I was gonna do this list a long time ago, thanks to whomever started it! :)
-marcie (*mp)
If you're from South Chicago, read this and
FEEL FREE TO ADD TO THE LIST.
You know you're from South Chicago if..........
1. YOU HAVE HAD WOOLWORTH'S PIZZA AND WASHED IT DOWN WITH AN ICEE. (best counter food! *mp)
2. BEEN TO GOLDBLATT'S TO WATCH CARTOONS ON THE SECOND FLOOR. (yeah, heckyl and jeckyl cartoons! *mp)
3. YOU HAVE SHOPPED AT ANGEL'S. (geez, no wonder why we end all of our stores with "s's" - jewel's, venture's, etc.... *mp)
4. YOU HAVE SHOPPED AT POPE'S TO BUY A MIX-TAPE, AND NINJA STAR.
5. YOU KNOW CRAZY LARRY.
6. YOU PUT HECTOR'S HOT SAUCE (HIENE'S) ON JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING. (...and knew that a squirt was only about 25 cents at the store for doritos/chips. *mp)
7. YOU HAVE HAD CAPRI'S PIZZA. (and know the phone number by heart: 773-768-7242 *mp)
8. YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT A GUY DRESSED AS HOMIE THE CLOWN DAT WAS HARRASING PEOPLE.
9. You heard THAT AT RUSSEL SQUARE PARK THEY BURN THE WITCH ON HALLOWEEN. (ha ha! didn't we go there every year to see? *mp)
10. YOU KNOW THAT THE COCULA'S USED TO BE BROWN'S CHICKEN AND A PIZZA HUT. (now i live next door to cocula man! *mp)
11. YOU REMEMBER THERE WAS A TOYS-R-US BY OUR
LADY OF GUADALUPE.
12. You've been to La Alteña to buy CARNITAS.
13. You've been to THE BOWLING ALLEY THEY HAD ON COMMERCIAL. (ummm, i practically LIVED there with my Father selling girl scout cookies to drunken bowlers! *mp)
14. You REMEMBER PHIL'S CASTLE ON COMMERCIAL.
15. You got a hooded sweatshirt from Pars with your name on It!!! hahaha- J.
16. You ate Gayety's Ice Cream on Commercial and for the old folks...you watched a movie at the Theater next door.
17. You remember looking forward to the sidewalk sale and carnival at the end of the summer.
18. You have to buy some shish-ka-bobs from "Tony's Shish-ka-bobs" on the corner of 92nd & Commercial EVERY TIME they come out. Mmmmmmmmmmmm-mm!
19. You know the "I.C." is the old name for the Metra train and you used to take it downtown for the Taste of Chicago - but now you just take it to work. (...and you know that I.C. stands for 'Illinois Central' *mp)
20. You saw a movie at the Chelten on 79th and Exchange.
21. You saw a band or attended a quince at either The Patriotic or Union Hall.
22. You saw either Life, Skafish or Dead Steel Mill (or all three at once) at Nick's on 91st and Baltimore across from the old IC station.
23. You had Carlos Pizza when it was on 83rd St, not in South Holland.
24. You know that the bowling alley on Commercial was called Andy Rocks and you probably bowled on a saturday morning league as a child. Also Seip Chevrolet was the dealer across the street and next door.
25. Al's low liquors at 87th and commercial. (was where you could buy liquor or work clothes, good combo! *mp)
marcie adds:
26. You remember 'Waffles' the ice cream truck driver.
27. You've been to OLG for either a quince, wedding, baptism, funeral, or ALL OF THE ABOVE!
28. You had a candy lady on your block that sold now-n-laters, fun-dip, lemonheads, etc... from her basement.
29. You went to South Chicago Neighborhood House for day camp.
30. You thought that going to the East Side just to get to the beach was farrrr. Damn those 93rd/95th/100th/106th st. bridges!!!
31. Your family had credit at La Mexicana.
32. Rewer's Camera, Greene's bakery, Jupiter, Sonny's, nuff said.
33. You used to sneak into the pool at Bessemer Park in the middle of the night.
34. You remember a 'hood without traffic islands, cul-de-sacs and police cameras.
35. You know that 'South Chicago' is a neighborhood in the city, it doesn't mean the 'south side' and it's not a suburb.
36. You know that our zip code/ward - 60617/10th, is the largest in the city of Chicago.
37. You know that South Chicago was the FIRST Mexican neighborhood in Chicago - NOT Pilsen/Little Village, sorry to my peeps to the north! Yes, you're considered north to us! LOL!
38. You remember when Bowen was just one school and Mireles was Phil Sheridan.
39. You know that Bush is a section of our 'hood, not just a crappy president!
40. Somebody in your family used to work at a steel mill or for a railroad company. i.e., Wisconsin Steel, Burnside, U.S. South Works, the B&O, etc.... hell, why else would we live there???!!!
41. You know why South Deering/Vets Park is really called 'Slag Valley.'
42. You know our movie credits include: The Blues Brothers, The Fugitive, and Barbershop.
43. You're related to me! ha ha....