Wednesday, December 12, 2012
The church building at Prospect Avenue and Illinois Street has been home to several congregations.
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
- Brian Wolf
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
A humble church with a spiritual history sits at Prospect Avenue and Illinois Street. It has served as an incubator to several growing congregations during its history. The little church grew when 43 members founded Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in 1945. At the time, the meetings were held in a private home. Then, in 1946, the simple, concrete block church was built. The congregation grew, and the church expanded in 1947, again in 1950. The congregation completed construction itself. By 1954 the church was running out of room, and launched a fundraising drive for a new edifice. In anticipation for the new church's 1960 completion, the old church was sold to St. John Greek Orthodox Church in August 1959, and another addition was completed …
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Remnant of the past reopens in Des Plaines.
A new drive-in opened in Des Plaines last week, and, while Des Plaines has been home to a number of drive-ins, Rand Red Hots, 1441 Rand Road, is the only one that still looks like a drive-in. Rand Red Hots has a very brief menu, reminiscent of the limited-menu, fast-service model perfected by McDonald's, whose first corporate restaurant is just around the corner on Lee Street. Rand Red Hots has given the building a major makeover, with new blacktop and concrete, a rebuilt restaurant area, removed car shelters, new lighting outside, and more. Open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., business has been brisk in the first days. Stay connected: Receive an email from Des Plaines Patch with headlines in the morning. There were once numerous drive-ins in Des…
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1441 Rand Rd, Des Plaines, IL
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Happy Dogs is a new fast food destination in Des Plaines.
After many months in the works, Happy Dogs Beef N Pizza, 979 Lee St., opened last week at the corner of Lee Street and Oakwood Avenue. The fast-food joint is a new venture by the owners of the adjoining J & J Tire Repair. Happy Dogs serves the standard Chicago hot dog stand menu, pizza, sno-cones and, to note, fresh-cut, red potato fries. Earlier: Maine West baseball. At one time the building was home to The Farm and Garden Store, a destination for area gardeners seeking supplies from birdseed to fertilizer to feeders to overalls. Before farm supply, the building was home to the Des Plaines Dairy, also known as Suburban Dairy, run by Arthur W. Collignon. The dairy supplied milk, cream and butter to the area. It's not clear when the dairy …
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979 Lee St, Des Plaines, IL
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Brian Wolf
7:28 am on Monday, July 2, 2012
Is the trampoline the grid-looking thing I see in this aerial photo? http://www.historicaerials.com/aerials.php?scale=4E-06&lat=42.0484428596884&lon=-87.8883593510739&year=1961 more ›