Photos: Sim's Bowl Then and Now
The Des Plaines bowling alley was demolished in September.
Sim’s Bowl & Lounge was demolished last month, more than a decade after Des Plaines Bowl was torn down. Some of these photos were taken in May 2009, and show the charm of Sim's throwback atmosphere. Others were taken of the demolition in September.
Related: Looking back at Sim’s Bowl and all the modern touches of 1956 when it first opened.
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7:55 am on Saturday, October 15, 2011
These photos have truly captured the "once new and modern" age of bowling that we once knew and enjoyed at Sim's Bowl.