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    Tasty Freeze on Hartwell & W. Chicago
    Nursing home Littlefield yes
    Did you know Suzy Toth? Or any of the LaBlanc's or Schusters?
    Drug Store on the corner of Ward & W, Chicago
    Florist & Barber Shop, then;
    Elliot Hospital between Ward & Sorrento
    Sorrento Market
    I worked at Dion's Pizza on the corner of West Chicago [Wesh Chicago] and Steel; two guys named Tony owned it, or Kenny S. or John F. who delivered pizzas.
    Did you know there was a recording studio two doors down from Dinos; also worked there.
    Dentist Office Appoline & W. Chicago.
    Blackstone Bar
    Collision Shop, then Standard Gas station; on Meyers, and across from that was the;
    Original corner building that Wrigleys was first in before moving to Joy Rd & Pinehurst.
    Then Shop Repair and Barber shops next to each other.
    And it was Mario's Italian Restaurant on the Corner of West Chicago & Manor.
    Directly across was Gremmels Lounge, Gremmels upstairs bowling alley and corner drug store.
    Manor Liquor store, then the beauty salon, then the hardware store.
    Dave's dime store was on the next block.
    Then Johnson Milk Depot.
    The Greek Bakery,
    Medical offices that we receded back fro the other buildings.
    Barber Shop, then;
    It was Spector's TV Repair & Record Shop on the SW corner of West Chicago & Mendota.
    Then used car lot, American Brick Company, and at Birwood, Doctor/Dentist offices then MacKenzie field.
    Across the street it was A&E Market and the Paint Store & Parking lot on one corner, then the Drug Store, plumber shop, beer store, produce which became a coin laundry; across the parking lot was Morris Alarm Company, C&D TV repair and the big Gray PresbyterianChurch and the Light Store.
    You could say I have walked that area very frequently back in the day, near 20 years of walking, biking and driving around that area.
    How about McFarlane?????
    I sure am having fun with this.
    Last edited by highjinx; February-15-12 at 09:25 PM.

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