City - Chicago - They walked by night 1949

by Mike Savad

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City - Chicago - They walked by night 1949

Artist

Mike Savad

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Photograph - Colorized Photo

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Colorized photo from 1949
Original title: City of Contrasts
Photographer: Stanley Kubrick
Location: 197 N State St, Chicago, IL

Life was certainly lively back in the day. Movies on one side, Broadway plays on the other. Taxi's all over the place. Even in the rain people would come to see what's going on at night. And you knew whatever they were playing, it was safe. During this time the city said they weren't allowed to show anything vulgar. If you wanted to see something vulgar you would have to go to the strip-tease places on West Madison.

Today this scene looks half the same, the Chicago theater on the left is still there and in operation. State Lake, was gutted in the 1980's, the building is the same but the inside is different. Quite a few theaters are gone from this street, from this vantage anyway. There was also a bus station just around the other block, some of those buses are probably on there way now.

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