South Side Weekly partnered with WTTW and the Invisible Institute to co-publish text and visual reporting and analysis covering the impact racial divisions have on individuals, the city, and our region. Southside of Chicago Capital of Black America By Carla Punla Suffered its first postindustrial crisis as the meatpacking industries began to close Robert Taylor Homes was known to be the largest housing project. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA PCC 7271 is northbound on Clark at Roosevelt. 02. All those seem to date between 1952 and 1954. (Wien-Criss Archive), Here, a CTA Pullman PCC is northbound on Clark at Roosevelt Road. 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. Our friend Kenneth Gear recently acquired the original Railroad Record Club master tapes. 2. By 1960 there were 32,371 Puerto Rican residents in Chicago, a number that more than doubled within a decade. Chicago Southside 1950's 95 square miles of the 228 square miles were considered the "south side". Pennsylvania Railroad GG-1s: This is now the outdoor seating area for a restaurant. Most famously, the Clarks were a middle-class Black Chicago family that in 1951 attempted to move into a Cicero apartment, but couldnt last a day after thousands of white protesters set their belongings and the whole property on fire. Look at this classic car in Rockford back in 1956. The Trolley Dodger On the Air In the twenty years from 1890 to 1910, Chicago's African-American population increased from 15,000 to approximately # of Discs- 3 White flight caused redlining as the community was now at almost 90% black by 1960. Chicago Photos . 3:45 Box motor #5 The segment actually ran not quite two and a half miles from 89th St. to the 10800 block of Vincennes (where 108th St. would have been had it gone through). Wayne Miller Three Teenagers in a Kitchenette Apartment, from the "Chicago's South Side" Series c.1946 Wayne Miller, Magnum Photography Great 1918-2013 Ave atque Vale. Many of the photos show the same area from a number of different angles, giving a snapshot early transportation worked and everyday life through a look at businesses, fashion, architecture and more. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 7193 has three followers at Western and 69th on October 13, 1953. Disc Three Building Chicagos subways was national news and a matter of considerable civic pridemaking it a Second City no more! Roy lived in the Roseland area since his birth in 1963, at 103rd Street & Wentworth Avenue. South Side Chicago Chicago School Al Capone Al Capone's Chicago home, old Prairie avenue home, 7244 South Prairie Avenue. Known as Bronzeville, the neighborhood was surprisingly small, but at its peak more than 300,000 lived in the narrow, seven-mile strip. Total time: 79:30 The unrest in Chicago led to eleven deaths and over a hundred destroyed buildings. One of my enduring childhood memories, growing up in the 1970s and 1980s on Chicago's South Side, was something I called the "boundary." 03. Baltimore Transit: The PCC is going to go northbound on Route 22 Clark-Wentworth. White Flight, which I titled "Midnight Flight: One family's experience of White Flight and the racial transformation of Chicago's South Side (an online novel)" which you can read here for free . Altoona & Logan Valley/Johnstown Traction: 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. Chicago's South Side April 1941: Life In 'The Black Belt' In April 1941, Russell Lee and Edwin Rosskam arrived in Chicago, Illinois. 01. 1.5k Views. The shots of Chicago will surprise you. 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. . Contract-buying schemes during the 1950s and 1960s cost Black families between $3 billion and $4 billion, according to "The Plunder of Black Wealth in Chicago: New Findings on the Lasting Toll of Predatory Housing Contracts," published in 2019 by the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University and the Nathalie P. Voorhees Center 09. Burned in 1980s and in what was a real mindblower, the reporter on scene actually called it an old CTA facility. 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Your caption says this streetcar is on 77th St. No, it is on Vincennes Ave., in front of the 77th St. barn, heading north. It appears that the street has already been made a one-way, which did not happen until November 16, 1953. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 640 is running under the L on Halsted at 63rd Place on May 25, 1954. In my book Chicago Trolleys (page 107) there is a picture of track work being done at this location on July 17, 1954. 17:25 (Car 187, Brighton Car House, December 13, 1951 regular service abandoned April 29, 1951) Look at the bottom of the photo. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 7284 is on Western at the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal on October 8, 1953. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 7239 is on Western at the Douglas Park L on November 11, 1955. Length 128 pages Disc Two It's a glorious and sloppy mess, but one that represents home for many South Siders. The date is June 16, 1954. History. All Rights Reserved. Capital Transit: The "new" green streetcars - replaced the old, wooden-seat red ones. In the background, you can see the large Chicago Bridge and Iron Works, which fronted on the north side of 107th St. Join us in looking back on three swanky nightclubs from the '60s. While the Gallaghers are said to live on Wallace Street, the house is actually located on Homan Avenue. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 7118 is southbound on Western at Van Buren on November 3, 1954, with a train of wooden L cars about to cross Western on the temporary right of way for the Garfield Park L during expressway construction. Total time: 74:02 Images of America 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. 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. (Wien-Criss Archive). IIRC, Jalens Snack Shop, the new occupant, was up and running by the Summer of 54 and for many years after that. 08. For a few months, Madison-Fifth continued as a shuttle operation between Madison and Pulaski, using older red streetcars. (Wien-Criss Archive), The Western-Berwyn loop on June 10, 1956. The only way to get there (still with usable tracks and live trolley wires) was along 69th St. to Wentworth (200 W.), south to 73rd St. at Vincennes, then southwest on Vincennes to the barn at 77th. The color pictures were taken by the late Bill Hoffman. Great Photo Set! 1. This led to disinvestment and redlining to . It is such a same they did not have the foresight to keep these lines going. Begin typing your search term above and press enter to search. 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. This move included the expansion of popular music styles, bringing jazz to Chicago and the rest of the country. One day I got off at Damen and walked under the tracks to see where they went. Toledo & Eastern: CHICAGO If you think your neighborhood has changed since you first moved in, you should see what it looked like 60 years ago. https://chicagology.com/wp-content/themes/revolution-20/century/194063rdhalsted.jpg. National Archives Stateway Gardens, a housing project on Chicago's South Side, housed nearly 7,000 people in 1973. Jacqueline Serrato is the Weeklys editor-in-chief. Foursquare. The date is June 16, 1954. We look forward to hearing from you. Racially restrictive covenants were also common in the Chicago area, as in the rest of the country. Chicago, Illinois, December 17, 1938 Secretary Harold Ickes, left, and Mayor Edward J. Kelly turn the first spadeful of earth to start the new $40,000,000 subway project. Then, Douglas Park L trains used these tracks from 1954-58. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 153 is northbound at Halsted and Congress on October 5, 1953. Chicagos first rapid transit subway opened in 1943 after decades of wrangling over routes, financing, and logistics. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Chicago Hoods: West Side. HOUSING SEGREGATION IN 1950S SOUTH SIDE CHICAGO (Setting: A Raisin in the Sun) Already experiencing a population boom after Reconstruction, Chicago was a popular destination for African Americans moving from the South to the North in the early 20th century. Technology advances enter the classroom and Chicago schools now have projectors, microscopes and early computer kits. Queensboro Bridge Company (New York City): 4:47 Cars #1797, 1759, and 1784 at 59th Street, December 31, 1954 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. along with a sign alerting northbound motorists to stay left of the open running tracks. 4:35 August 27, 1954 In any case, thanks again for all you offer on this website. Two things in this picture: In the 1960s, then-Mayor Richard J. Daleys administration began to address the dilapidated housing conditions of the citys poorest and signed off on the construction of 165 high-rises managed by the Chicago Housing Authority that would house mainly Black Chicagoans. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 7157 is northbound on Western at 67th on June 15, 1955. Redone tile at the Monroe and Dearborn CTA Blue Line subway station, showing how an original sign was incorporated into a newer design, May 25, 2018. The growing Black population eventually formed settlements farther south and up north in isolated and undeveloped areas along the Kinzie rail lines, Roosevelt, and the North Branch of the Chicago River. Chicago's South Side in black & white May 12, 2016 SJNN By Alden Loury Looking West down 79th Street at Western Ave, Chicago, IL. Copyright 2009-2018, New York Public Radio. Make No Little Plans From the Original Master Tapes Southern Iowa Railway: Third Avenue El (New York City): Yusay beer stands out on a lot of the photos. The City of Chicago broke ground on what would become the Initial System of Subways during the Great Depression and finished 20 years later. 1960. But the largest group of projects was the Street State corridor in the former Bronzeville Black Belt, which had a total of 7,938 units. South Side Weekly partnered with WTTW and the Invisible Institute to co-publish text and visual reporting and analysis covering the impact racial divisions have on individuals, the city, and our region. 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. I remember old Chicago trolley buses from when I was a little girl. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 4020 on Western at 73rd during track work on June 26, 1955. While in the South Side Chicago hoods along 83rd, 87th, and 95th streets the Black P. Stones have had a dominant presence since the 1970s. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 4060 is southbound at Wabash and Wacker, running on Route 4 Cottage Grove. It should be taught in school. 05. Black residents did not enjoy the same geographic freedom. Tens of thousands of Black residents are also leaving their traditional South and West side neighborhoods in recent years, as has been extensively reported, in what some are calling an outmigration or a reverse migration. The citys Black population peaked in the mid-twentieth century and is now at its lowest level since then, with 787,551 Black residents as of 2020. From 1915 to 1960, more than 5 million African Americans moved from the rural South to the North in a phenomena called the Great Migration. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 7123 on Western at 66th on July 9, 1950.