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Title: A couple interesting shots from Ello
Post by: chuck on July 03, 2019, 11:57:10 AM

This photographer is currently scanning old photos.  A couple for the group...

Sun Times: https://ello.co/ellorailways/post/6girblzm36-fxnktbjnvlq
Can't place this at all, maybe IC lakefront: https://ello.co/capnvideo/post/dqf3xcsx303wrxmdr3omxq
Illinois Center?: https://ello.co/capnvideo/post/nbxbmfhkaoum_2x4iskrag
IC Loading Dock: https://ello.co/capnvideo/post/lmel5gngy4ro-ipcqvh-hq
IC Loading Dock: https://ello.co/capnvideo/post/pmixyd6af1wujklx7h4iwq
Navy Pier Line?: https://ello.co/capnvideo/post/clxc8rz40n2itejugewp7a
Navy Pier Line Tear Down: https://ello.co/capnvideo/post/r2h0---bqcdynxmjj5uztg

Check out his main page for various Chicago shots: https://ello.co/capnvideo

Title: Re: A couple interesting shots from Ello
Post by: chrism on July 10, 2019, 06:29:11 PM

I'm curious about that second one myself

Title: Re: A couple interesting shots from Ello
Post by: haggar on July 14, 2019, 04:24:31 PM

These are great pics, thanks for sharing.
The one noted as "Navy Pier Line?" looks to be the IC just south of the river. Across you can see the Equitable Building and in the distance the old Carriage House.

Joe

Title: Re: A couple interesting shots from Ello
Post by: haggar on July 17, 2019, 06:09:10 PM

I think that second picture is looking south toward the Prudential Building.  Look to the far left and you'll see a loading dock with a sign "piggyback blocking dock".  That looks to be the main building in another shot listed as "IC Loading Dock".  In that pic you can see the same style row of dock lights and the bridge looks similar with that square gusset.

Joe

Title: Re: A couple interesting shots from Ello
Post by: TBurke on August 05, 2019, 03:39:57 PM

Good catches.  On the one labeled Navy Pier Teardown there's a boxcar in the background, to the east, along the North Pier Terminal Building.  So my guess is that they had to clear the debris over the tracks in the foreground for the C&NW to retrieve it.  As you can see from this Flickr photo the tracks were in place several years after abandonment.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/39092860@N06/45814250341/in/photolist-2cNs1rn-2cNs1tX-2ecjPAd-2d9QDg3-QFUiuA-2cPBCvx-2cPBCxX-2cNs1sp

According to www.historicaerials.com that building being torn down was already gone by 1972 and service continued out to Navy Pier at least into the the late 1970s, then was cut back to Lower Michigan Avenue in 1981 when the Tribune moved newspaper printing to its new Freedom Center plant on the west.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/chuckzeiler/26696759359/in/photolist-GF6Sst-oyuKiT-HEYniE-STR2dT-cTC7zW-9hthB2-9q8BmK-FsbLh7-J5do7a-sWWazA-4V5F22-raedEy-s4VjoC-KFbseY-JU7nVr-rMP4VX-zrK9KB-z9iRQ5-zrDoUp-zrFnxt-ovRzZa-cpcDKo-aq4i8z-offkB6-dwfkkF-oyuHGr-onosyE-aWHzYx-7FpRSE-HizuTf-otPDj3-thEoqK-d2kGcU-oh4zqJ-i38m6y-h89poR-eZJ5WR-akQcUN-9XqRu6-8teU4a-8thT6S-8sZ6Pf-8pmfDw-8pmemb-7pdWgM-7hTNiB-7hXr3y-7hTv1F-7hXqT1-7gFoQp

I believe the building being town down belonged to the Tribune and was used to receive and store newsprint by ship off the Ogden Slip which was later filled in in this section in the mid-1980s when North Pier Terminal was redeveloped into a retail and dining entertainment spot.

Title: Re: A couple interesting shots from Ello
Post by: Jeff Wingstrom on August 12, 2019, 03:00:09 AM

Quote from: chuck on July 03, 2019, 11:57:10 AM

Can't place this at all, maybe IC lakefront: https://ello.co/capnvideo/post/dqf3xcsx303wrxmdr3omxq

Quote from: haggar on July 17, 2019, 06:09:10 PM

I think that second picture is looking south toward the Prudential Building.  Look to the far left and you'll see a loading dock with a sign "piggyback blocking dock".  That looks to be the main building in another shot listed as "IC Loading Dock".  In that pic you can see the same style row of dock lights and the bridge looks similar with that square gusset.

Joe

Joe's right - I knew that looked familiar..  https://goo.gl/maps/XUjiCm39SGnnvAaG7
Great series of pics. I've worked in 2Prudential for a decade+ and have wondered how this weirdly undeveloped plot fit into the layout of the pre-Illinois Center IC yards. There's a small patch of brick pavers visible in the northeast corner of the lot. Looking at the Sanborn maps .. IC had a *lot* of trackage in that area.

Title: Re: A couple interesting shots from Ello
Post by: Jeff Wingstrom on August 12, 2019, 03:07:24 AM

Quote from: TBurke on August 05, 2019, 03:39:57 PM

https://www.flickr.com/photos/chuckzeiler/26696759359/in/photolist-GF6Sst-oyuKiT-HEYniE-STR2dT-cTC7zW-9hthB2-9q8BmK-FsbLh7-J5do7a-sWWazA-4V5F22-raedEy-s4VjoC-KFbseY-JU7nVr-rMP4VX-zrK9KB-z9iRQ5-zrDoUp-zrFnxt-ovRzZa-cpcDKo-aq4i8z-offkB6-dwfkkF-oyuHGr-onosyE-aWHzYx-7FpRSE-HizuTf-otPDj3-thEoqK-d2kGcU-oh4zqJ-i38m6y-h89poR-eZJ5WR-akQcUN-9XqRu6-8teU4a-8thT6S-8sZ6Pf-8pmfDw-8pmemb-7pdWgM-7hTNiB-7hXr3y-7hTv1F-7hXqT1-7gFoQp

That is such a classic, there's so much to look at. I noticed this older pic, similar angle from the Ello collection:
https://ello.co/capnvideo/post/y_me_bu0ajv9oumxgkptlg

Title: Re: A couple interesting shots from Ello
Post by: themats on September 27, 2019, 02:01:24 PM

Navy pier:

https://ello.co/capnvideo/post/ayf3-sd6sxdyqfzndttn9g (https://ello.co/capnvideo/post/ayf3-sd6sxdyqfzndttn9g)
https://ello.co/capnvideo/post/706t_4igowbu6wxfp5yiyg (https://ello.co/capnvideo/post/706t_4igowbu6wxfp5yiyg)

Along the river:

https://ello.co/capnvideo/post/ryc0qrx3l0zfisapbxxfga (https://ello.co/capnvideo/post/ryc0qrx3l0zfisapbxxfga)

Title: Re: A couple interesting shots from Ello
Post by: Jeff Wingstrom on October 23, 2019, 06:56:08 PM

Quote from: themats on September 27, 2019, 02:01:24 PM

Along the river:

https://ello.co/capnvideo/post/ryc0qrx3l0zfisapbxxfga (https://ello.co/capnvideo/post/ryc0qrx3l0zfisapbxxfga)

Has anyone ever found any street-level shots of the street trackage on the left side of this photo?

That Baby Ruth building is begging to be modeled..