height: 608 feet / 185 meters, Floors 49, finished 1991

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Graceland Cemetery Chicago - Tomb Of John W Root

Since 1860, Graceland Cemetery in Chicago, IL, has been the focus of architects and planners – so much so that it's usually defined by its association with and final resting place of many members of the renowned style of the Chicago School of Architecture.

John Wellborn Root (1850-1891) is one of the leaders of the "Chicago School” of architecture. One of his last great achievements was the Reliance Building, began in 1889 and finished posthumously in 1895. It towered 15 stories above the heart of Chicago at Washington and State streets, and featured broad plate-glass display windows on its ground floor, which set a permanent standard for commercial architecture.

Although John W. Root spent his career breaking away from architectural tradition, members of his firm created a totally traditional Celtic cross, which Root had admired in English cemeteries.

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Graceland Chicago - The Place Where The Spirits Roam

If you have ever been over by Clark and Irving Park in Chicago, you have no doubt seen the enormous cemetery, surrounded by high brick walls with wrought iron spikes on top of them. This is Graceland Cemetery, the burying place for many of Chicago's most famous citizens.

Graceland is home to several tales of the supernatural, including the ominous "haunted" monument that graces the final resting place of former hotel owner and businessman Dexter Graves. Created by Lorado Taft, the artist christened the design "Eternal Silence" but the brooding and menacing figure has become more commonly known as the "Statue of Death". The figure was once black in color but over the years, the black has mostly worn away, exposing the green, weathered metal beneath. Only one portion of it remains dark and that is the face, which is hidden in the deepest folds of the figure's robe. It gives the impression that the menacing face is hidden in shadow.

"Eternal Silence" is by far the spookiest statue in Chicago's Graceland Cemetery, and the look of the image has given birth to several legends. It is said that anyone who looks into the face of the statue will get a glimpse of his or her own death to come. Obviously, this is not true, but the statue still gives me the creeps.

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