Now, will it be easy for me to begin to write a story about three animated cartoons that aired in Chicago during our favorite children’s shows on… Read more “Watching Hardrock, Coco, Joe, Suzy Snowflake and Frosty The Snowman on WGN-TV Channel 9 while growing up in Chicago.”

  Today I will be writing about my memories of shopping at the A&P in Chicago. A&P founded as The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company in… Read more “Memories of shopping at the A&P in Chicago”

Today I am writing about my memories of John’s Garage Restaurant. They were three locations in the Chicagoland area. Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, IL, Hawthorne Shopping Center… Read more “My Memories of John’s Garage Restaurant and Filling Station at Ford City Shopping Center in Chicago.”

You can view the photos here or on my Facebook page Vanished Chicagoland. Thank you!

Sesame Street premiered on November 10, 1969, on WTTW-TV Channel 11 in Chicago. I was in the first grade when I first watched it, and my family… Read more “Happy 50th Anniversary to Sesame Street! My story on classic sketches, memorable cartoons, and forgotten characters.”

Hi everyone! Today I will be writing that famous toy store, Children’s Bargain Town U.S.A. that was in business prominently in the late 1950s, 1960s and early… Read more “Bargain Town! Bargain Town! Bargain Town! My memories of that wonderful toy store in Chicago.”