Pilsen Chicago

2023 S. Ashland Ave. I lived here from about 1966 to September 1969

The synagogue owned by St. Pius 1970. Cullerton and Ashland

Man eating taco on Blue Island. 2008.

Benito Juarez High School.

Peter Cooper Elementary. I went to 4th and 5th grade here.

Peter Cooper Upper Grade Center during the old days. I graduated from here in 1970.

St. Adalberts, where all the immigrant Polish kids remaining on our block went to school.

 

Nuevo Leon.

 

El Nopal has been here forever it seems. Great bakery!

 

I loved to eat here when I was a kid.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Underneath the L tracks near Wood Street and Cullerton. 1982.

Pilsen Murals

Murals on wall of St. Vitus