#TBT – Throwback Thursday – Page 3 – Southport Corridor News and Events – Chicago, Illinois

Throwing it back to Tuesday’s big win

#Repost @schoolyardtavern
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Throwing it back to Tuesday’s big win ⚾️🐻 @cubs return home this Saturday for their 1st game in the #NLCS 🙌 Watch the 7:08 pm game with us at #SchoolyardTavern !
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#FlytheW #4cbars #GoCubsGo #chicagobars #chicagofoodscene #chicagofoodanddrink #chicagofoodauthority #eeeeeats #draaaaanks #drinks #beer #chicagonightlife #eaterchicago #infatuationchi #foodporn #forkyeah #foodstagram #sokophoto #alwayshungry #yum #southportcorridor #cocktails #sports #tbt #regram 📸 @cubs (at Schoolyard Tavern)

Patiently begging for her 1st Puppuccino

#Repost @wanderlustwedneday
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Patiently begging for her 1st Puppuccino. #doesntknowwhatscoming #puppuccino #whipcream #pup #starbucks #southport #deiathelab #southport #tbt (at Starbucks)

#TBT – Mystic Celt on Southport Avenue

#TBT on the @southportcorridorchicago 😎 (at Free People)

Blaine School on Southport in 1895

Southport Flashback to the late 1800’s, when Blaine Elementary School was first built, along with it\’s first class photo.

Turning Back Time – The Southport Corridor in 1995

Posted on our Facebook page, these photos show the grand opening of Kinko’s (FedEx) and Mail Boxes, Etc., and Leon Engels, which is now Anthropologie.

Southport and Roscoe in 1975

From Explore Chicago, here is a photo from 1975 at Southport and Roscoe.

And the same view today:

Southport in 1940

Take a look at what is now Coalfire Pizza on the Southport Corridor in 1940.

Do you remember Southport Department Store?

Located where Deleece/Grassroots and Mercury Theater are today was the Southport Department Store. This picture was taken in 1991 when the store closed it’s doors for good. Do you remember this place?

The Southport Corridor in the early 1900’s

A look at Chicago’s Southport Corridor looking south at Grace Street in the early 1900’s.

Southport in 1994

Southport in 1994 by Southport Corridor

Source: Flickr / southportcorridor

Southport in 1994

Southport Corridor in 1994 by Southport Corridor

Source: Flickr / southportcorridor

Flashback to the 1990’s on the Southport Corridor

Some photos from Forgotten Chicago of Southport in 1994. Amazing discovery!

1994 on the west side of the 3500 block of Southport. Taken from the old funeral home parking lot, it shows Renovation Source (gone), the future home of Kinkos (FedEx Office – soon to be razed for condos) and Mail Boxes Etc/UPS Store (moved down the block) which is now Anthroplogie.”