COLFAX AVE SOUTH SHORE CHICAGO - LOOKING SOUTH FROM THE SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF OUR OLD APARTMENT BUILDING NEAR 78TH STREET - I THINK THIS PICTURE GIVES A VERY GOOD IDEA OF THE "FEEL" OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS - UP THE BLOCK JUST BEHIND WHERE SOMEONE IS WALKING IS 79TH STREET, WHICH WAS A SHOPPING STREET - THE MUCH LOVED BON-TON RESTAURANT WAS ON THAT CORNER - IF YOU TURNED RIGHT IN A FEW DOORS DOWN WAS THE VENERABLE CUNIS ICE CREAM SHOP WHICH MADE ITS OWN CANDIES AND ICE CREAMS - CUNIS MADE THE MOST WONDERFUL ORIGINAL MILKSHAKES, THICK WITH REAL ICE CREAM AND IN FLAVORS LIKE CHOCOLATE CHIP OR ORANGE (MY FAVORITE) OR PEACH PLUS ALL THE USUAL FLAVORS - THE PATTERN IN TRADITIONAL CHICAGO APARTMENT NEIGHBORHOODS WAS FOR THERE TO BE A COMMERCIAL STREET EVERY 4 BLOCKS (IN SOUTH SHORE: 71ST AND 75TH AN 79TH) WITH EVERYTHING FROM GROCERIES AND PHARMACIES AND SHOE STORES TO WOOLWORTHS AND RESTAURANTS AND MOVIE THEATERS - SOME COMMERCIAL STREETS, LIKE 71ST STREET, GOT MORE ELEGANT WITH FINE CLOTHING SHOPS AND FINE DINING - THE ALLEYS RUNNING BEHIND THE BUILDINGS ON EVERY BLOCK WERE EFFECTIVELY SERVICE CORRIDORS WHERE GARBAGE WAS PICKED UP AND THINGS LIKE TELEPHONE POLES RAN (IT WAS VERY ADVANCED PLANNING FOR ITS DAY, WHICH WAS IN THE 1910s TO 1920S FOR THESE APARTMENT BUILDINGS) - RAINY DAY ON A VISIT FROM TORONTO - APRIL 1967 - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE