71ST STREET AND JEFFERY AVE 1950s

FROM: JOHN CHUCKMAN
71ST AND JEFFERY IN 1950s.
MY, WE THOUGHT 71ST STREET A GLAMOROUS PLACE. THERE WAS THE JEFFERY AND HAMILTON THEATERS.
ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 71ST, TOWARDS WHICH THE WOMAN IS WALKING, ON THE SAME WEST SIDE OF JEFFERY BOULEVARD AS FANNY MAY IN PICTURE, WAS PETER PAN RESTAURANT WITH ITS BIG EXOTIC HAMBURGERS - CHOPPED HOT PEPPERS OR CHOPPED OLIVES DID SEEM EXOTIC THEN - AND TALL WINDOWS ON THE BUSY STREET. DELIGHTFUL.
71ST HAD THE YMCA WHERE WE LEARNED TO SWIM. AT THE EASTERN END, WHERE THE I.C. TURNED UP EXCHANGE, WAS JOHNSON'S TEA ROOM, A FINE, COZY SWEDISH PLACE FOR A MODESTLY-PRICED DINNER. THERE WAS ALSO A BRANCH OF ROSE RECORDS NEAR THERE.
ALONG THE DRIVE GOING NORTH FROM 71ST, NEAR THE SOUTH SHORE COUNTRY CLUB (I CADDIED THERE ONE SUMMER), WAS ONE OF THE MOST ELEGANT STREET SCENES IN THE CITY WITH GLAMOROUS-LOOKING APARTMENTS AND HOTELS FACING THE LAKE.
TAKEN FROM COVER OF CHARLES CELANDER'S PHOTO BOOK ON SOUTH SHORE. CROPPED AND CONTRAST ADJUSTED.