The 5000 block of N. Ridgeway in Albany Park, featuring Arts and Crafts and Prairie-influenced two-flats.

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1. Don Minow says:

   May 11, 2021 at 7:38 pm

   I just came across your wonderful “Walking Tour of Albany Park’s Corner Buildings”.

   I have just completed my memoir and there are items in it of fond memories of my youth in Albany Park in the 1938-1947 time frame. I’m including the URL for my memoir and I think it will fill in some of the material you addressed in your walking tour.

   I invite you to go to pages 74t through 89 and use any of my material as you wish.

   I made one major error in my memoir.

   I located the Buffalo Ice cream parlor at the Lawrence-Pulaski intersection. It was at the Irving Park-Pulaski intersection.

   Also, perhaps my mention of the White Castle as being across Kimball from the El station is incorrect; your piece tells me that it might have been Cooper and Cooper. Time does diminish one’s memory!

   Here is the url to access my memoir on the cloud.

   https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:1efe5801-7974-4b3b-a1b2-a5982fccd41

   Don Minow
   dminow@comcast.net
   Oro Valley, Arizona.
   May 11, 2021

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