tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698674352470153088.post988115351015371899..comments2024-03-28T16:36:10.544-05:00Comments on The Digital Research Library of Illinois History Journal™ : The Story of Chicago's Bridge to Nowhere. Dr. Neil Gale, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10605531495401356831noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698674352470153088.post-53482259662659979602024-01-04T14:20:19.107-06:002024-01-04T14:20:19.107-06:00See patent for "Apparatus for calibrating rad...See patent for "Apparatus for calibrating radar units"ResearchSharedhttps://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/43/85/83/f7fba1e073b2d9/US2961654.pdfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698674352470153088.post-86476413999673553412020-05-11T05:51:42.853-05:002020-05-11T05:51:42.853-05:00Thank you for this. One of my uncles was under the...Thank you for this. One of my uncles was under the impression (or so I understood it at as a child) that the entire structure was a radar antenna. When I later learned more about radio and radar, this explanation became something of a puzzlement. A test bed for mobile units makes much more sense.Sam Parisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698674352470153088.post-12379363905665493512020-05-08T19:52:57.297-05:002020-05-08T19:52:57.297-05:00Spent almost all My life on the north side and I n...Spent almost all My life on the north side and I never knew it existed!ChiliBobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13683689235351065202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698674352470153088.post-72452481913170696782017-12-13T18:58:30.271-06:002017-12-13T18:58:30.271-06:00Edit: There is currently an Applebee's restau...Edit: There is currently an Applebee's restaurant right where this was once stood. I grew up at Grand and Narragansett. My father served for 2 years in the Korean War and studied radio and TV technology. He told me year's ago there was a direct line to either the White House or the Pentagon from this radar station.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16336022294894701451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698674352470153088.post-10415759533467374022017-02-20T16:49:13.118-06:002017-02-20T16:49:13.118-06:00I think the store is Home Depot rather than Menard...I think the store is Home Depot rather than Menards. <br />MGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06230012636897746635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698674352470153088.post-44264751382421689782017-02-20T15:14:12.505-06:002017-02-20T15:14:12.505-06:00Google the area, it was in the south end of what i...Google the area, it was in the south end of what is now the Menards parking lot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698674352470153088.post-13875711023282472972017-02-20T13:40:17.813-06:002017-02-20T13:40:17.813-06:00They also track the
carrier landing in the lake f...They also track the<br /> carrier landing in the lake for the navyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698674352470153088.post-58838959494262459042017-02-19T18:52:01.425-06:002017-02-19T18:52:01.425-06:00We used to pass by on the way to / from my grandpa...We used to pass by on the way to / from my grandparents house. I remember seeing the radar units on top ... didn't know they were mobile units. I think Ridgeland Ave (Oak Park) was named for the natural ridge (Lake Chicago?) although in Chicago we knew it as Narragansett Ave and the great hill in Riss parkBill Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03300873580442249734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698674352470153088.post-157345356102931082017-02-19T18:35:07.286-06:002017-02-19T18:35:07.286-06:00At Grand and Normandy Avenues, Chicago.At Grand and Normandy Avenues, Chicago.Dr. Neil Gale, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10605531495401356831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698674352470153088.post-50703833567872355652017-02-19T18:21:09.523-06:002017-02-19T18:21:09.523-06:00It was on the north side of Grand Avenue about 2 b...It was on the north side of Grand Avenue about 2 blocks east of Oak Park Avenue.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09435022508681646487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698674352470153088.post-10081728142357041572017-02-19T16:06:02.424-06:002017-02-19T16:06:02.424-06:00Grand & Oak Park.
Northeast.Grand & Oak Park.<br />Northeast. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698674352470153088.post-17676510223155531602017-02-19T15:52:56.600-06:002017-02-19T15:52:56.600-06:00Do you have a better ID of where this was - an int...Do you have a better ID of where this was - an intersection - and the direction we're looking in these two photographs? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698674352470153088.post-49482851824710016692017-02-19T14:17:00.759-06:002017-02-19T14:17:00.759-06:00Sometimes, a "bridge to nowhere" is just...Sometimes, a "bridge to nowhere" is just that. Other times, the bridge leads to SOMEWHERE, yet for whatever reason, we neither see the source or destination at first glance. This is one such circumstance. Other times yet, the bridge did such a good job connecting its distant points that progress has passed it by, leaving the bridge as an "artifact" to confuse future generations. Brian J. Pattersonnoreply@blogger.com