Chicago Cable Cars, a new book, breathes life into the forgotten story of how Chicago came to build the largest cable car system the world has ever seen. During a quarter century, three private cable car companies here carried more than one billion passengers. Published by The History Press in
Since Forgotten Chicago’s modest beginnings as a web site in November 2007, we have prided ourselves on the depth of our extensive research on the Chicago area’s overlooked built (and unbuilt) environment. In addition to writing articles, giving presentations, and conducting tours, Forgotten Chicago recognizes that an enormous
In October 2012, Forgotten Chicago concluded its fifth season of tours, having shared with over a thousand participants some of the Chicago area’s most overlooked, little known, and remarkable sites, most hiding in plain site, and nearly all unexplored in depth by any other organization. For our tour participants,
Courtesy LeRoy Blommaert, Edgewater Historical Society Original Shoreline Motel sales material of are exceedingly rare. In this brochure for The Tides, provided by the Edgewater Historical Society, this property is described as “more like a Caribbean Luxury Resort” than a mere motel on North Sheridan Road. This brochure is useful
Chuckman Collection The second Shoreline Motel, the Shore Drive, opened in Hyde Park in April 1956. Introduction A major business, trade, tourism and convention destination since the middle of the 19th century, Chicago has long been home to countless short-term accommodations for visitors and transients, from pioneer inns to massive