Really enjoyed these. Excellent photo essay. I worked near the stockyards as a teenager -- in Speigel's warehouse -- and I can still recall the smell. The Maxwell and Halsted street corner is a hoot. Last time I was there -- about 40 years ago or so -- it was still all ramshackle booths with hucksters pushing their wares. It's a corner stuck in my memory, because I was on that very corner when I heard that JFK had been shot in Dallas. I was 15 years old and had been dismissed from school early because it was a teacher meeting day, so my pals and I took the bus down to Maxwell Street. Radios were broadcasting the news and we heard it as we got off the bus.
Paul On Aug 25, 2013, at 9:10 PM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Everyone: > > Here's the PAW for this week > > http://www.caguila.com/paw2013/content/_IGP6792_large.html > > Darrel & I drove to the site of the old Chicago Stock Yards, which is now an > industrial park. But the old gate is a National Landmark. > > > Here's a quick 10 shot gallery of the views entering the area. Check out the > illustration of the famous hog wheel. > http://www.caguila.com/stockyard/index.html > > Also, here are some quick shots made from the car--just street scene stuff. > Paul & Ann--check out what's on the corner of Halsted and Maxwell streets now! > > http://www.caguila.com/quickstreet/index.html > > Felt good to be out for a morning Sunday drive. We also drove through the > Pilsen neighborhood and stopped in the Mexican Fine Arts Museum which was > very nice. I made some quick street shots from the car, but we didn't get > out and walk. We're planning to go back and walk around to get better shots. > > Cheers, Christine > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
