Chicago Archives - Forgotten Galicia https://forgottengalicia.com/tag/chicago/ Remnants of the past found in Lviv, Galicia & the former Austrian Empire Sat, 03 Jul 2021 11:03:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://forgottengalicia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Bird-150x150.png Chicago Archives - Forgotten Galicia https://forgottengalicia.com/tag/chicago/ 32 32 Antique Iron Fences in Chicago https://forgottengalicia.com/antique-iron-fences-chicago/ https://forgottengalicia.com/antique-iron-fences-chicago/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2014 09:29:13 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=518 I discovered some old fences while in the States this summer—first I found several beautiful antique fences on Hoyne Street in Chicago, and then I came across some in my suburb and in Annapolis, and now back in Lviv I have also started paying attention to them. In all three places—Chicago, […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/antique-iron-fences-chicago/feed/ 2 Iron Fire Escapes https://forgottengalicia.com/iron-fire-escapes/ https://forgottengalicia.com/iron-fire-escapes/#respond Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:20:38 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=415 Something that I haven’t noticed in Lviv and Europe in general is iron fire escapes on the sides of buildings. I read that the reason such fire escapes are a rarity in Europe is because European cities have a long history of fire prevention and safety and were always ahead […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/iron-fire-escapes/feed/ 0 Mailbox with Speaking Tubes https://forgottengalicia.com/mailbox-speaking-tubes/ https://forgottengalicia.com/mailbox-speaking-tubes/#respond Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:31:49 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=865 I saw this antique brass three-unit mailbox with old-fashioned speaking tubes and doorbells in an apartment building that was built in 1904 in the Ukrainian Village in Chicago. I’m guessing it was installed either when the building was built or no later than the 1920s. Currently there is a modern […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/mailbox-speaking-tubes/feed/ 0 Ghost Signs in Chicago https://forgottengalicia.com/ghost-signs-chicago/ https://forgottengalicia.com/ghost-signs-chicago/#respond Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:52:36 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=1221 Chicago has its share of ghost signs. Here a few from a couple neighborhoods on the north side of the city. The first one is an old ad for the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company, which was based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Schlitz brewery was opened in 1858 and in 1902 […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/ghost-signs-chicago/feed/ 0 Ukrainian-Language Ghost Sign in Chicago https://forgottengalicia.com/ukrainian-language-ghost-sign-chicago/ https://forgottengalicia.com/ukrainian-language-ghost-sign-chicago/#respond Thu, 27 Dec 2012 06:53:42 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=357 Due to historical reasons, there are very few Ukrainian-language ghost signs in Ukraine, but in the Ukrainian Village (a neighborhood on the north side of the city) in Chicago, there is one in Ukrainian, and it is possible that there had been more. The one that I found is for […]

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