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Blood on the Sidewalk
In the early morning hours of St. Patrick&...
Up in Flames!
Some people can take their hobbies a littl...
The Halloween Inferno
Shortly after midnight on November 1, 1905...
The Black Widow
On a quiet evening in June of 1983, Pensac...
Legacy Walk
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Everleigh Club
The Hilliard Towers Apartments occupy what used to be a we...
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Blood on the Sidewalk
In the early morning hours of St. Patrick’s Day 1964, a man was found bleeding to death on the sidewalk in front of the Linen Department Store at 127 South Palafox Street. A trail of blood led from a ...
Up in Flames!
Some people can take their hobbies a little too seriously! In June of 1984, two Pensacola teenagers broke into the Sportland News Company on South Palafox Street. The two would-be burglars made off with over 500 comic books, many ...
The Halloween Inferno
Shortly after midnight on November 1, 1905, a massive fire erupted along the western side of the first block of South Palafox Street, just south of Garden Street. The fire completely destroyed every building on the block, including the ...
The Black Widow
On a quiet evening in June of 1983, Pensacola businessman John Gentry walked to his car near the abandoned San Carlos Hotel. He was coming from a party at the Driftwood Restaurant, a popular eatery located on the first ...
Legacy Walk
Chicago's Legacy Walk was dedicated on National Coming-Out Day, October 11, 2012, in the heart of Boystown,
Everleigh Club
The Hilliard Towers Apartments occupy what used to be a well-trafficked block of South Dearborn Avenue. At 2131-2133 South Dearborn, not far from the present-day Hilliard gatehouse on West Cullerton, stood the famed Everleigh Club, a high-end bordello opened by ...
Soldiers' Home
The Soldiers' Home is the last remaining building in Chicago with a direct connection to the Civil War. The Northwest Sanitary Commission-- a branch of the U.S. Sanitary Commission-- opened the Soldiers' Home at Randolph and Wabash in ...
Ulysses S. Grant Monument
The size and placement of the bronze equestrian statue portraying Ulysses S. Grant is a testament to Grant's relationship to Chicago and the state of Illinois. Though born in Ohio, Grant was a central figure in Illinois' Civil War experience. ...
Clarence Buckingham Memorial Fountain
Early-twentieth century Chicagoans were proud of their city, and they wanted to broadcast its greatness to the rest of the world. Some wanted to build a massive civic building in ...
Wrigley Company
The partially-demolished complex at the corner of 35th and Ashland was once the home to the Wrigley Company, one of the world's largest chewing gum manufacturers. The Wrigley Company has been an important member of Chicago's candy industry since the ...
