Yes, that was it: The Bridgeport Family Restaurant. We just called it
"the restaurant." I was working as a race-car mechanic at the time,
and our shop was on 50th and Damen. Some of the guys I worked with
were from Bridgeport, so we used to convene there after work, which
was usually close to midnight. I remember big, greasy cheeseburgers:
perfect food!
When I was a kid, the train (the "El") ran on an elevated structure
just to the east of the Dan Ryan expressway. It was called the Jackson
Park/Howard Street line, because it ran between 63rd and Stony
(Jackson Park) on the south side and Howard Street on the north side.
I lived near 82nd and Stony, so my friends and I took the Stony bus to
63rd street and caught the El there when going to the ballpark or
downtown. It was only 15 cents for a fare and a transfer if you were
under 12 or had a student ID. We rode between cars on the El, with one
foot on the car in front and one on the car in the rear. Grown ups
just smiled and shook their heads. It was a different time.
Paul
On Jun 29, 2009, at 12:10 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:
Bridgeport is doing well. Would that coffee shop be called The
Bridgeport Family Restaurant? If so, it's still there on the corner
of 35th and Halsted. There are security folks and attendants
everywhere. And when we got off the Red Line at 35th at the top of
the escalators we were met by men who were from the Bomb Squad with
dogs in hand. We took the Halsted street bus home for kicks, but
had to catch the train at Fullerton because the Gay Pride Parade
caused folks to detour. Busy day! Cheers, Christine
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Nice gallery. I enjoyed it. Well done. And it was definitely great
to see the sox take two of three from the loathsome cubbies:-)!!
The area immediately around the ballpark was mostly lost when the
Dan Ryan expressway was built in the mid fifties. I remember there
was a McDonalds across the street from Old Comiskey and one or two
bars. The north side of the old ballpark was a park. Of course the
new ballpark was built on the south side of the street, and the
old one became parking . In truth, it's somewhat of a plus that
there wasn't a lot worth saving immediately adjacent to the
ballpark, because they did a super job on the parking. It's easy
in and easy out with multiple lots and lots of attendants to
direct you.
On the other hand, the Bridgeport neighborhood west of the park is
pretty much the way it was since way back when. If you walked to
Halsted, you passed through much of Bridgeport. At one time I hung
out in the coffee shop on the corner of 35th and Halsted. Don't
know if it's still there. And the camera store between 35th and
36th on Halsted -- Malelos-- subsidized me when I was learning
photography back in the early seventies. I suspect it's no longer
there. But Bridgeport was doing fairly well last time I looked.
Paul
On Jun 29, 2009, at 11:40 AM, Christine Aguila wrote:
. . . and any other White Sox fans on the list.
Folks might remember that last year I went to Wrigley Field to
shoot outside the ballpark on one of the Cubs-White Sox Cross-town
night games.
Well, this year, my husband & I took the Red Line down to Sox
Park (I refuse to call it that other name), and I shot some pics
outside the stadium. Then we walked down to Halsted, found a
place for some lunch & a beer, and watched the game. Sox fans
should be happy with the Sox taking the series two games to one.
I thought this might make you smile a little, Paul, but all sense
of neighborhood immediately around the stadium is lost--any
neighborhood bars or shops in the immediate vicinity are gone--
very sad. It was a 1:05p game, so the light is not that great,
and I made some exposure boo-boos, but I tried to salvage as
much as I could.
Also, I tried out Lightroom's Flash Gallery web option with this
set. I have official web hosting service now, and a domain:
caguila.com, so I thought I'd give the Flash Gallery a try. I'll
be working on a web site this summer. I think I'm going to
teach myself html code--maybe. This http://www.w3schools.com/ is
really great, and I found out that the folks that write the
international standards for HTML write the tutorials for this
site. So, we'll see.
Anyway, Sox Win! Sox Win! Cheers, Christine
http://caguila.com/caguila/soxcrossone/
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