Neighborhoods 6/27-28/97 Rolls 1-4 [Orig Neg]

June 27 – 28 1997

Unedited 16mm color negative footage shot for Perspective Films' "Neighborhoods" project. The footage focuses on unique architecture in Chicago's Lincoln Park, Gold Coast, Old Town, Ukrainian Village, Lakeview, Humboldt Park, Wicker Park, Little Village, Pilsen, and Avondale neighborhoods. Most of these neighborhoods have historically been ethnic enclaves for immigrant communities, including from Germany, Mexico, Czechia, Ukraine, and Poland.

Buildings, businesses and locations featured include:
00:05 - 02:50 Germania Place (108 W Germania Pl)
02:50 - 04:15 Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts (4 W Burton Pl)
04:15 - 04:55 Charnley-Persky House Museum (1365 N Astor St)
04:55 - 07:33 St. Michael Catholic Church (1633 N Cleveland Ave) and St. Michael’s Parish Center (458 W Eugenie St)
07:47 - 08:52 Yondorf Block and Hall (758 W North Ave)
08:53 - 09:42 Zangerle Building (1536 N Halsted St)
09:43 - 12:26 St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral (835 N Oakley Blvd)
12:27 - 14:16 2200 and 2300 blocks of W Chicago Ave, with various businesses visible: Ukrainian Village Grocery, Galan's, ATA, Best Florist, Stauropegion Ukrainian Bookstore, Ukrainian American Club, Meest-Karpaty, Sam Lee Laundry Cleaner, Delta Import, Chicago Style, Grand Auto & Truck Center, Sak's Ukrainian Village Restaurant & Lounge, Ukrainian Books and Gift Shop, Ukrainian Institute, and Selfreliance Ukrainian Federal Credit Union
14:17 - 15:03 Schuba's Tavern (3159 N Southport Ave)
15:20 - 15:59 The intersection of W North Ave and N Francisco Ave just north of Humboldt Park, featuring El Rincon Del Amor Inc. (2906 W North Ave) 
16:31 - 17:38 Statues of Leif Erikson and Alexander von Humboldt in Humboldt Park
17:51 - 18:56 Wood Bee (1801 W Division St, with its colorful Schlitz logo) and Celluloid Moviebar (1805 W Division St) ("There is an operation in Chicago known as the "Celluloid Moviebar," which shows films regularly, yet despite — or perhaps because of — their name, they show everything on video." — Fred Camper, 1998)
18:57 - 19:30 Little Village Arch (West 26th Street & S Troy St)
19:31 - 19:40 Los 2 Laredos Taqueria
19:41 - 20:23 Plzensky Sokol (1812 S Ashland Ave)
20:24 - 21:55 Thalia Hall (1807 S Allport St)
21:56 - 22:55 St. Procopius Catholic Church (1641 S Allport St)
22:56 - 23: 24 Cafe Jumping Bean (1439 W 18th St)
23:25 - 24:12 Mural at 1813 S Bishop St decrying gentrification in Pilsen
24:13 - 24:35 Czesky Slavonsky Americky Sokol (1438 W 18th St)
24:36 - 25:12 Looking east down the 1300 block of W 18th St, with a view of Acapulco Escuela de Manejo
25:13 - 25:59 Rudy Lozano Branch of the Chicago Public Library (1805 S Loomis St)
26:00 - 26:21 Skola Sv. Prokopska (St. Procopius School) (1625 S Allport St)
26:28 - 27:56 Polish-language signs near N Milwaukee & N Hamlin Aves ("Honorary Polish Village"), including Galeria Polskiej Książki, Polamer mail order company (Biuro podróży), a business advertising Polish music and film development at Milwaukee and N Avers Ave, and a flower shop selling edelweiss (Kwiaty Szarotka).

16mm

1,100 feet

Color

Silent

1/1

Yes

Negatives

Documentary

Unedited

Architecture
City and town life
Polish Americans
Mexican Americans
Emigration and immigration
Business
Local transit