Since my original post, I’ve located and/or been directed to a few more of these tidy little Deco gems.
3241 W. Montrose Avenue, now Marie’s Golden Cue, a billiards supply store
505 W. 63rd Street, now the Showers of Blessing Deliverance Center (which sounds like a marketing executive’s less-offensive name for “church”.)
5225 W. Lawrence Avenue, now Sportif Importer Ltd., a bicycle sales and repair shop
And finally, this poor building on Howard Avenue, now buried under metal siding. Most recently Dearborn Wholesale Grocers, LP, but now for sale.
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Great shots! Is it possible to obtain the old Jewel photos?
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I looked up all the addresses in a 1935 and a 1950 ad and came up with a bunch more.From the 1935 ad, it looks like the vast majority of early Jewels were located in existing buildings. Only a few were purpose-built.These are in rough chronological order – I'm mostly guessing here.It's surprising to see how many of them are still grocers.6122 W Addison St, Chicago, IL7404 W Madison, Forest Park, IL5909 Cermak, Cicero, IL1142 E 82nd st, chicago, il1908 w 103rd, CHicago, IL2863 E 79th, Chicago117 E 154th, Harvey, IL3210 n Cicero, chicago, il2708 w peterson, chicago, il1946 e 79th st, chicago, il1715 w 79th, Chicago6840 Windsor, Berwyn, il2744 W 55th, Chicago8319 s racine, chicago3139 w 111th, Chicago, IL5904 w roosevelt, Chicago, IL5606 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL5965 N clark, chicago, il4432 diversey, chicago, il1004 Davis, Evanston, IL
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