At 1:29pm -0000, 04/23/17, LZadnichek@aol.com wrote:
>Group - Ninety five years ago this past March 15th, the Q's General Offices
>at 541-553 West Jackson Blvd. in downtown Chicago, IL, were destroyed in a
>spectacular fire.
>http://guides.library.illinois.edu/c.php?g=416856&p=2843194
>This inserted/attached image shows the shell of the burnt-out general
>office building at far right the morning after the spectacular fire.
>The following link is the definitive official description of the fire and
>insured damage that it caused:
>https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.73626441;view=1up;seq=6
>Most company records in the 15 story general office building were
>incinerated. This is one reason why early day Q historical records and
>photographs are so hard to come by.
That was very interesting. I was wondering what buildings had been on the
block (between Clinton and Canal south of Jackson and north of the Met "L"
right of way) with the multi-story parking deck and brand-new bus terminal.
So today's 547 W Jackson Blvd building is the same building with extensive
repairs after the fire?
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Posted by: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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