To get through this stretch of Belle Plaine, drivers must brave twin brick ornaments, one on each side of the street like the entrance to what would be a subdivision a few miles to the west, as safe as a toddler’s rubber spoon and usually named for whatever natural feature they tore down to make the subdivision. » Read the rest of this entry «
1,001 Chicago Afternoons
1,001 stories of life in Chicago, based on the 1920s Daily News column
Winner Peter Lisagor Award for Exemplary Journalism
Featured in the Chicago History Museum's "Chicago Authored" Exhibit