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History Articles
Watch Missed 2021 House Walk Episodes
2021 Virtual House Walk: From the Great Chicago Fire to the 21st Century Once again, the Covid-19 pandemic forced us to hold our 35th Annual House Walk as a virtual […]
34th Historic House Walk: Virtual Edition
2020 RPWRHS Historic House Walk: A (Virtual) Walk Through Time and Place Instead of spending just one Sunday afternoon touring interesting historic homes in one neighborhood of Rogers Park or […]
One Juror’s Ordeal: A Daughter’s Perspective on the Chicago 7 Conspiracy Trial
By Kay McSpadden, Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society Board Member On Nov 4, 2019 Marjorie Fritz-Birch spoke as part of the Living History program. Fifty years ago, Her mother Jean […]
Revisiting Rosehill Through Rogers Park Eyes
Tom Nall revisits Rosehill Cemetery on our May 18, 2219 tour and discovers new stories of the people who built our community.
Huckleberry Idyllic in Chicago: A Memoir
Mike Zimmerman grew up in West Ridge in the late 1940s and the 1950s. Now retired, he recently sent us this memoir about his childhood adventures.
The Milk Business in Rogers Park-Before the Supermarkets
by Norm Coughlin Too many younger people who have known nothing of buying milk and related products except for the spacious and attractively arranged display cases in the large food […]
The Old Drug Store Bicycle
by Bob Goldsmith, R.P. Cars driving northward along Ridge Boulevard, enroute to Evanston and the North Shore were accustomed to seeing the old delivery bike with the large basket and the […]
Cutting the Line
by Hank Morris At midnight of Tuesday December 27, 1910 the direct track connection between the Chicago Evanston Avenue (now Broadway) line and the Evanston Chicago Avenue (in Chicago known […]
The Broadmoor Hotel
by Hank Morris The Broadmoor Hotel, 7600 North Bosworth was built in 1922-23 by developers Louis Rubin and Abraham Marks, this six-story building was one of the most luxurious buildings […]