Then and Now, Milwaukee-Kilbourn

Our location is a few blocks southeast of the triple intersection of Milwaukee-Irving Park-Cicero. In 1951 one of the city’s natural-gas holders towered over the neighborhood. The photo was taken from the station platform of the Milwaukee Road railroad.

Today the above-ground storage tanks are seen no more in Chicago. Town houses have sprung up in this area. Trains still run on the Milwaukee Road right-of-way, though now they are part of Metra or Amtrak.

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