Same here. I recognized so many of those places I was tempted to search the photos with a magnifying glass to see if I appear in them. So many old places long gone.
@@alexzais1935To a point, but plenty of Working Class People of all colors, including White, have been gentrified out of the City in the last 25 years.
Born,raised south side of Kenzie and Cermak,born In Cook County Hospital,12-27-62.I couldn't imagine living there now,but the 70s was the best time to be a kid.
The picture of the Howard Street Beach demonstrates just how high the water level of Lake Michigan level has risen over the recent years. When I lived on Eastlake Terrace in the 80's, which is the one-way southbound street abutting the lake shore in this area, the lake level was far lower. There actually were beaches then that could be enjoyed at the Juneway Terrace and Rogers Avenue, as well as the one seen in the picture of the Howard Street Beach, all which are located along Eastlake. Now I understand Juneway is totally destroyed and Howard beach is closed off, due to the erosion of strong wave action. I imagine Rogers beach must be beat up as well. Those little beaches were neighborhood gems back when the lake level wasn't so high and the beaches not submerged.
I grew up in this city in the 70's. This is how it looked. I go back now and I can go to and walk in areas I never would have DREAMED of back then! We used to have to RUN to our cars after a hockey game because the crime was so bad. Look up the murder rate in 1974......yep, kinda dwarfs todays, doesn't it? I like the city now, even with all its problems, at least the projects are gone. Downtown is cleaner and better organized now.
I’m Mexican/American born and raised in Chicago on the north side. I was born in 88 and grew up in the 90’s so that’s what I remember the most. I once asked my dad about the 70’s and 80’s in Chicago since he had been here since the late 60’s. He told me that out of the Latinos, Mexicans were the first to arrive then came Puerto Rican’s/Cubans. A lot of them would run into each other at bars and start off getting along drinking and having a good time. But sometimes would end up in arguments for ethnic pride reasons. I also asked him if he went out a lot and said that alot of Latinos would go out but try to remain low profile since there was still immigration trucks riding around trying to catch people at the time. The original ICE if you will. He also told me he had a maroon 1973 Plymouth Roadrunner for a few years and was cruising throughout the city one night in 79 smoking cigarettes and jamming out to some Spanish music on the radio. He was speeding a bit and actually got chased. Not sure why he decided to run but when he finally got pulled over. He said they let him go with just a warning since he made the cops laugh. He said that they asked him why did you run? And he answered back with ‘well why did you chase me? Sounds cheesy now but at the time must of made the 2 cops chuckle.
When I was little and my mom got her wallet stolen, the person who took it got her cash and mailed back all the rest -- the wallet with all of her IDs. Of course there was no risk that anyone cloned her cards. This was ordinary.
Yep, I recognized it too. Not far from Lake Street. If I recall correctly, Lake street east of Harlem was a plaza. They have since tore that out and made it a street again. I think I heard that years before my time, it was a street, someone had the bright idea to turn it into a plaza with benches and landscape thinking it would increase business. It did not. So they turned it back into a street. I remember hanging around the Lake Theater at that time. #quadstatecameras
Hello! I found the original of this image freely available on the internet. I did its color correction and framing. Use it, I don't see any problems and I don't mind.
i grew up in the city sw side,60's and 70's.....gentrification is a greaat thing, it's revitalizing land sold cheap to uncivilized people years ago and ruined and now being relaimed so that all can use it w/o fear of crime and ghettoization. namely public parks, economic corridors, new housing, a sense of ' clean and sanitized '.
Nonsense. Neighborhoods were left to decay so that the poor, immigrant owners who counted on rent from three-flats or six-flats to finance a decent (not extravagant) retirement would have to sell at bottom dollar. Then the rich scooped them up, threw out all the tenants without ever having to be seen in court (land trusts and lawyers for that), then "revitalized" and sold the places for 5x to 10x what they paid. That is the story of Lincoln Park West, for example. It used to be full of apartments for real artists and jazz musicians, jams every night. Now a three-flat has become a "townhouse" for a lawyer with two kids. Well, you may consider the immigrants uncivilized.
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Grew up on the Chicago south side; still love my city hope it changes for the better!
I was a teenager in Chicago in the seventies. A great place. Gentrification is changing the city, and not for the better.
Sad but true
Same here. I recognized so many of those places I was tempted to search the photos with a magnifying glass to see if I appear in them.
So many old places long gone.
If White Flight wouldn’t have happened in the mid to late 70’s in Chicago then gentrification wouldn’t have been a problem.
@@alexzais1935To a point, but plenty of Working Class People of all colors, including White, have been gentrified out of the City in the last 25 years.
Love seeing this!
Born,raised south side of Kenzie and Cermak,born In Cook County Hospital,12-27-62.I couldn't imagine living there now,but the 70s was the best time to be a kid.
Old American cars had so much character.
The picture of the Howard Street Beach demonstrates just how high the water level of Lake Michigan level has risen over the recent years. When I lived on Eastlake Terrace in the 80's, which is the one-way southbound street abutting the lake shore in this area, the lake level was far lower. There actually were beaches then that could be enjoyed at the Juneway Terrace and Rogers Avenue, as well as the one seen in the picture of the Howard Street Beach, all which are located along Eastlake. Now I understand Juneway is totally destroyed and Howard beach is closed off, due to the erosion of strong wave action. I imagine Rogers beach must be beat up as well. Those little beaches were neighborhood gems back when the lake level wasn't so high and the beaches not submerged.
I grew up in this city in the 70's. This is how it looked. I go back now and I can go to and walk in areas I never would have DREAMED of back then! We used to have to RUN to our cars after a hockey game because the crime was so bad. Look up the murder rate in 1974......yep, kinda dwarfs todays, doesn't it? I like the city now, even with all its problems, at least the projects are gone. Downtown is cleaner and better organized now.
Downtown was safe back then and busy. Now it is dangerous and empty
I’m Mexican/American born and raised in Chicago on the north side. I was born in 88 and grew up in the 90’s so that’s what I remember the most. I once asked my dad about the 70’s and 80’s in Chicago since he had been here since the late 60’s. He told me that out of the Latinos, Mexicans were the first to arrive then came Puerto Rican’s/Cubans. A lot of them would run into each other at bars and start off getting along drinking and having a good time. But sometimes would end up in arguments for ethnic pride reasons. I also asked him if he went out a lot and said that alot of Latinos would go out but try to remain low profile since there was still immigration trucks riding around trying to catch people at the time. The original ICE if you will. He also told me he had a maroon 1973 Plymouth Roadrunner for a few years and was cruising throughout the city one night in 79 smoking cigarettes and jamming out to some Spanish music on the radio. He was speeding a bit and actually got chased. Not sure why he decided to run but when he finally got pulled over. He said they let him go with just a warning since he made the cops laugh. He said that they asked him why did you run? And he answered back with ‘well why did you chase me? Sounds cheesy now but at the time must of made the 2 cops chuckle.
When I was little and my mom got her wallet stolen, the person who took it got her cash and mailed back all the rest -- the wallet with all of her IDs. Of course there was no risk that anyone cloned her cards. This was ordinary.
2:08, wow is that harlem and lake?
1:45 I love the shot at 1:45 which appears to be Rogers Ave near the Howard El station.
Yep, I recognized it too. Not far from Lake Street. If I recall correctly, Lake street east of Harlem was a plaza. They have since tore that out and made it a street again. I think I heard that years before my time, it was a street, someone had the bright idea to turn it into a plaza with benches and landscape thinking it would increase business. It did not. So they turned it back into a street. I remember hanging around the Lake Theater at that time.
#quadstatecameras
Yes it is.
I've seen sections of New York City that looks like this!😶
I had just been discharged from the Army. Road Trrip with a few friends, turned ssour by POLICE intervention. I sort of expected it.
Do you have the rights for the skyline picture at 11:16 in this video? If so, can I use it in a short video project that I'm working on?
Hello! I found the original of this image freely available on the internet. I did its color correction and framing. Use it, I don't see any problems and I don't mind.
i grew up in the city sw side,60's and 70's.....gentrification is a greaat thing, it's revitalizing land sold cheap to uncivilized people years ago and ruined and now being relaimed so that all can use it w/o fear of crime and ghettoization. namely public parks, economic corridors, new housing, a sense of ' clean and sanitized '.
Nonsense. Neighborhoods were left to decay so that the poor, immigrant owners who counted on rent from three-flats or six-flats to finance a decent (not extravagant) retirement would have to sell at bottom dollar. Then the rich scooped them up, threw out all the tenants without ever having to be seen in court (land trusts and lawyers for that), then "revitalized" and sold the places for 5x to 10x what they paid. That is the story of Lincoln Park West, for example. It used to be full of apartments for real artists and jazz musicians, jams every night. Now a three-flat has become a "townhouse" for a lawyer with two kids.
Well, you may consider the immigrants uncivilized.
I hope that girl with the wiffle ball bat made it to the big leagues.
Would have been cool to use 70s sounding music vs. the sterile kind that’s everywhere
Said he was a great place to live back then. Mayor Daley made sure it stayed that way. City's ruined now. Would not even go back to visit
Most hate how it is now and will no come near it and I do not blame them
I live 8n Englewood now. I hate the gentrified, sanitized Chicago.
this music was not around in the 1970s 🙄