April 23, 2017
Adam - Many thanks! Perhaps, Group member and Q Chicago expert Charlie Vlk
can enlighten us all on this matter of if or if not the 1911 building was
reconstructed or torn down after the fire with another structure taking its
place. Best Regards - Louis
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL
In a message dated 4/23/2017 3:01:13 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:
Adam H.
Kerman ahk@chinet.com wrote:
>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?
Confirming what
I thought I had recalled, the building is from 1911. The
diagram showed
today's building with its unusual footprint.
btw, not everything on the
Web is
accurate:
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/547-W-Jackson-Blvd-Chicago-IL-60661/4244871_zpid/
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<ahk@chinet.com>
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