Nov 22, 2008 · The lanes split off at Roosevelt Road and reconvened around 24th place, directly after the 23rd Street Viaduct’s southern on/off ramp. With the reconfiguration, all LSD traffic was placed …

Jun 1, 2015 · Saint John's Lutheran Parrish on Montrose Ave. had bowling four lanes in the basement of the church. Last of the church alleys in Chicago. Empire Bowl on Milwaukee Ave. was a second floor …

Hi-Spot Lanes at 6310 W. Grand Avenue, on the Northwest side. Building is still there, but it's a Mexican night club, I believe. I used to bowl here a lot in the 1980s with neighborhood friends, and then play …

Other bowling alleys in the area that closed were: Scottsdale Lanes, Ford City Bowl, Miami Bowl, Archer Kedzie Bowl, Argo Bowl, Evergreen Towers, Oak Lawn Bowl.

We hit Turner Lanes a lot, and a place called Bieg's Bowl, an upstairs alley (like Lincoln Square Lanes) that has since burned down, I think. There was Sim's and another tiny alley both in Des Plaines, …

Oct 22, 2012 · According to the book --- Oldest Chicago by David Anthony Witter --- the oldest bowling alley is Southport Lanes at 3325 N. Southport Avenue. Opened in 1922, and is the only bowling alley …

Laredo Lanes was the best. A great date place. A good walk to place, just for the hot dogs. When they were building it, you could still walk past the old Army surplus store near COlumbus and 85th. Across …

The map at left from 1938 shows the Ogden extension north of Chicago Avenue at its greatest length. The 2008 map at right indicates the location of the former right of way, and also shows the large …

Lincoln Lanes? On Lincoln Ave. near Roscoe, I think. It was on the second floor right next to the L tracks and tolerated a bunch of teenagers hanging around in the early sixties. Don't remember doing much …

Jul 1, 2009 · This 1939 rendering from the Tribune is a view west down Congress from Wells. It is an earlier version of the interchange between the Congress Expressway and Wacker Drive, which was …