Memories of Jeffrey Manor??

[hendersj31]

Sounds like the tornado(or one of a series) that hit Oak Lawn and wiped out the roller rink as well as a lot of other stuff. Killed 33 people. Was a bad day for sure.

Originally Posted by dcisive

I remember one winter around the mid 60's the street were frozen over completely and I literally ice skated across several street unabated. What seemed like a nice long bike ride to the steel mill areas was fascinating too. I even remember one Friday late afternoon there was a tornado just west of the Manor that took out trees big time with tons of branches everywhere and some folks had tiles blown off their roofs. That was both scary and exciting.

[dcisive]

Yup I believe that was the one.

[Manigault]

Originally Posted by dcisive

Yo Manigault. All one has to do is read or listen to Chicago's news.

No, I can look out my door. Or ask the white guy across the street from me.

Originally Posted by dcisive

Sadly the "Manor" is a far cry from days of old.

Sic transit gloria mundi, bud. 'Leave it to Beaver' is over everywhere.

Originally Posted by dcisive

it's reputation was gained for a credible reason.

Reputation is opinion. You should go with empiricism.

Originally Posted by dcisive

I'm sure you're a good and decent person indeed. In no way a member of the gangs that infested that neighborhood. They are by far the reason for it's demise.

There are gangs everywhere in Chicago but the Manor is not really an infested or 'controlled' area.

Originally Posted by dcisive

Bensley Park and several others seem to be a gathering place of the trouble that has plagued your neighborhood.

How do you know? I am close enough to there to hear what is going on. It is pretty quiet; not really a gathering place.

Originally Posted by dcisive

A quick visit over to Youtube will reveal your trouble makers and their sick videos of how they love to fight and cause trouble.

That video is years old. It is not today's reality.

Originally Posted by dcisive

Our move was timed rather perfectly. My High School days on the North Shore were great and nothing but enjoying. Sorry if there are folks out there that don't have that option.

Sorry for your troubles. I could relate my experiences being set upon by white dudes in the sixties but war stories can be very irrelevant. Better we deal with current happenings.

[Manigault]

Originally Posted by dcisive

Who knows.......maybe a book will come out of all this.

Check: https://www.chicagojewishnews.com/20...th-shore-high/

https://www.chicagojewishnews.com/20...sh-south-side/

https://louisrosen.com/the_south_side_book__stage/

Pied Piper of South Shore

[dcisive]

Thanks for those links. That was a real step back in time. So many of those experiences mimic mine with my dad and grandfather as well. Yeah the South Side will always take up a part of my memory no doubt about it. But I much prefer to remember it as indeed it was.

[worldbeat99]

I remember living in Jeffrey Manor in the 60s. Bennie's candy store, Luella, Our Lady Gate of Heaven, Sol's Drug Store (Rosie at the counter). Years later I became a writer and wrote a short dark comic play about Richard Speck that was well reviewed in the Chicago Tribune.

-- Dwight Okita

[url]www.DwightOkita.com[/url]

[Manigault]

Originally Posted by worldbeat99

I remember living in Jeffrey Manor in the 60s. Bennie's candy store, Luella, Our Lady Gate of Heaven, Sol's Drug Store (Rosie at the counter).

The archdiocese just closed Our Lady Gate of Heaven. Too few remaining parishioners.

[SLIM100]

Can someone please tell me the name of the bowling alley that was located on 95th St.?

[dcisive]

Sorry but my senior memory is apparently devoid of the name of that bowling alley. But there was a great memory from that place when I was a little kid in the Manor when it had all it's businesses at 95th street which we all shopped at. There was the A&P of course at the end of the strip on it's East side. Then there was a shoe store, a bakery, an ACE Hardware run by Mel Lewis who just passed away a year ago as he was in his 90's. Schlagels 5&Dime, Pinzer's Drug Store. Even my doctor, who used to come to our homes when we were sick or to get a checkup had offices in that area just behind the stores in that breezeway behind Pinzer's. Topp's Restaurant was my parents favorite place to take us for Saturday breakfast's and Ice Cream Sundaes. Heck in the summertime there was a guy who made his way through the neighborhood with a converted bus and he sharpened knives, had a dill pickle barrel and lots of goodies. I can even remember this old guy that had a converted bicycle with a popcorn maker on it's front and sold popcorn through the neighborhood as he road around. it was a very tight neighborhood indeed and extremely safe (unlike today). It seems whenever I'd check out the news there had been a shooting at one of the several parks around the Manor with some gang member or uninvolved child killed. Very sad indeed. I see record numbers of people are leaving Illinois as well. Sadly not those in the South Side as they can't afford to move. Thanks to the legislature and those that run Chicago it will end up a useless sewer in the coming years. They will lose their tax base due to their own mishandling of funds and corruption. Like I've said before I so prefer to just remember it as it was over 50 years ago and leave it at that. Nobody can save them at this point.