[Oe List ...] Photos from Uptown in 1970s

[Shelley Hahn]

I thought some of you might be interested in a new book of photos from
Chicago's Uptown neighborhood in the the 1970s.  Take a look at this story
about it:

http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2013/11/20/taking-look-uptown-40-years-ago

It was eerie looking at these photos.  It reminds me of some photo essays
I've seen of poor neighborhoods in the 30s and 40s.  Looking at those older
photos I always think, "Wow! So people were really living like that!"  Then
I look at this essay and think, "Wow!  I was living smack dab in the middle
of all that!"  A very strange feeling.

This also reminds me of how I felt moving into the Kemper building when I
returned from England in the summer of 1972.  Everyone told me how
dangerous the neighborhood was.  All I could think was that it was nowhere
near as dangerous as Fifth City.  I was cautious in Uptown but I didn't
live in constant fear, as I had as a child in Fifth City.

I just ordered the last hard copy of the book from Amazon, but they say
there are more on the way.

I wish everyone a joyful and meaningful holiday season!

Fondly,
Shelley
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