March 28, 2021

Blogger/Sources/Blog Post List

The Road Map to this Blog
with over 70 Topical Posts
the last edit 
 Winter 2021-2022
Researcher and Blogger 
Garry Albrecht 
 (Linkedin)
While my blog is to inform, 
my goal is to inspire further research by others
image - ClickFirst Marketing
The Reason 
for this Blog
On the corner of Stratford Place and (inner) Lake Shore Drive is Temple Sholom that has this inclused parking lot to the south accross the street on Stratford Place. The parking lot is surrounded by six foot tall black ornate metal fence that could have graced historical Hawthorne Place District - located one block south of Stratford Place. Living on just a stone-throw away from the temple I was curious about the over-sized lot behind this stately fence. At that moment, I decided I needed to know more about this parking lot and began to research what could have been behind this fence before it became a car lot. 
This initial narrowly scoped research project of mine was to become a broader research project of my entire neighborhood of Lake View from its beginnings. I began with Ravenswood-Lake View Historical Association (I am one of several board members) and then branched off from there that would soon include images/photos from contributors from social media pages always trying my best to make sure to credit the contributors. I am constantly updating and editing my work - keeping it real and authenic as possible. 
As subsitute teacher, I welcome constructive criticisms that are meaningfull to my work - to our work! 
the parking lot at 505 Stratford Place
This blog has over 70 topical posts - adding more information and photo/text all the time. I could have done a better job on formatting and geo-tagging. I am constantly trying to correct this deficit. Some posts are directly related to others and noted at the beginng to each post. I began this research in 2007 in my apartment on Stratford Place and continue my work in Oak Lawn. I will continue until I find a university library willing to adopt this type of online work. 
I have assembled a collection of purchased postcards, press photos, books, and collectibles mostly from Ebay - my offine work. 
I am a Board of Director Member of
Members of Board of the Directors
The Association has a board with directors and three officers elected annually by the membership. 
The 2017 board of directors 
Patrick Butler, President
 Dayle Murphy, Vice President
Leah Steele, Secretary/Treasurer
Dorena Wenger, Program Chairperson
Garry Albrecht, Associate Director
Peter von Buol, Associate Director
Marcella Kane, Associate Director
Carolyn Bull, Associate Director
Ron Roenigk, Associate Director
Jon Stromsta, Associate Director

The Association's Story
I do have a Facebook page called LakeView Historical that is used to created album narratives from the information collected in my blog as well as information regarding our neighborhood in general. 
Also, feel free to use Twitter using the hashtag LakeViewHistorical.
  Below is a dashboard view of over 160 Facebook Albums
 
This blog's domain name is protected by Google
and on the bottom of every post is the following in bold type:
Important Note: 
These posts are exclusively used for educational purposes. I do not wish to gain monetary profit from this blog nor should 
anyone else without permission from the original source
 me hiding out in Andersonville in 2011
Historical Coverage includes the township of, city of, district of, and finally the community of Lake View.
According to my readings the integration of the City of Lake View into the City of Chicago took awhile. I guessing almost a decade. This was a period in time that the former city was referred to as the 'District of Lake View' until the City of Chicago adopted the 'community areas' concept we refer to as neighborhoods. The territory covered by this blog is Fullerton Avenue to Devon Avenue, Western Avenue to the existing lakefront at that time in history. My focus narrows as after the historical period Lake View became one of the 77 official community areas in the City of Chicago.
A Exhibit 
with Discussion in 2018
'I go on the road'
photos from the exhibit - Garry Albrecht
Once a year I exhibit my private collection at 
Sulzer Regional Library 
in the month of October
4455 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
in the Community of Lincoln Square
Meeting and Exhibit Room
This association promotes this exhibit
My Home 
Storage Area
in my computer room for now
original painting 
about the 1945 World Series
a reprint view from Lake View Hotel from Newberry Library
 prior to 1890's
and on the left original rice paper illustration of the dredging of Belmont Harbor prior to 1916 when the harbor was opened
original prints of Lake View restaurants:
The Diner on Halsted
Angelina's on Broadway
Yoshi's on Halsted
original print 
Lake Shore Drive
 north of Brompton Avenue prior to 1934
Commerical Map Illustration 1980/1990's
I may always discovering new research insights so I regard this blog as a ''living document" to be reshaped by further research and (readers' contributions that can be added to any post comment section provided on the bottom of each post). Everyone is free to contact me on any questions that you may have on the subject of  vintage Lake View as well as the resources used in this blog by emailing me at lvhistorical@gmail.com 
Online Access:
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 My Various 
Research Sources:
The photos I post in this blog reflect the location found and not the original publication or original distributors of the photo. I did this to encourage others to clean-out their storage units, closets & attics so to discover anything related to this subject. Below are web resources I explored/used for this blog. 
I refer back to these sources from time to time. 
Online Tools
 Online Sources & Resources
*subject to change*
(Chicago library card # required)
(registration required)
(Rascher's Atlas in sections)
(Chicago library card # required
and separate access to HIG)
Fullerton to Devon
HIG 1887 - Volume 9
(Rascher's Atlas)
Fullerton to Devon
HIG 1891- Volume 10 
(Rascher's Atlas)
(a revised 1886 map)
South of Irving Park Road
HIG 1894  - Volume 9
HIG 1923  - Volume 9
HIG 1950  - Volume 9
(a revised 1923 map)
North of Irving Park Road
South of Fullerton Avenue
(until 1937)
(from 1923)
Industrial History: C&E: 
(1926-1935)
(story of 4+1's)
DNAinfo Lake View & Wrigleyville
(out of business November 2017)
DNAinfo Boystown
(out of business November 2017)
Some Facebook Pages of Interest
Forgotten Chicago Discussion Group

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Index
the vintage Google Maps
(need a Chicago Library Card to access)
with 
Finding Number & Street Name Changes
Finding street addresses and street names in Chicago prior to 1909 can be a bit of a task. This video can help that process along. 
This pdf file is the bible of discovery on address number changes while this pdf is a quick way of finding the changes of street names.
Some Google-book Sources:
1) Chicago and it's Suburbs by Everett Chamberlin published in 1874. Please scroll to page 343 to start from the beginning. This publication, as well as the next one covers the Township of Lake View. The community of Ravenswood is on page 370.
2) History of Cook County: The History of Lake View  Township by Theodore Andreas published in 1884 - begin on page 708. The Community of Ravenswood is mentioned on page 712.
5) Northsiders: Essays on the History and Culture of the Chicago Cubs published in 2008 that has more modern prospective of the Community of Lake View.
photos - Ebay
both editions part of my collection
Lake View Saga
2nd Edition
75th Anniversary
 Special Magazine Edition
published by the Lincoln-Booster Newspaper
and part of my collection
Helen Zatterberg Manuscript 
written in 1937
The first known modern 
account of the history of Lake View
Ravenswood-Lake View (Society) Association Founder
Helen Zatterberg  
Ms. Zatterberg help established the Ravenswood-Lake View Historical (Society) in 1934. I am member of the now called 'Association' as well as one of its Board of Directors. 
Below is an account of its founding in 1940
This article written and submitted by Helen Zatterberg who was
the Secretary-Historian of the Ravenswood-Lake View Association in 1940. The collectibles of vintage Lake View and Ravenswood are housed in the Sulzer Regional Library, a member library of Chicago Public Library system initially that was once housed at Hild Library in Lincoln Square. The 'Society' originally had its own building on the corner of Montrose and Hermitage Avenue.
Where the History was/is Stored:
The Homes of the
Ravenswood-Lake View 
Historical Association
the organization that obtains and maintains information 
on the history of Lake View
the first home 
called Library Hall that was once located at southwest corner of 
Montrose & Hermitage
 the second location of the collection - Hild Library
with the third location below - Sulzer Regional Library
the collection is housed in its own section of the library
photos below - Garry Albrecht
in library's lobby

Day One at Sulzer Library 1985

My First Exhibit at Sulzer Library
in 2017
Sulzer Regional Library had an 'open house' that year and I was invited to show some of my private collection. 
My collection has tripled its size since then.
My Personal Collection 
at Home in Storage
some of my book collection
some of my album collection
memorabilia stuffed in my closet for future exhibits
The Nomadic Historian
Any organization who needs me for an event can email me at
lvhistorical@gmail.com
Vintage Tools 
for the Collection
 stereoscope viewer

 slide scanner

Post Notes: 
Explore the countless photography from various contributors of 
Lake View from Flickr, as a starter mosaic to my over seventy blog posts on the history of Lake View. 

A Neighborhood Awaits
poem by Garry Albrecht

A neighborhood can captivate an endless story,

From its' noble beginnings to nondirectionalness ends,

An historical teller is what I do,

For study it well for its substance and tales,

So to learn and thing or two about for its unpredictable zeniths and its foreseeable predictable miscarries of time,

For history repeats so told for those who doesn't 

listens, studies, and learns.


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Important:
These posts are exclusively used for educational purposes. I do not wish to gain monetary profit from this blog nor should anyone else without permission from the original source.
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