From 1912 through 1920, the three-flat graystone was home to Sam and Minnie Marx and their sons, better known by their stage names – Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Gummo and Zeppo.
On July 29th, 1850, the world knew that Chicago wasn’t just some backwater little village. An opera company had come to town! But things didn't go according to plan.
At one time there were more than a dozen drive-in movie theatres around Chicago. Most were in the suburbs, but there was one in the city itself, on Columbus Avenue on the Southwest Side.
A warning--some listeners may want to put their ear muffs on. Eight Forty-Eight'sWeekly Guide s best known for making plaster castings of the “naughty bits” of male and female rock 'n rollers.
The house at 2156 N. Tripp Avenue looks unremarkable, yet it is part of history. Walt Disney was born here on December 5, 1901--110 years ago today.Elias and Flora Disney, Walt's parents, arrived in Chicago from Florida in 1890.
In a sense, today is the birthday of WBEZ.Ninety years ago on this date, Chicago was introduced to the latest method of instantaneous communication. They called it radio-telephony--or just plain radio.The city was a late starter in this particular technology.
