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@Kyntteri
4 ай бұрын
Greetings from Finland. I've seen a lot of urban documenters but you stand out. Multiple cameras in good quality alongside with commentary from you plus some info bits whenever required. Ace job.
@guywesterman7274
4 ай бұрын
i spent twelve years ( 8 years old to 20 years old ) in Chicago Heights from 1968 to 1980...it was an awesome place to grow up. So sad to see its current condition. 44 years later and i don't even recognize Chicago Hts.
@mnoliberal7335
20 күн бұрын
Chicago Heights seemed nicer than Harvey when I was a kid. Still looks pretty nice compared, and some neighborhoods in the video looked even better than in the '60s.
@louslugga9887
4 ай бұрын
This by far the best Chicago heights video I seen I knew Chicago heights had some nice looking neighborhoods
@kendalson7100
2 ай бұрын
The decline of downtown Chicago Heights started in the 1950s when Park Forest Plaza opened in nearby Park Forest. It accelerated in the early 1970s when Lincoln Mall in Matteson and Flossmoor Commons in Flossmoor opened. There were still some great restaurants (Italian naturally and some Greek diners) and stores into the 1980s. Downtown Homewood always stayed pretty nice but Chicago Heights fell hard.
@alexlindsey6446
15 күн бұрын
sounds about right to me
@madelynkennedy3930
3 ай бұрын
Nice pictures of the old Star Newspaper building. Haven't seen it since the newspaper moved out in 1997. The building was donated to the city - thankfully they have not demolished it. It was a gloriously beautiful old building.
@Flamadiddle2
4 ай бұрын
My old stomping grounds! Great memories, I'm a Bloom High School graduate.
@user-bi6du3mc6c
4 ай бұрын
Used to be a nice town that's long gone now.
@goldenrakelawncare6564
2 ай бұрын
We used to smoke you in soccer...
@uncommon_username
23 күн бұрын
me too
@catholiccrusader5328
Ай бұрын
Thanks, Chris for another wonderful trip. Much obliged.
@psilva2565
4 ай бұрын
You when right by were my aunt and uncle used to live, and one of my aunt's still lives. Lots of good memories there.
@gordonallen9095
3 ай бұрын
No different from other Midwestern towns and cities. Like the rest of the region, when industries and jobs left, so did the economy and the people except for the poor who didn't have the ability to leave. You could film this in just about any postindustrial state from Pennsylvania, to Michigan, to Missouri and every state in-between. Different town, different state, SAME story......
@scottbrenham1341
Ай бұрын
in New England it's the opposite going on especially in massachusetts. not one town or city neighborhood in my state of Massachusetts is empty although it does have rough spots. we switched to tech jobs to replace the the industrial jobs anything industrial is lite or assembly in new warehouses lots of retail and restaurants business. lots of private jobs. the pay rate is also higher as well as the rents home buying is moderate to expensive. you can never afford Boston, Cambridge, somerville metro area unless you earn enough. you could look up info online.
@buddypearson
3 ай бұрын
As a former longtime resident of that region, The Heights ate itself 30+ yrs ago. Just like Cal City, Hammond, Dalton, Gary, etc.
@JonnyCrist999
Ай бұрын
dolton i grew up there and the heights
@anitahamlin2411
3 ай бұрын
I was born there. How sad to see it has gone downhill so badly. I grew up in Crete and beyond but left the area as soon as I could. After living in Los Angeles, I had almost forgotten how gray and depressing it was! Thanks!
@chrishardenarchives
3 ай бұрын
Yup. The Calumet Region has fallen pretty hard.
@abstractbeauty7033
3 ай бұрын
Lived around the area 20 years ago. I graduated from Crete-Monee High, I can't believe how sad and bad it looks now. Smdh
@BoratWanksta
2 ай бұрын
Arcadia Publishing did a history book on Chicago Heights, years ago. I read through it(thanks to finding it at some bookstore I can't remember), and it was appalling how many historic buildings were torn down in its downtown area. I think moreso(on the number of buildings that were allowed to be torn down), than any other Chicago area community I've managed to find an Arcadia Publishing history book on. I do like the historic house areas that still remain, in Chicago Heights though. And Zarlengo's Italian Ice, is a gem of a local Italian Ice place that is still open. They even do resell their Italian ice at other places, such as (White) Sox/Comiskey Park and at all Andy's Frozen Custard locations.
@JonnyCrist999
Ай бұрын
i grew up in the heights and went to crete as well
@lauracarrolldebolt9233
8 күн бұрын
The video is from early march, which is the ugliest time of year in the Chicago area. Hubs is from Crete. The high school is new but it hasn’t physically changed that much.
@LouisEmery
16 күн бұрын
Reminds me of some Chicago streets on Sunday morning.
@shelbyz1974
4 ай бұрын
Thanks for the extra vids Chris!!!👍
@man_on_wheelz
4 ай бұрын
Ahhh was hoping you drove past my house lol, you just missed me, was gonna go see if I could see you on my camera footage. Great video as always though! I live on the "nicer westside" of town.
@chrishardenarchives
4 ай бұрын
Glad that a local of Chicago Heights approves! 👍🏻
@ItsJustMike21
4 ай бұрын
Yeah same here lol. Pretty cool nonetheless. Hopefully we might get to meet him one day lol
@guywesterman7274
4 ай бұрын
Sad how apartments in Chicago Heights are the same ridiculous high price as the city of Chicago. Apts in Chicago Hts should be only 1/2 as much as a regular city
@alexlindsey6446
15 күн бұрын
I worked at DiCicco Concrete Products in Chicago Heights (East End Ave & Lincoln Hwy extending along the RR tracks all the way down to 16th street. Property was LONG (500yds from Lincoln Hwy to 16th St) but skinny (only about 50yds wide). DEPRESSED area. rodents everywhere from the fields just east. Everything always looked dirty and depressing (as it does in your video). Worked there from 2015 - 2018. Halsted Ave has some commerce but the brand new Walmart right at 294 and Halsted (in Homewood technically) recently closed. That was a big hit. Scary area at night time too. Always mice in my office...hated it! Always beggars, homeless folks, and scary looking individuals/groups of men pounding on our business door trying to get us to answer and size us up or beg for something. Living in Palatine the entire time I worked there, the commute was BRUTAL! I'd drive to Frankfurt if I needed something a Home Depot (closest nice town). I could see traces of a vibrant past in Chicago Hts but if any of the businesses were still around they were operating as if it was 1968 and dying with every day that passed by. Such a sick feeling down there. Hated it.
@lauracarrolldebolt9233
8 күн бұрын
The Wal-Mart is on 30 in Olympia Fields across from where the jewel used to be (at western). It’s always busy. The Home Depot on Cicero south of 30 in Matteson is fine. That corner where DiCiccio was no man’s land back in the 80s. That stretch of 30 east of East End was always desolate. This video is also from the ugliest time of year in Chicago. Unless there’s snow, everything looks brown and dead.
@JonnyCrist999
Ай бұрын
i grew up here as a kid chicago road killed my mother and i left illinois moved to ky idk why but i miss chicago its home but ive left alot of pain there and times have changed man what is happening to this world what are we doing to each other man
@pmbair
4 ай бұрын
Some of these neighborhoods don’t look bad at all! When you said “old mafia town “ in the description, I thought you were going to Cicero. My dad had a cousin that lived in Cicero, and we visited frequently growing up. I remember the trip there was awful! You had to go through Gary and when US steel was going, you wanted to hold your breath until you got through Gary.
@JV-mw7gv
4 ай бұрын
So I’m thinking of Gary to Cicero in my head. The place where you need to hold your breath is 90/94 around 130th, which is Illinois. Was/is there a spot that still stinks on 90?
@BoratWanksta
2 ай бұрын
I've explored Cicero a little bit, and honestly I'm not sure if any of the housing and apartment areas in any part of Cicero jump out to me much. Although there are some good local businesses still open there, especially Freddy's on 16th Street. Berwyn has better looking houses, if you ask me. Especially on(or close to) Riverside Drive, between Oak Park Ave and Harlem.
@garybryant6148
3 ай бұрын
I lived on the South Side of Chicago in the late 1960s. Please do a video on the South Side.
@joelsandler1119
2 ай бұрын
The south suburbs have been going downhill for decades. It's like a slow brewing terminal cancer.
@craignovy2090
4 ай бұрын
Great video as usual and recommend one see previous video done by Chris called "Dying....Chicago Heights" to get the total picture. How can one town-outer suburb have blight rivaling that of Southside Chicago yet have a bucolic middle to upper class area of beautiful homes with winding streets and walkways? Still other areas remind me of a rural town including a hardscrabble rural look in one area. As pointed out in previous video not many places this size would have a rich history including three historic highways and a 'coloful' business past. Since it's in the metro area I believe there is still cause for hope long term.
@maypen-w4y
3 ай бұрын
The apt. building I was living in was condemned!
@careywilliamson4709
4 ай бұрын
Any hoopties? I broke down in Chicago Heights around midnight at a Clark Station back in the 70's they found us an altenator and we were on our way after $150
@valoss
3 ай бұрын
Heights memories: Seeing Ronald Reagan at Bloom in '84, Challenger explosion on live TV at Roosevelt Elementary, Smoking cigarettes over a bread basket at Venice Restaurant, Forest parties behind Venice, Spending allowance at original Chuck's House of Magic location, Music at Oasis 160...times...
@cle-chi
2 ай бұрын
then Daddy Bush came in 1988
@heatherfulmore3412
3 ай бұрын
I don't see any supermarkets
@alexlindsey6446
15 күн бұрын
There's a couple Jewel's on Halsted. Walmart went out. Target still on Halsted I believe. And then there's the Walmart on Lincoln hwy in Matteson not too far a ride.
@joannunemaker6332
4 ай бұрын
I love this video!😊❤
@Hsauce429
4 ай бұрын
Damn !!!! Is this tha winter !! Cuz I havnt seen not One person !! Nobody nowhere outside really !!
@truckersmitty
Күн бұрын
That's everything east of Halsted it's more parts to chicago heights
@bjsteinhoff9810
Ай бұрын
It looks as though the blight has yet to encompass the entire area.
@jimmarvel3290
4 ай бұрын
You barely made it past Halstead there is more to Chicago Heights than what you show. Yes the old downtown is gone, but there is more to "the Heights "than what you are showing
@chrishardenarchives
4 ай бұрын
Between my two videos I pretty much showed every corner of town. You must’ve not watched.
@JonnyCrist999
Ай бұрын
i grew up on south normandy
@BCapp77
3 ай бұрын
22:56 I grew up in that house!
@roberttsang6595
19 күн бұрын
Depressing to watch, local leaders are to be blame for this mayhem. Why did they run a small town like this to the ground? I'm a native Chicagoan currently in Downtown area but will be moving out soon because of high crime and taxes.
@GermanPeotoneRoyalty
2 ай бұрын
43:47 You can see Starship Video 🤣😂🤣😂
@kevincreighton594
4 ай бұрын
What a dump !!! 😆😆😆I love it !!! I might go buy a building there
@JV-mw7gv
4 ай бұрын
Beautiful
@user-ud4nd7fm5r
4 ай бұрын
Nice. go on !!!
@cle-chi
4 ай бұрын
Bloom High 1986-89
@nexttime960
2 ай бұрын
Looks like Detroit before it got worse
@WaltANelsonPHD
4 ай бұрын
Chicago Heights meets The French Connection.
@beetlejuiceification
2 ай бұрын
Soon the rest of Chicago will look like this as more and more as people leave cook county..,..
@boristheamerican2938
4 ай бұрын
This is where the steel workers who worked in the plants near the lake lived. No more steel plants, no more workers.
@silverbullit89
3 ай бұрын
Happens when employers can't get the employees they need and then close up and move on. Soon after city goes.
@guywesterman7274
4 ай бұрын
They should stick the 17,000+ Illinois illegal immigrants in Chicago Heights and pay them to rebuild the worst parts. Instead of sending another 60 billion on a loss cause (Ukraine) send part of the money to Chicago Heights and put these illegal immigrants to work rebuilding a once great town.
@chrystallee5528
4 ай бұрын
That's an idea I've had as well except, I would place them further south in the state, to cities that are more in need of inhabitants, small businesses and an income tax base. Places like, Cairo, IL. We don't need them in Chicago Heights. It's diverse enough already and Chicago Heights has money in it's coffers, the city just doesn't want to spend it. The city of Chicago Heights originally was laid out with definite neighborhoods. Upper, Middle and lower Blue Collar worker neighborhoods. This guy highlighted the severely blighted areas east of Halsted street more than the balance in his first video and much of this video as well.
@guywesterman7274
3 ай бұрын
@@chrystallee5528This you tuber didn't even drive through my Chicago Heights neighborhood - i grew up in longwood farms Chicago Heights, just NW of Marion HS (across Joe Orr Rd) and was in the (very rich) -->Homewood-Flossmoor school district. it was definitely a Wally & Beaver type neighborhood. you were considered lucky if you saw a cop car in my neighborhood once every 6 months, they had no reason to come
@BoratWanksta
2 ай бұрын
@@chrystallee5528Send those immigrants to help fix up Danville(IL) and Decatur, especially! Both places need more help, than even Chicago Heights.
@lauracarrolldebolt9233
8 күн бұрын
There are 4000-5000 new arrivals in Chicago Heights, Sauk Village and University Park. They’ve only been there 6-18 months.
@uncommon_username
23 күн бұрын
s/o to all my bloom trojans in the comments
@marin.cmoreno7028
4 ай бұрын
Sending a new management new mayor and Chicago Heights what's a new County Board president that did Tony Peck wrinkle out of office add a new State's attorney for Cook County and plus the governor get him out too Springfield Illinois that sucks fast for your towns in Cook County known as Crook County going downhill in County Board need to be overhauled
@DelPueblo-iy6oe
3 ай бұрын
How about end corruption completely.
@BoratWanksta
2 ай бұрын
The electorate in Cook County has too often elected people in, who shouldn't have been elected. Joe Berrios(the former Cook County Assessor), being an example. Kim Foxx(state's attorney) is another famous example. It's a bad sign that only barely in the 2024 primary, that just enough voters voted against a candidate that would've continued the failed Foxx policies(Clayton Harris).
@ricogomez4020
4 ай бұрын
Where is the strip club?
@BILDEMRICH
4 ай бұрын
Which one?
@JV-mw7gv
4 ай бұрын
Jimmys on Rt 30 or Atlantis, also on Rt 30 conveniently located off of 394.. Club 390 on joe r road, club o if you wanna head up halstead a few minutes. Either way you’re covered…
@jondoes7836
4 ай бұрын
Do you remember the Vagabond and Show Club?
@jimmarvel3290
4 ай бұрын
@@jondoes7836 which one was on butler and which one was on halstead?
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