Drug Stores
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Rogers Park Chain Drug Stores
CVS Pharmacy, 6510 N. Sheridan Road, Chicago IL 60626, 773-338-4384
Osco Drug Stores. Chain merged with Jewel Food Stores into Jewel-Osco. No stand-alone stores remain in Rogers Park or West Ridge.
Rexall Drug Stores none in Rogers Park
Walgreens Drug Stores, 7410 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60626, 773-743-6784. In the 1950s there was a Walgreens located on the southeast corner of Howard Street and Clark Street in the Pivot Point International Building.
Rogers Park Independent Drug Stores
Burbank’s Drug Store, a two-story frame building facing Clark Street 1894.
Caswell's Drug Store, Ashland Avenue and Morse Avenue
Central Drug Store, 1524 W. Howard Avenue
Devon Morseview Drugs, 1358 W. Devon Avenue, Chicago, IL 60660-1345 (773) 743-3003
J.W. Crain's Drug Store 4773 N. Clark Street in 1880s.
Morse 'L' Drugs Pharmacy, 1407 W.Morse Avenue, Chicago, IL 60626-3481, (773) 743-8400
Sal Pharmacy Inc., 1555 W. Howard Street, Chicago, IL 60626-1707 (773) 262-4140
Vic's Pharmacy, 1313 W. Morse Avenue, Chicago, IL 60626-3521, (773) 764-0044
West Ridge Chain Drug Stores
CVS Pharmacy, 2825 W. Devon Avenue, Chicago, IL 60659, 773-262-0900 was Osco Drug Store.
Osco Drug Stores now CVS Drug Store.
Rexall Drug Stores none in West Ridge.
Target 2112 W. Peterson Avenue, Chicago, IL 60659-4277 773-761-3001
Walgreens Drug Stores,
7510 N. Western Avenue, Chicago, IL 60645, 773-764-1765
6236 N. Western Avenue, Chicago, IL 60659, 773-764-0050
3019 W. Peterson Avenue, Chicago, IL 60659, 773-728-6254
In 1931, Walgreens had a store on the southeast corner of Western Avenue and Devon Avenue.
West Ridge Independent Drug Stores
Cal-Touhy Pharmacy, Southwest corner, California Avenue and Touhy Avenue--closed.
Rosen's Morseview Pharmacy, 2955 W. Devon Avenue, Chicago, IL 60659-1555 (773) 743-7585
Photos
RPWRHS photo C036-020 shows northbound Chicago Surface Lines 49 Western streetcar 856 traveling on Western Avenue at Devon Avenue in 1931. Note the Walgreens Drug Store on the southeast corner. Car 856 was one of a series of 350 cars (751-1100) called "New Pullmans" or "Small Pullmans" (because they were 3 ft. 2 in. shorter and 3 in. narrower than the first series. But, they were taller by 1-1/2 in.). By 1952, all the cars in this series had been scrapped by the CTA. None were saved by a museum or private collector.
