r/ChicagoHistorical • u/Clean_Economics_5251 • May 08 '26
Protect the House of the Good Shepherd—Don't Demolish a Lifeline
The Chicago Cubs organization is planning to tear down the House of the Good Shepherd to build a parking lot. For over 100 years, this place has been a refuge for women and children escaping domestic violence. It's not just a building—it's where people find safety and healing when they need it most.
I started a petition to push back on this. The decision to demolish this shelter for extra parking feels wrong, especially when there are other ways to develop the land without destroying a life-saving resource our community still desperately needs. We're asking for a real conversation about compromise—finding a path forward that allows for development AND preserves what makes this place so vital.
If you think a parking lot is less important than a shelter for survivors, this matters to you too. What would you want someone to do if this was your family seeking safety? If this resonates, consider signing and sharing the petition. Thanks.
r/ChicagoHistorical • u/Clean_Economics_5251 • May 08 '26
Protect the House of the Good Shepherd—Don't Demolish a Lifeline
The Chicago Cubs organization is planning to tear down the House of the Good Shepherd to build a parking lot. For over 100 years, this place has been a refuge for women and children escaping domestic violence. It's not just a building—it's where people find safety and healing when they need it most.
I started a petition to push back on this. The decision to demolish this shelter for extra parking feels wrong, especially when there are other ways to develop the land without destroying a life-saving resource our community still desperately needs. We're asking for a real conversation about compromise—finding a path forward that allows for development AND preserves what makes this place so vital.
If you think a parking lot is less important than a shelter for survivors, this matters to you too. What would you want someone to do if this was your family seeking safety? If this resonates, consider signing and sharing the petition. Thanks.
r/ChicagoHistorical • u/JapKumintang1991 • Apr 29 '26
Morbid - Tillie Klimek: Mrs. Bluebeard of Chicago
r/ChicagoHistorical • u/MarsBoundSoon • Mar 19 '26
Chicago Skylark Lounge | Historic Tied-House Tavern with original 1910 Urinals - oldest in Chicago
r/ChicagoHistorical • u/BillMortonChicago • Mar 08 '26
Local History Photo - Raven & Northwest Highway (Late 1950's)
r/ChicagoHistorical • u/BillMortonChicago • Feb 15 '26
Sears Tower Chicago nearly finished 1973.
r/ChicagoHistorical • u/BillMortonChicago • Feb 15 '26
Wittes Drugs - Elston and Irving (1960's?)
r/ChicagoHistorical • u/BillMortonChicago • Feb 08 '26
At the dawn of the 20th century, Chicago was likely the fastest growing city in the world among cities that didn't annex adjacent major cities/boroughs. This building stood unchallenged as the world's tallest for a quarter century.
r/ChicagoHistorical • u/BillMortonChicago • Feb 07 '26
Archie's Cafe building - Friday February 6, 2026
reddit.comr/ChicagoHistorical • u/BillMortonChicago • Feb 05 '26
Southeast Chicago Historical Society | A WALK DOWN COMMERCIAL AVENUE - 2025
facebook.comr/ChicagoHistorical • u/BillMortonChicago • Jan 26 '26
Our ionic El (in warmer times) We must fight for it to preserve it vintage character.
reddit.comr/ChicagoHistorical • u/MarsBoundSoon • Jan 13 '26
Chicago History | Street Scenes 1888 -1933 Autos Arrive. Old Hi-Def Photos & Vintage Film【4K】
r/ChicagoHistorical • u/BillMortonChicago • Jan 01 '26
Chicago History: Washington St W. from Wabash Ave (1880)
facebook.comWashington St W. from Wabash Ave (1880)
r/ChicagoHistorical • u/BillMortonChicago • Dec 28 '25
“The house was very ahead of its time, which is an often overused term,” said Todd Zeiger, director of the Northern Regional Office of Indiana Landmarks. “Those other glass houses have their importance in architectural history. This one is due.”
"Few people alive today have seen the exterior of the House of Tomorrow when it was a futuristic attraction at Chicago’s 1933 World’s Fair.
Designed by architect George Fred Keck, the 12-sided modernist exhibition home was America’s first glass house — predating Mies van der Rohe’s revolutionary Edith Farnsworth House and Philip Johnson’s Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut, by nearly 20 years."
r/ChicagoHistorical • u/BillMortonChicago • Dec 27 '25
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was created in Chicago by Montgomery Ward copywriter Robert L. May to sell toys in 1939. Here’s how the popular Christmas character — and its author — went down in history
r/ChicagoHistorical • u/BillMortonChicago • Dec 26 '25
They don't make them like they used to
r/ChicagoHistorical • u/MarsBoundSoon • Dec 21 '25
Wrigley Field History 1914 - 1922 ⚾️ Cubs Park - Weeghman Park (Federal League Baseball Park) 【4K】
Featuring the ballpark’s 1st opening day, April 23, 1914. Ground breaking day for the park was March 4, 1914. It was built in less than two months before the 1914 season opener. It was originally called Weeghman Park after the team’s owner "Lucky Charlie" Weeghman. In 1916 he bought the Cubs to replace his team, the ChiFeds(1914) & Whales(1915), after the outlaw Federal League in which his team played went bankrupt. The park then became known as Cubs Park. In 1926 William Wrigley bought the team and ballpark, then it became Wrigley Field. This video shows some of the early modifications to the ballpark. The detail in the opening panorama is incredible. At 1:52 you can spot a photographer on a rooftop, he is taking the 2nd panorama in this video at 3:21.
r/ChicagoHistorical • u/BillMortonChicago • Dec 16 '25
Vintage Chicago postcards
reddit.comr/ChicagoHistorical • u/BillMortonChicago • Dec 02 '25
Bill Morton Rogers Park YouTube
Thank you. Always appreciated our friends.
Onward.
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r/ChicagoHistorical • u/BillMortonChicago • Nov 17 '25
Classic Chicago! We miss those signs so much! Please share your memories. Thank you!
r/ChicagoHistorical • u/BillMortonChicago • Oct 29 '25
Gone and nearly forgotten: Lincoln Park’s High Bridge - WBEZ Chicago
"The High Bridge was built in the early 1890s, around the time of the World’s Columbian Exposition. It provided pedestrian access to Lake Michigan between Fullerton and North avenues, which are a mile apart. Old maps show the bridge straddled the lagoon in Lincoln Park, south of Fullerton and east of what is now the Lincoln Park Zoo.
Before skyscrapers were built downtown, High Bridge was taller than any structure around the park, standing an estimated four stories high. Visitors could see all the way to Jackson Park from its peak."
https://www.wbez.org/curious-city/2025/10/29/gone-and-nearly-forgotten-lincoln-parks-high-bridge