Former 21st Police District in South Commons closed around 2011. Chicago private detective VI Warshawski’s dad worked out of this district (fictionally), 3/8/21
[Jurgis] seized the paper and rushed out of the house, and all away across the yards to Halsted Street. May Bee Seeds in Canaryville at 4400 Halsted, c 1905, former stockyard feed storage,8/19/20. Jurgis runs from Back of the Yards east to Halsted.Since this photo was taken the silo got a fresh coat of paint. The ghost sign is no more.
California Avenue Bridge (1926) over the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal, 4/11/19. This pony truss, Strauss trunnion double leaf bascule no longer raises.My prefered crossing of the CS&S west of Loomis. As many know, it is a very low bar.
USPO (John Bollenbacher, 1935) in Bronzeville, 8/18/20. -Bigger Thomas drops off Jan, the secret boyfriend of his employer’s daughter Mary Dalton, so he can catch a street car back to the Loop–
Monument with Standing Beast (Jean Dubuffett, 1984) among Chicago’s 20th Century public sculptures whose future is uncertain as property changes hands, 5/12/20. Since the sale of the Thompson Center to Google, the sculpture is to be moved to 115 S LaSalle St.
Contact CBA for a custom guided ridethat includes some of these sights and for gift certificates for the cyclists in your life.Also, this map is just one layer of many on The Map, where you can plan your own ride, run, or walk around Chicago.
