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The old building, 2535 W. Armitage Ave., used to house streetcars until the 1950s.
The old photo shows the square, looking north at the buildings that house Reno and Webster's Wine Bar.
Today, the site is home to a Popeye's, IHOP and adjoining parking lots.
At the time, Logan and Kedzie boulevards met in the center just to the south of the Comfort Station.
Martin Kimbell used to fend off wolves from his farm, which sat in an area we now know as Logan Square.
Founded in 1913, the grand 1,200-seat theater was demolished in 1968 during the Blue Line extension.
Today, the site is home to the Social Security Administration building.
The photos show old frame buildings near the intersection of Milwaukee and Diversey avenues in 1906.
Streetcars, known as the Chicago Surface Lines, ran from 1859 to 1958 in Chicago.
The intersection was often cited as a dangerous one even during the 1930s.
The photo shows people gathered at the foundation of the church at Kedzie and Albany avenues.
The old photo was taken before the construction of the Illinois Centennial Monument.
Construction was supposed to take three months, but ended up taking nine months.
The old photo, taken in 1947, was taken about a decade before the Kennedy Expy. was built.
Johnston Avenue, now called Lyndale Street, is referred to as the longest block in this old photo.
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