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Jul 6, 2021 · These amazing black and white photos were taken by ceebop that show what Chicago looked like in the early 1970s. The Walgreens, Chicago, circa 1970s. Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago, 1970. Kinzie Street looking west from State Street, Chicago, 1970. Michigan and Washington, Chicago, 1970.
Mar 23, 2018 · You can almost hear the sound in Michael Abramson’s pictures of Chicago nightclubs in the 1970s. Inspired by mid-century Hungarian-French photographer Brassaï’s street photography of Paris in the early decades of the 20th century, Abramson (1948–2011) began photographing nightclubs on Chicago’s South Side – clubs like: Peppers ...
Nov 1, 2017 · A fascinating photo collection from David Wilson that shows street scenes of Chicago in the 1970s.
Sep 15, 2014 · As a graduate student at the Illinois Institute of Technology in the late 1970s, photographer Michael Abramson spent a lot of time in clubs with names like Perv’s House and Pepper’s Hideout....
Jan 9, 2019 · Greg Borzo’s new book “Lost Restaurants of Chicago” celebrates departed eateries, from those lingering in recent memory to the nearly forgotten class, from high-end to bizarre, and spots serving everything from standard American fare to ethnic cuisine.
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Many streets in Chicago in the 1970s, particularly under viaducts and bridges, still showed streetcar tracks that had never been paved over after the last streetcars ran in 1958. Here below are some stunning photos that show what Chicago looked like in the 1970s.
Jan 14, 2020 · The middle 1970s were truly “A Moment in Time.” During that iconic era, documentary photographer Michael Abramson (1948-2011) began to frequent the music and dance clubs on the South Side of Chicago.
