![]() It has been used for occasional pop-ups over the last two decades, she said. She estimates the large letters spelling out Lero were added to the building’s facade between the ’50s and early ’90s, when the building became vacant. It also was home to appliance, hardware and furniture businesses between the late ’40s and ’50s, when society was trying to recoup from the war, she said.Ī former owner of the building was named Lero, Ernst said. ![]() Milwaukee Ave., which has been vacant since the early ’90s, is seen Aug. Credit: Ariel Parrella-Aureli/Block Club Chicago An interior storefront of the Lero building at 4762 N. It was a billiard hall and amateur boxing ring in the ’20s, a relief center for people struggling with food insecurity in the ’30s during the Depression and a community hall in the ’40s for festival and events, she said. “It really is a mirror of what was happening in America: the Roaring Twenties, the Depression, war, then looking to modern amenities into a new era and a place for activities,” said Ernst, co-founder of the Northwest Chicago Historical Society. It once brought people to the heart of the neighborhood and has served diverse functions since the 1920s, said historian and Jefferson Park resident Susanna Ernst. The building’s facelift potential could be a new chapter for Jefferson Park. “There are a couple things that bring activity to that block but there’s a lot of vacancy on both sides,” he said. The Milwaukee Avenue building is centrally located in the neighborhood and next to cannabis dispensary Cannabist, which revitalized two empty storefronts and has brought foot traffic and economic flow to the strip since 2020, he and neighbors previously said. Pomaville, who is on a mission to rehab old buildings in the area to increase foot traffic and business opportunities in vacant buildings, is open to any kind of service tenant that could increase the offerings to residents who live in the area, he said. The building has 12-foot ceilings on the first and second floors, he said. Up to four units could be constructed upstairs, which will determine what kind of rehab needs to be done on the entire building, Pomaville said. Residential apartments are also planned for the top floor, he said. He plans to put the building up for lease to attract tenants on the first floor who want to open a business in Jefferson Park and help “bring it back to life.”Ĭonstructed in 1923, the bow-truss building has two separate storefronts that equal nearly 5,000 square feet, but interior work can be done to combine them into one if a future tenant wants the entire first floor, Pomaville said. “There is so much potential … just gotta get something cooking over. “I look at that block and it’s outstanding,” Pomaville said. Tim Pomaville, president and owner of Northwest Side development company Ambrosia Homes, bought the building in March after months of negotiations, according to public records and Pomaville. Milwaukee Ave., nicknamed the Lero building, could be revitalized and filled under new ownership. Now, the two-story bow truss building at 4762 N. Golf Blog ArchivesĪrchives: An archive of all the posts on this golf blog, going back to 2004.JEFFERSON PARK - For over 30 years, a historical Northwest Side building that once was an integral part of the neighborhood’s liveliness has largely sat vacant. The Golfblogger is a member of the Golf Writers Association of America. This is the golf blog of golf's 99%: The working stiff who plays at munis with ten-year-old clubs and whose family and work take precedence, but whose love of the game never diminishes. GolfBlogger.Com is a daily golf blog featuring golf news, golf course reviews, golf equipment and golf book reviews, golf lifestyle, golf fitness, golf history, Michigan golf news and reviews, photography, cigars, food and beverages, the PGA Tour and the LPGA with essays and musings. Join 1,324 other subscribers GolfBlogger Golf Blog GolfBlogger Here’s the text version of the New Year’s resolution from 1900: Keep your head down.įor my own part, my golfing New Year’s resolution is simple: play more golf, and enjoy it more by being present and not worrying about the score. ![]() ![]() It seems remarkable to me how little a golfer’s wish list has changed in the last 120 years: stop slicing stop over swinging stop topping the ball stop pulling. Perhaps someone knows the magazine and issue. Unfortunately, I have since lost the link to the page. I enjoy poking around internet archives of old magazines and newspapers to see what sort of golf related stuff pops up.Ī few years back I found a poetic New Year’s resolution for golfers in an early golf magazine. A New Year’s Resolution For Golfers – From 1900
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