This is a personal memoir of good times in Chicago back in the days when candy bars and White Castles cost a mere 5 cents.
Chicago is a Òcity of neighborhoods,Ó whether you are talking about Chinatown, Canaryville, Bridgeport, Beverly, South Chicago, Bronzeville, Hyde Park, Woodlawn or Englewood.
This story takes place in the old South Shore neighborhood nestled on Lake Michigan between Jackson Park to the north and the booming steel mills to the south.
My cousin, Dr. Bruce Hannon of the University of Illinois, used to say, ÒGood people make a good place goodÓ and South Shore was one of those places...