My apologies If my memory has faded on its exact location. I found out that the address was
1856 N. Kostner Ave. http://www.flickr.com/photos/chiski/sets/72157628410700907/detail/
I seem to remember the days in which i played in Greenbaum park, Wabansia and Kildare, and from the park you could view the side of the Schwinn factory and its factory doors with trucks. AS I look at Google maps I see that viewing the park from the sky,,it is shaped somewhat like a 7 which would have taken the park further west past Kildare.
Was the park in that pattern back then? I dont remember -LOL.At any rate,,YES it was on Kostner..check out the link to those photographs..
Hi GFeret the Schwinn factory was at Kildare ave. and Wabansia ave. (in-between Kildare and Kostner of course) My oldest brother had his first part time summer job there back in the mid ‘70s
i looked Greg up in our old grad pics.i remember him. I believe that both guys were just acquaintances of mine. I dont think they would have remembered me at all.
Hi there Deliza, I graduated in 1972 with a Dan Gianotti @ Alfred Nobel school. I bet your related. Tell him i said hi. You should go to FaceBook, there are 2 sites you’d like to join~ “North ave Pulaski historic” and “Alfred Nobel elementary” see you around the neighborhood..
Wow hello June ! I grew up at Harding and North ave. I also went to Nobel grammar school. I graduated from there in 1972,(a little later than you did obviously). Thanks for sharing your memories.
Hi Scrabble your online i see.lol. I only knew that it was the original bank due to the library’s buildings facade inscription at the top
‘PIONEER BANK’
Got to get to work now..Hey i would LOVE to share stories with you one day,
Scrabble~~Hi there WOW what a great memory you have! Did you ever go to the public library on the east side of Pulaski just north of North ave. It was across from the record store too. If you did go there did you ever notice that it was the original Pioneer bank??
One more thing, I remember the Woolworth fire at North and Pulaski. Being that we lived a few doors away we saw everything from our back windows. Billowing smoke etc etc. I walked on over to North ave to watch the firemen fight the fire. It was so brutally cold that day. The streets were thick with firehoses and freezing slush up to the curbs. I kept thinking of the animals in the pet dept at the back of the store.
Im 51 now and I grew up at Harding and North ave. TIFFIN was THE place to go. In fact ,during the early 70s my Dad worked partime as a ticket taker there and so i got to see many many pics(for free!)and helped to close up the theater too. Im glad to have found this site. There is a cool pic of the Tiffin at the OLAFIRE website as well as a few pics of Grand and Pulaski circa 1972. Jimmys Hotdogs is very visible! Thanks Ken for those links.
My apologies If my memory has faded on its exact location. I found out that the address was 1856 N. Kostner Ave. http://www.flickr.com/photos/chiski/sets/72157628410700907/detail/ I seem to remember the days in which i played in Greenbaum park, Wabansia and Kildare, and from the park you could view the side of the Schwinn factory and its factory doors with trucks. AS I look at Google maps I see that viewing the park from the sky,,it is shaped somewhat like a 7 which would have taken the park further west past Kildare. Was the park in that pattern back then? I dont remember -LOL.At any rate,,YES it was on Kostner..check out the link to those photographs..
Hi GFeret the Schwinn factory was at Kildare ave. and Wabansia ave. (in-between Kildare and Kostner of course) My oldest brother had his first part time summer job there back in the mid ‘70s
I will stop in at Canoe Base and speak with the owner about this topic. Ralph is a good guy to know.
wow Scrabble a memory that can never fade away..That building is long gone now.
Vito’s was on North ave. about a block east of the Tiffin.
i looked Greg up in our old grad pics.i remember him. I believe that both guys were just acquaintances of mine. I dont think they would have remembered me at all.
Hi there Deliza, I graduated in 1972 with a Dan Gianotti @ Alfred Nobel school. I bet your related. Tell him i said hi. You should go to FaceBook, there are 2 sites you’d like to join~ “North ave Pulaski historic” and “Alfred Nobel elementary” see you around the neighborhood..
I was there too Rob,,hey ive seen you at the N & P historic FB site,,hi rob
that is fantastic! see you there
Wow hello June ! I grew up at Harding and North ave. I also went to Nobel grammar school. I graduated from there in 1972,(a little later than you did obviously). Thanks for sharing your memories.
Hi Scrabble your online i see.lol. I only knew that it was the original bank due to the library’s buildings facade inscription at the top
‘PIONEER BANK’
Got to get to work now..Hey i would LOVE to share stories with you one day,
Scrabble~~Hi there WOW what a great memory you have! Did you ever go to the public library on the east side of Pulaski just north of North ave. It was across from the record store too. If you did go there did you ever notice that it was the original Pioneer bank??
One more thing, I remember the Woolworth fire at North and Pulaski. Being that we lived a few doors away we saw everything from our back windows. Billowing smoke etc etc. I walked on over to North ave to watch the firemen fight the fire. It was so brutally cold that day. The streets were thick with firehoses and freezing slush up to the curbs. I kept thinking of the animals in the pet dept at the back of the store.
Im 51 now and I grew up at Harding and North ave. TIFFIN was THE place to go. In fact ,during the early 70s my Dad worked partime as a ticket taker there and so i got to see many many pics(for free!)and helped to close up the theater too. Im glad to have found this site. There is a cool pic of the Tiffin at the OLAFIRE website as well as a few pics of Grand and Pulaski circa 1972. Jimmys Hotdogs is very visible! Thanks Ken for those links.