There in Chicago (#23)

There in Chicago (#23)

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92nd Street at Commercial Avenue, view west
1934 at the same location
How well did you find your way around the Chicago of the past?
The Washington Hotel was long a landmark at the northeast corner of 92nd Street and Commercial Avenue. The commercial development is another clue, since there weren’t many major shopping districts on the far South Side in 1934. The older photo also shows a junction of two streetcar lines, and a grade-separated railroad crossing in the distance. Those features were also rare south of 79th Street.