Prairie Joe’s 1921 Central St, Evanston
Prairie Joe’s 1921 Central St, Evanston
Prairie Joe’s, 1921 Central St. has been there for quite some time, and was a diner forever before it was Prairie Joe’s.
Prairie Joe’s
Category: Suburbs
Glenview Vistas
Power lines Corner of Lake Ave and “Unnamed Rd.”, Glenview
Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad Corner of Lake Ave and “Unnamed Rd.”, Glenview
Right at the Glenview city limits, on Lake and what Google maps calls “Unnamed Rd.”, running alongside the Edens. The tracks were once the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad.
Lincolnwood Service Station
2949 Central St, Evanston
2949 Central St, Evanston
God Loves Us All at the Lincolnwood Service Station.
Meier’s Tavern
It is a fully functional time machine. With tater tots. It’s not even “retro”, it just is what it is. Meier’s Tavern.
Train vista
Truthfully, I don’t know where this was. I’m going to put it in Whiting, IN.
Gary Indiana, Gary Indiana, Gary Indiana!
1 Broadway, Gary, IN
561 Broadway Ave., Gary IN
BP Whiting, Whiting, IN
BP Whiting, Whiting IN
BP Whiting, Whiting IN
BP Whiting Refinery
Think Hammond!
And yes, I confess that Hammond, IN is arguably not a suburb of Chicago.
Grace Chemical
5215 Kennedy Ave, East Chicago, IN
This will make your eyes burn and water. It will make your head throb. It is a bad scene. And it looks nothing like the sparkling, pristine chemical containers featured on the Grace Chemical website.
Marktown
East Chicago, IN
Marktown East Chicago, IN 
Marktown East Chicago, IN 
Marktown East Chicago, IN 
Marktown East Chicago, IN
East Chicago, IN
Marktown, East Chicago is worth a visit. Only a few blocks remain of this planned community for steel workers, and it is surrounded on every side by steel mill. It could be Pullman-esque if more people actually wanted to live there, but otherwise there’s nothing else quite like it around these parts.
And I will confess that East Chicago is arguably not a suburb of Chicago.
Chicago Rambles 
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