🌝 🎭 📷 @kengnell34
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#chicago #illinois #lakeview #musicboxtheatre #northside #southportcorridor #chicagogram #longexposure #longexposure_shots #nightscape #city #sony #sonyalpha #sonya6000 #artofchi #chiarchitecture #eyeinthechi #chi_shooters (at Music Box Theatre)
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Mr. T and Zeus posed for the gram on this epic hot afternoon!

🌸 🐶 📷 @mrt.thepittie
Mr. T and Zeus posed for the gram on this epic hot afternoon! #southportcorridor #lakeview #chicago #dogbuds #pitbull #pitbullsofinstagram #dogsofinstagram #zeus #mrtthepittie (at Southport Corridor)
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First summer rainbow ending in the heart of Boystown 🌈

🌈 🌞📷 @kt_allison
First summer rainbow ending in the heart of Boystown 🌈 ❤️🧡💛💚💙 #summertimechi #southportcorridor #wrigleyville #chicago #pride #perfectendingtojune (at Music Box Theatre)
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The 50th annual Chicago Pride Parade is Sunday, June 30 🏳️‍🌈 Everything you need to know for the parade is on GoPride ☝🏼 Link at @gopride

🏳️‍🌈❤️📷 @gopride
Four years ago the Supreme Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage. That VICTORY was celebrated at the 2015 Chicago Pride Parade. 🌈❤️ #lovewins
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The 50th annual Chicago Pride Parade is Sunday, June 30 🏳️‍🌈 Everything you need to know for the parade is on GoPride ☝🏼 Link at @gopride
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#lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtpride #pride2019 #pridemonth #chicagopride #chicagoprideparade #instagay #instagaychicago #lgbtchicago #gaychicago #boystown #boystownchicago #northalsted #loveislove (at Boystown)
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Pride at Gap Southport

🏳️‍🌈 @gap @southportcorridorchicago #Pride (at Gap)
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Chicago Pride Parade 2019 Details

Everything you need to know from Curbed Chicago:

Instagram photo by @_bayyro 
“This year marks the 50th anniversary of Chicago’s Pride Parade, one of the biggest events in the summer. All throughout the month of June there are LGBTQ events, parties and celebrations. Plus, Boystown just installed rainbow crosswalks.
The weekend before Pride Parade, there’s a two-day Pride Fest in Boystown which features four music stages, drag shows, and food trucks. Alternatively, there is Little Villages’ Dyke March, Andersonville’s Back Lot Bash, and Glenwood’s Pride North.
Thousands will be celebrating the LGBTQ community all month and about 1 million people are expected to attend Chicago’s Pride Parade at noon on Sunday, June 30. Here’s everything you need to know.

When is Pride Parade in Chicago?

The parade happens noon Sunday, June 30th and kicks off at Broadway and Montrose Avenue traveling from Buena Park to Boystown and then Lakeview.

What is the route?

The parade begins at the intersection of Broadway and Montrose. It will head south on Broadway to Halsted, then east on Belmont, then south on Broadway, and east on Diversey to Cannon Drive.

Where can I watch the parade?

Anywhere along the parade route is great, but we recommend the blocks on Broadway and Halsted in the heart of Boystown.

What’s the best way to get there?

Take the Red Line and get off at Wilson, Sheridan, Addison, or Belmont stations. Know that the Belmont station usually becomes the most crowded. There will be extra service the day of the parade.
Lakefront bus routes will be operating and will make it easy to get to the parade location from north neighborhoods or downtown. Try No. 146 Inner Drive/Michigan Express and No. 151 Sheridan.
Buses that will be rerouted include: No. 8 Halsted, No. 22 Clark, No. 36 Broadway, No. 76 Diversey, No. 77 Belmont, No. 78 Montrose, No. 151 Sheridan, No. 152 Addison. Find updated information on each route through the CTA website.

What streets will be closed and when?

The streets along the route will have rolling closures as the parade, which kicks off at noon, moves south and then east for about two to three hours. After the parade passes, the city will work to reopen streets quickly.
The assembly area and parade queue near Broadway and Montrose will close streets at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday. Here is a map of these areas.
A parking ban on both sides of parade route streets will begin at 5 a.m. and last until 8 p.m. on Sunday.

Where can pedestrians cross the parade route?

If you need to cross the parade route, police officers will be assisting pedestrians at nine intersections. Here’s where you’ll be able to pass:
  • Montrose Avenue at Broadway
  • Irving Park Road at Broadway
  • Grace Street at Halsted Street
  • Addison Street at Halsted Street
  • Roscoe Street at Halsted Street
  • Wellington Avenue at Broadway
  • Aldine Street at Halsted Street
  • Cornelia Avenue at Halsted Street
  • Oakdale Avenue at Broadway

Where can I use the bathroom or find special services?

There will be portable restrooms stationed along the parade queue street near Broadway and Montrose, and also along the parade route.
For seniors or people in wheelchairs, the recommended viewing area is near 600 West Diversey. This area will be less crowded and has bathrooms for anyone with physical challenges.
Cooling buses will be stationed on:
  • Halsted Street, south of Belmont Avenue
  • Addison Street, just west of Halsted Street
  • Belmont Avenue, east of Broadway
  • Wilton Avenue north of Belmont Avenue
  • Buena Avenue, west of Broadway
Fire department first aid stations will be located at:
  • 901 West Addison Street
  • 765 West Roscoe Street
  • 3165 North Halsted Street
  • 561 West Surf Street
  • 802 West Roscoe Street”

Now Hiring: Hairdresser at Artis Senior Living

Artis Senior Living of Lakeview is looking for a hairdresser who has experience with or a love of working with seniors. Someone with some knowledge of working with a person with dementia or memory loss is preferred. This person can set their own prices and set their own hours. Since they are a new community, they are looking for someone who is looking to grow with them as they have more residents joining the community. Anyone who is interested can reach out to 773.697.9003 or kfagan@artismgmt.com. Artis is located at 3535 N. Ashland Avenue.

Old Southport: Zum Deutschen Eck

A throwback to the last half of the 20th Century is Zum Deutschen Eck.  From Chicago Bar Project:

“Perhaps the largest German restaurant and “bierstube” in Chicago, many mourned the abrupt closure of Zum Deutschen Eck in January 9, 2000. In recognition of the sixth anniversary of its departure, the Chicago Bar Project presents this page in memoriam for what in German meant, “The German Corner.”

Not to be confused with many hotels by the same name in present day Germany, Zum Deutschen Eck was one of the most popular German restaurants in all of Chicago since it originally opened in the 1950s. Since it closed, many felt great sadness and dismay as this piece of Chicago history was torn down and replaced by a parking lot for the Athenaeum Theatre, which took a fair bit of doing considering that the old Tudor-style building took up the entire corner of Southport and George.

Several have since had to find a new place for their regular pilgrimages to what many regarded as the best Bavarian chalet in the city. Some blame the son of the original owner, Al Wirth Jr., for taking the money and running, leaving the loyalists without their beloved Zum Deutschen Eck. But, as with anything, life moves on…”

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Spring 2019 on Chicago’s Southport Corridor

We had an endless winter and cold, dreary spring, but the sun is finally shining and the Southport Corridor is getting ready for Summer. Here’s a tour around the ‘Port during the Spring of 2019.

Lush, Warby Parker, Bonobos

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Music Box Theater – then and now

Way back Wednesday 📷 @musicboxchicago
We’re coming up on 90 years this August…
(at Music Box Theatre)
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📷 @nancymariephotographychicago
Every CTA stop should be as cool as this ☝️ ✨✨✨ #chicagofamilyphotographer #chicagofamilylifestylesession #lifestylesession #chicagolifestylenewbornphotographer #chicagonewbornphotographer #lakeview #lakeviewphotographer #thisislakeview #southportcorridor #southportcorridorphotographer #downtownchicagophotographer #chicagoweddingphotographer #downtownchicagoweddingphotographer #chicagomoms #christmasdreams #momtogcommunity #ctabrownline (at CTA – Paulina)
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Southport Corridor’s Trick or Treat Stroll

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🎃 Halloween at @lowegroupchicago #TrickOrTreatSouthport #southportcooridor @compass #dogsofcompass @southportcorridorchicago (at Southport Corridor Chicago)
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