Then and Now, Central-Pensacola

We are one short block south of Montrose Avenue. In 1972, with regular trolley bus service ended on Central Avenue, the vehicle in the older photo is on its way from the Elston-Armstrong barn to begin its run on the Irving Park Road line. This is my old neighborhood, and I remember when the Armanetti liquor store in the 1972 photo had been a National grocery store.

In 2018 the trolley buses are gone from Chicago. So are the Nationals and most of the Armanettis. Today a Walgreen’s complex occupies the entire block.

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