Then and Now, North-Clybourn

In 1965 the Clybourn Avenue corridor was given over to mostly industrial use. So was North Avenue going west to the river. The giant gas storage tank can be seen as a symbol of what the neighborhood was like a half-century ago.

Gentrification began creeping in here during the late 1980s. Today the area centered around North-Clybourn is one of the city’s major shopping districts. And an appropriate symbol of the changing neighborhood is visible in the contemporary photo—the Crate & Barrel store.

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