Raw News Film - Chicago Buildings' B-Roll & Street Scenes + Interview (1975)
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Here's another cool glimpse of the past we found on an old 16mm film salvaged and then lovingly transferred to digital. Its a reel of raw WGN news film shot by Robin Whitmore. It starts out with a shot of WGN TV reporter Larry Roderick whose report was seemingly excised from this saved reel, and then we see lots of neat shots of buildings, theatre marquees in downtown Chicago (including some X-rated ones), then we see WGN reporter Don Harris doing a standup about architecture in Chicago, and finally an extended raw interview with Chicago architect Richard Bennett, famous for among other things the design of Park Forest Plaza shopping center, and Old Orchard and Oak Brook malls. (our apologies for the bad audio; the mag track was mostly disintegrated) Based on the movie marquees I am dating this to 1975 - perhaps someone can get an even closer estimate. Also, if you can ID any buildings or locations, please do! :-)
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State St used to be so interesting with all the theaters and the various shops and restaurants back in the day. It was Chicago's Times Square. So boring now.
I love the city now but I loved how it was then too. I miss some things especially the old Chicago Northwestern terminal
This was prob the worst time in the city's history. Yeah I agree I love that rustic grit, but people think crime is bad now, its DRAMATICALLY down from that period.
Around 1:05, the dark Life zipper atop the Walgreens building at North State and East Randolph was turned off about 1972; it had been a sister to that around the Allied Chemical Tower a.k.a. One Times Square in New York, both of which were at the outset controlled through perforators made by Chicago's own Naxon Telesign. Both were 11 rows of light bulbs high, its columns about 0.5" less in terms of spacing out than the rows.
Around 4:50, looks like those are S14 light bulbs flashing.
As for the area, all that background is why I keep saying it strikes me as Chicago's version of Times Square. Which itself was on the downslide in the same time period - and with the same problems.
6:27 This is on corner of Plymouth Ct, and Van Buren Street. On 22 West Van Buren Street, This is the same hotel used in the movie.. The Fury fron 1978 and The Blues Brothers from 1980.. Sadly the ‘Plymouth Hotel for Men Only Transients Welcome it has since been demolished.
Beat me to it.
They park the Bluesmobile down the alley between the SRO and the parking garage just north of it.
The parking garage still stands. Everything else is gone.
This was very interesting to watch. I think 1975 is just about right. Did anyone notice that red Toyota FJ 40? They were about 4K back then. Now they are about 40k. Great interview also!
I think 1975 is about right too.. I spoted a 1973 Chevy BelAir Chicago Police car in white and blue at 6:35. From 1976 The new Chicago police cars had bicentennial colors up until 2018.
Very interesting interview at around 10”, with head architect of Chicago in 70’s expressing the need to develop all neighborhoods to reflect the people of the city.
The struggle continues to this day.
The videos are fair, I was born & raised in Chicago, off Milwaukee ave in Logan Square. We youse to catch the train there , thats where it ended.
( now 2019, it runs to o’hare airport) ride the el all day around.
We were 12.