UPTOWN CHICAGO COMMISSION, ca. 1955-1975

Storage: Box Lot ( 3 8 x10 in. boxes, 2 11 x 14 in. boxes)

Accession Number: G1987.0312

Primarily includes photoprints of buildings and streets in the Uptown community of Chicago (Ill.) as well as the activities of the Uptown Chicago Commission. Also includes

a set of ca. 75 slides that document the Old Town neighborhood. Most buildings and sites are identified.

Box 1 of 3 (Black & white photoprints)

1 Banquets

2 Buildings--Abandoned buildings

3 Demolition

4 Education--Schools

5 Education--Universities & colleges

6 Events

7 Events--Demonstrations

8 Events--Meetings

9 Industry--Construction industry

10 People

11 People--Men

12 Planning drawings--Uptown Community Area

13 Prostitution

14 Streets

15 Streets--Agatite Avenue

16 Streets--Beacon Street

17 Streets--Broadway Avenue

18 Streets--Clarendon Avenue

19 Streets--Clifton Avenue

20 Streets--Eastwood Avenue

Box 2 of 3

1 Streets--Hazel Street

2 Streets--Kenmore Avenue

3 Streets--Lawrence Avenue

4 Streets--Montrose Avenue

5 Streets--Racine Avenue

6 Streets--Sheridan Road

7 Streets--Sunnyside Avenue

8 Streets--Wilson Avenue

9 Streets--Windsor Avenue

10 Streets--Winthrop Avenue

11 Transportation facilities--Railroad facilities--Elevated railroad stations

12 Urban beautification

13 Urban beautification

14 Women--Clothing & dress

Box 3 of 3

1 Organizations--Commercial organizations--Business enterprises--Hotels & taverns

CP0178 (Color photoprints)

1 Buildings--Abandoned buildings

2 Events

T0196 (Transparencies)

1 Dwellings--Apartment houses--Interiors

2 Events

3 Planning drawings

4 Streets--Lincoln Park "Old Town" Community Area

5 Streets--Uptown Community Area