Wentworth & 59th, Chicago - 1957 - Frank Hicks (FrankHicks)
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The 4391 is seen southbound on Wentworth at 59th in 1957. Note the "impending suicide" in the middle of the street, who may actually be a CTA flagman. Wentworth & 59th looks rather different than this today: the west (left) curb line in the photo is now the location of the drop-off to the Dan Ryan trench. The top of the 59th Street northbound on-ramp is now located where those three bay-window row houses right over the 4391 in the photo used to be. All of the buildings on the left of the photo and most of the ones on the right are gone. Glenn Andersen photo, Krambles-Peterson Archive, posted to www.irm.org with permission.