Genova was a real piece of work. I never understood how so many people thought he had what it takes to lead a city -- small though it was, with the unique history and challenges of Calumet City. I lived in Cal City, off and on, in the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, and 90's. Family lived there even earlier. Cal City certainly always had its rough edges. For awhile, I lived on 156th Place, where I could hear gunshots almost every Saturday night. Between my house and State Street, there were taverns on almost every intersection of that otherwise residential neighborhood. I recall reading that there were over 150 liquor licenses in the city when the population was around 35,000. Almost all were safe places to have a few drinks and play pool, but there were, of course, some guys who couldn't hold their liquor (some of them being hardcore bikers). Despite that, it had a certain indescribable sense of belonging that was hard to feel elsewhere (and I had lived in many other places). As much as I disliked some aspects of the old Cal City, I would gladly return to it as it once was. Bonuses: the once-thriving outdoor River Oaks Mall was a fantastic shopping center. The original River Oaks Theater, before it was split up into multiple theaters, was THE best place to watch a movie in Chicagoland. HUGE, comfortable, rocking seats and a sound system that was without peer made experiencing movies like Earthquake something that you felt as much as saw. Then there is Green Lake, a forest preserve swimming and fishing hole, replete with sandy beach and swimming/diving platform created from an old quarry... We also had one of the best slow-pitch (no gloves) softball leagues in the country (winning the national title in '79). So sad to see what it has devolved into...
Part of the story is that the people who lived in that area made a living wage working in the steel mills and since they had money to spend, business thrived. In 1960 a person with just a high school education could get a job pushing a broom in a mill and be able to afford to buy a house, support a wife and two kids and have money left over to buy a muscle car. But the mills - which produce even more these days than they did back then- are mostly automated now, they only need 5~10% of the workforce they once had. The owners of the mills increased profits by eliminating workers, and the community went to hell.
They just tore everything down, and replaced it with nothing. Empty lots, sitting for decades now. Genova calls it “progress”. Bars were the lifeblood of that town.
@@K-Blao Any tax money from the bars is gone, and the city has to pay for all the taverns they bought and the demolition of those establishments. Now Calumet City has murders and drug problems. Genova calls that "progress!?!"
What a find to encounter this bit of history! I went to high school in Calumet City in the 50's and spent many Friday nights at John's Pizza, so it was great to both see the pictures and a hear the history. This was especially enlightening because I drove through town over a decade ago while attending a TF high school reunion and could find neither John's nor "the strip". The old places on the strip weren't just closed down---there was no evidence that there had ever been anything standing there. Given the colorful history of the area and the impression it made on me as a teenager, the vacuum I encountered was a rather disappointing end to my nostalgic trip back to adolescent stomping grounds.
That's nice. He read some bad news in the paper, and decided to destroy the town, and send the residents packing. Now it's so much safer - not! And he's pleased with himself. I grew up on State Line Road. As a ten-year-old, I went bar to bar shining shoes, down State Line to State Street and back. Never had any problems then, or until the time I left town in the early eighties. When I came back, the bars were gone, and the place was a dump. I know no one who lives there now, the town I grew up in. Sad.
i remember going to dots hob nob we lived on hirsch right off sibley. dotty would serve us we might a been 16 yrs old she never even carded us but we grew up there and never even thought about it.
I used to play music at one of the Night Clubs in Cal City, years ago called Mary's Place….. Good Times….. We played from 9:30 to 3:30, 6 hours! That was pretty standard in Cal City…. The Clubs in Indiana would close at 2:00 or 2:30 and everyone would come across the state line to party……Those were different times……...
Hi Chuck... I didn't know him......... During those times some of the Musicians that played over there were Ralph Posey, Mike Catsban (Stoney Creek), The Hazzard County Band, Johnny Phipps......... That was in the late 1970'S.....
I was in high school in Hammond Indiana in the mid 50s. For a year or two I had a job with the Western Union telegraph office on State Street in Hammond delivering telegrams on my bicycle. The telegraph office was just one block from State line Road, the road that separated Indiana from Illinois and separated Hammond from Calumet city. The dive bars, strip clubs and nightclubs occupied a two block area on State Street starting at State line Road. On several occasions I had to deliver telegrams to people living somewhere on those two blocks, usually to young women who probably worked as B-girls or strippers in those bars and clubs. I remember being somewhat afraid to go into that area because of its reputation, but never had any problems. I lived in Munster Indiana, the town immediately south of Hammond. I remember that there was a woman living on our same street and attending the same church Who would from time to time ask my dad to accompany her to find and Drag home her husband Who was out on a drunk at one of those bars or clubs on the strip in Calumet city.
HA. river oaks villa was my first apartment 50 years ago. i had forgotten the name of that place till i saw you talk about it. did they tear that place down?
Never had a bad time in Cal City!!! I still hit Tombstone Inn and the new Harry O's on Burnham every now and then...... I could use a cold beer right about now....
It must’ve been a few years that you haven’t been in Cal city because Herriott’s has been gone for almost 2 years now on Burnham Avenue and I could use a cold beer right now to
Yeah mayor you did a great job cleaning up calumet city . The town is a total shit hole now days not safe to walk the streets during the day or at night . I grew up in calumet city 1975 to 1990 what a great town it once was . Grew up on Merille ave . Id still be living in calumet city today if I need not say more .
Grew up on Wentworth in the late 50's early 60's, until we moved to Munster. We were just down the street from the ice cream place (can't remember the name). We'd go to John's almost every week. Anybody remember The Spot on State Line across from St Margaret's? That was my aunt's bar... she knew everybody in town. Teenagers, we'd go hang out at Hegewisch Records ... the guys there liked us and always got us the best seats at all the Chicago concerts. Back for visits in the 70's we hung out at Bobby McGee's. Yep, the end of an era.
The ice cream place you're thinking about was it called "The Melody Maid"? Grew up on Ingraham Ave. right behind the place.. Yes great memories of Cal City..Went to Hegewisch records all the time when it was in Hegewisch, when Joe & Richie ran it... Loved their prices for both albums & concert tickets..
My mom managed John Peeks club. Club 300 & another club I can’t remember the name.. my sister & aunt danced at that club.. I use to go to the club when my mom was cleaning & she’d let me dance on the stage.. I use to get all the old 45s out of the jukebox.. when my family got off work in the middle of the night they’d run home & get me so I could eat breakfast with everyone after they got off work.. I remember a biker named Tiny & one named Terry my family was good friends with.. I knew alot of the cab drivers by name. My favorite was Oscar.. & that restaurant I think it was called Johns , they had the best rice pudding..
John's had to be one of the best places to eat. Waitress's from Gino's Steak House would go to John's after work and finish up the night there. Me included. One of the best. And "yes", I remember as a kid in highschool driving thru Cal City with a carload of highschool chums to get a sneak peek at the dancing girls on the bar. Ha, Ha, Ha.
My parents would sneak away from Aurora to Cal City back in the '50's when they were dating and my mom could drink underage. I enjoyed this video but the sax in the background playing "Misty" over and over is annoying.
I'm Purdy sure my dad had a go-go girl tavern on State Strret...lol I remember it as a kid in the 70s... taverns everywhere... my relatives all grew up in taverns & or owned one... crazy... too bad its a cesspool of minority & gangs... can't evan drive down my childhood road without getting shot... thank God we got out in the 80s... ughhh
Nino's Pizza, Pano's Big Boy, Mike's Restaurant, Goldblatts, I remember my Grandpa used to say let's go for a Walk... Downtown Hammond when I was a kid. Obviously we lived in Cal City he bought me a wallet when I was little with a picture of Donald Duck pooping and it said No Shit or something. They took it away from me when I went to school the next day 😂😂😂😂 those where the days and he loved State Street.
Watching the Whiskey a Go Go being torn down makes me very sad. I spend a Christmas Eve in there on night with a good friend and the dancers all wore Santa Hats and were extra nice to the customers. Who would want to go to this place now and why?
Wondering if Jerry Janiga was a Detective on the Cal City PD in 1973.I believe he would come to the Clarks gas station on Homan across from the park in Hammond Indiana.
That saxophone in the background, though playing a good song, is both distracting and annoying. I can't believe the makers of this video would think it's a good idea to have background music during an interview. Any good film maker knows that music is used for punctuation and to set a mood. It is not supposed to be a wall-to-wall experience.
They need a Studio Movie Grill and some restaurants like Panda, Panera, and a Papa John’s. With the ghost town of Hammond, maybe they should put in a mini Branson-like entertainment complex. Knock down the stores and build theaters. Not sure who would go there. But people go to the casinos in the worst cities there.
my dad ran the rondavous back in the day for the mob until they got him on tax evasion. i have a great shot of him in a zoot suit outside the club by his car.
After work my boss George use to take me to the pizza place, it was a fun time on state street ha ha. Whisky a Go Go. I have to agree, towards the end State Street was not a good place and I got out and here I still am sitting at my desk at working thinking "if anybody ever knew" ha ha
What year did the SC's close? Never went here, I did hit some in Hammond and Gary around 94/95. Most of the SC's these days are just fancy money pits, all tease, no action.
....and had a "getaway" house there. He pretty much owned State Street during Prohibition. My Great-Grand Uncle owned a bottling plant on State Line Street, just down the road....think they did business??
It’s still racist, Just the other way around. I’m treated like shit everywhere I go because I’m white. It’s still my city too, Yes, black folks are racist just like white, hispanic, asian folk etc are. Racism plagues every race, unfortunately I can attest to this. Also, I have a problem with you making a blanket statement like “everyone there was archie bunker in 70s and 80s,” my grandparents lived there from 1947 to currently (grandmother now) and they were anything but “archie bunker.”. That talk is total garbage.
@@donnix768 I’m speaking facts. I grew up on a 159th street between Paxton, & Greenwood ave ( Village Green). It was predominantly black. In the early 80’s we used to play softball in summer leagues that was all over Cal City. We used to go to Memorial Park, & fight those Archie Bunkers all the time. They were the white people with long hair & heavy metal T-shirts. Same goes for by Friar Tucks, the neighborhood behind Shakeys. You know that I’m speaking truth.
@@fo11773 where was section 8. Not in Village Green. 90% of the parents where Chicago public school teachers. There was a program that gave them incentives to move there in the 70’s & 80’s. Definitely not the Park condos behind Outback. Section may have been in the Villa( Ginger Ridge) off of 147th.
Back when Cal City was White. Hate to say that but it’s true. Just like every other south suburb...they were all great places to grow up at one point. Harvey had Rubes Sportsman’s Club and a great little downtown. Dolton was a nice town to start a family. Riverdale, Phoenix, Dixmoor, Robbins, etc. Back when they were all White. Once the White families started moving out and other families moved in, the towns went to absolute hell. I’ve lived in Lansing for 37 years and it’s well on the way to being the next Harvey or Markham, mark my words. TF South is only 16% White kids, 17% Hispanic. Take a wild guess what the rest is? Damn shame. I know people won’t like this comment but I call it how it is, and how I see it. Tired of the PC snowflakes nowadays.
Just say you think Black and Latino families are trash and go. White flight and the end of factory jobs that moved out of town was the cause of Calumet City's decline. God forbid you name racism and economic factors as the causes. Lol at you boo-hooing that bars run by mobsters are demolished.
No mention of all the gangs I have been hearing so much about lately!! evidently they don't visit the strip now it's cleaned up?? Must be up on Burnham ave...or State street??
Never made it here, remember Cicero Ave in the early 90's but everything is gone now. Just a few lame overpriced strip clubs here and there. Adult entertainment of today is a joke! What is like here now? A run down dump with boarded up stores?
Ahh, all the negative comments are false, I live in Calumet city, near state line, its still safe , I mean you get your regular crime here and their, but not as bad as some people are saying, let me guess, the are all white lol
Genova was a real piece of work. I never understood how so many people thought he had what it takes to lead a city -- small though it was, with the unique history and challenges of Calumet City. I lived in Cal City, off and on, in the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, and 90's. Family lived there even earlier. Cal City certainly always had its rough edges. For awhile, I lived on 156th Place, where I could hear gunshots almost every Saturday night. Between my house and State Street, there were taverns on almost every intersection of that otherwise residential neighborhood. I recall reading that there were over 150 liquor licenses in the city when the population was around 35,000. Almost all were safe places to have a few drinks and play pool, but there were, of course, some guys who couldn't hold their liquor (some of them being hardcore bikers). Despite that, it had a certain indescribable sense of belonging that was hard to feel elsewhere (and I had lived in many other places). As much as I disliked some aspects of the old Cal City, I would gladly return to it as it once was. Bonuses: the once-thriving outdoor River Oaks Mall was a fantastic shopping center. The original River Oaks Theater, before it was split up into multiple theaters, was THE best place to watch a movie in Chicagoland. HUGE, comfortable, rocking seats and a sound system that was without peer made experiencing movies like Earthquake something that you felt as much as saw. Then there is Green Lake, a forest preserve swimming and fishing hole, replete with sandy beach and swimming/diving platform created from an old quarry... We also had one of the best slow-pitch (no gloves) softball leagues in the country (winning the national title in '79). So sad to see what it has devolved into...
Part of the story is that the people who lived in that area made a living wage working in the steel mills and since they had money to spend, business thrived. In 1960 a person with just a high school education could get a job pushing a broom in a mill and be able to afford to buy a house, support a wife and two kids and have money left over to buy a muscle car. But the mills - which produce even more these days than they did back then- are mostly automated now, they only need 5~10% of the workforce they once had. The owners of the mills increased profits by eliminating workers, and the community went to hell.
Bill Milosz couldn’t have said it better myself.
They just tore everything down, and replaced it with nothing. Empty lots, sitting for decades now. Genova calls it “progress”. Bars were the lifeblood of that town.
Exactly
@@K-Blao
Any tax money from the bars is gone, and the city has to pay for all the taverns they bought and the demolition of those establishments. Now Calumet City has murders and drug problems. Genova calls that "progress!?!"
What a find to encounter this bit of history! I went to high school in Calumet City in the 50's and spent many Friday nights at John's Pizza, so it was great to both see the pictures and a hear the history. This was especially enlightening because I drove through town over a decade ago while attending a TF high school reunion and could find neither John's nor "the strip". The old places on the strip weren't just closed down---there was no evidence that there had ever been anything standing there. Given the colorful history of the area and the impression it made on me as a teenager, the vacuum I encountered was a rather disappointing end to my nostalgic trip back to adolescent stomping grounds.
It’s always interesting hearing more about Calumet City! BTW, the founder of John’s Pizzeria, Phil Bacino, was a Mafioso of substantial weight.
Miss original John's. They had/have one in Munster later, but not the same as original.
Progress never came sadly. Too bad, so much history lost. It could have been a tourist goldmine had they preserved the history and cleaned it up.
Exactly
That's nice. He read some bad news in the paper, and decided to destroy the town, and send the residents packing. Now it's so much safer - not! And he's pleased with himself.
I grew up on State Line Road. As a ten-year-old, I went bar to bar shining shoes, down State Line to State Street and back. Never had any problems then, or until the time I left town in the early eighties. When I came back, the bars were gone, and the place was a dump. I know no one who lives there now, the town I grew up in. Sad.
+sudont Same thing I was thinking. Who the hells this shmuck!
Genova wasn't nearly as bad as Quack.
Who is Quack? What is the story there?
Ahhhhhh, the good ol' days.
i remember going to dots hob nob we lived on hirsch right off sibley. dotty would serve us we might a been 16 yrs old she never even carded us but we grew up there and never even thought about it.
Anybody remember Pizza Pete on Sibley The good ole days
Double decker pizza. They sponsored our 16" softball team in the 80s
Had many a pizza
There is still one in orland park or tinley one of them ... Good pizza what what block olgesby and sibley
Yes the owner lived in my block In Burnhamand I worked there as did my sister for several years. Awesome pizza still one in Orland Park
They had a double decker pizza. He sponsored our 16" softball team in the early 80s
It was like a Poor Man's Vegas Strip.
I used to play music at one of the Night Clubs in Cal City, years ago called Mary's Place….. Good Times….. We played from 9:30 to 3:30, 6 hours! That was pretty standard in Cal City…. The Clubs in Indiana would close at 2:00 or 2:30 and everyone would come across the state line to party……Those were different times……...
Did you happen to know a Johnny Romero (sp?)?
Hi Chuck... I didn't know him......... During those times some of the Musicians that played over there were Ralph Posey, Mike Catsban (Stoney Creek), The Hazzard County Band, Johnny Phipps......... That was in the late 1970'S.....
Mary's place was a spectacular fire
MY dad played Mary's place. An bar x. The lake co ramblers. Jerry Hunter. Jake Pitts. Corky Wilson. Bev Hunter
In case you alrady didn't know, Al Capone frequented this area
Tony S ,,,yes he did,played golf at Burnham woods too
Alcapone had many homes, and owned a few in that area. I bet all the old school gangsters started those blocks up..
his home in burnham has been turned into a COMMUNITY OUTREACH CENTER lolll
I was in high school in Hammond Indiana in the mid 50s. For a year or two I had a job with the Western Union telegraph office on State Street in Hammond delivering telegrams on my bicycle. The telegraph office was just one block from State line Road, the road that separated Indiana from Illinois and separated Hammond from Calumet city. The dive bars, strip clubs and nightclubs occupied a two block area on State Street starting at State line Road. On several occasions I had to deliver telegrams to people living somewhere on those two blocks, usually to young women who probably worked as B-girls or strippers in those bars and clubs. I remember being somewhat afraid to go into that area because of its reputation, but never had any problems. I lived in Munster Indiana, the town immediately south of Hammond. I remember that there was a woman living on our same street and attending the same church Who would from time to time ask my dad to accompany her to find and Drag home her husband Who was out on a drunk at one of those bars or clubs on the strip in Calumet city.
Growing up in Calumet City in the 60s and 70s, many families and their cousins lived within blocks of each other - some right next door.
I lived in River Oaks Villa for many years and went to Sandridge Elementary School and then Dirksen. Wasn't bad when I lived there.
I lived in Village Green, went Sandridge, & Dirksen
HA. river oaks villa was my first apartment 50 years ago. i had forgotten the name of that place till i saw you talk about it. did they tear that place down?
Jerry Genova looks like Rod Blagojevich with a haircut😂
Ended up in the same place
He acted like him too, ended up in jail.
I worked at John's and for the Bacinos for many years. A lot of my greatest memories there. Too bad foe Cal City, always love.
Never had a bad time in Cal City!!! I still hit Tombstone Inn and the new Harry O's on Burnham every now and then...... I could use a cold beer right about now....
clownpuncher7070 love the Tombstone!!
It must’ve been a few years that you haven’t been in Cal city because Herriott’s has been gone for almost 2 years now on Burnham Avenue and I could use a cold beer right now to
Oooops harry’os
HarryO’s is a Bakery the one that was in State line
Jerry genova looks like Rod Blagojevich with a haircut😂
Whiskey-A-Go-Go was my favorite club to visit.
ha ha maybe you saw me at one time.
@@gailbird100 -- did you ever wear a purple wig?
@@kierondec Definately NO.
@@gailbird100 -- so what years did you dance there?
@@kierondec When I worked the Whisky A Go Go was called the Shay Club, I would say middle 70's. I remember Coffee.
Yeah mayor you did a great job cleaning up calumet city .
The town is a total shit hole now days not safe to walk the streets during the day or at night .
I grew up in calumet city 1975 to 1990 what a great town it once was .
Grew up on Merille ave .
Id still be living in calumet city today if
I need not say more .
70 to 82 Luella
I know exactly what you mean, just can't say it
and state line road i miss those days
Grew up on Wentworth in the late 50's early 60's, until we moved to Munster. We were just down the street from the ice cream place (can't remember the name). We'd go to John's almost every week. Anybody remember The Spot on State Line across from St Margaret's? That was my aunt's bar... she knew everybody in town. Teenagers, we'd go hang out at Hegewisch Records ... the guys there liked us and always got us the best
seats at all the Chicago concerts. Back for visits in the 70's we hung out at Bobby McGee's. Yep, the end of an era.
The ice cream place you're thinking about was it called "The Melody Maid"? Grew up on Ingraham Ave. right behind the place.. Yes great memories of Cal City..Went to Hegewisch records all the time when it was in Hegewisch, when Joe & Richie ran it... Loved their prices for both albums & concert tickets..
I live right over here.
Zesto!
My mom managed John Peeks club. Club 300 & another club I can’t remember the name.. my sister & aunt danced at that club.. I use to go to the club when my mom was cleaning & she’d let me dance on the stage.. I use to get all the old 45s out of the jukebox.. when my family got off work in the middle of the night they’d run home & get me so I could eat breakfast with everyone after they got off work.. I remember a biker named Tiny & one named Terry my family was good friends with.. I knew alot of the cab drivers by name. My favorite was Oscar.. & that restaurant I think it was called Johns , they had the best rice pudding..
Our Band played at Mary's Place.... Good Memories.
I remember when Mary's place burned down .155th place I believe
My Mom was a dancer at a club in Calumet.
So was I. maybe I knew her.
I worked on the RR and laid over at the Indiana Hotel. Would hang out at the Zig Zag bar owned by Al Soldano. Many good times!
They had the best food
My cousins lived there in the 60's, 70's, 80,s and 90's. Visited often.
John's had to be one of the best places to eat. Waitress's from Gino's Steak House would go to John's after work and finish up the night there. Me included. One of the best. And "yes", I remember as a kid in highschool driving thru Cal City with a carload of highschool chums to get a sneak peek at the dancing girls on the bar. Ha, Ha, Ha.
My parents would sneak away from Aurora to Cal City back in the '50's when they were dating and my mom could drink underage. I enjoyed this video but the sax in the background playing "Misty" over and over is annoying.
I agree
If i could turn down the background music "Misty" i would be able to hear the interviews. Otherwise I really enjoyed it.
I live right between Forsythe and State Line and my wife got carjacked at gunpoint right off 156th and Forsythe.
Thatsa aparta my childhood
I'm Purdy sure my dad had a go-go girl tavern on State Strret...lol
I remember it as a kid in the 70s... taverns everywhere... my relatives all grew up in taverns & or owned one... crazy... too bad its a cesspool of minority & gangs... can't evan drive down my childhood road without getting shot... thank God we got out in the 80s... ughhh
Nino's Pizza, Pano's Big Boy, Mike's Restaurant, Goldblatts, I remember my Grandpa used to say let's go for a Walk... Downtown Hammond when I was a kid. Obviously we lived in Cal City he bought me a wallet when I was little with a picture of Donald Duck pooping and it said No Shit or something. They took it away from me when I went to school the next day 😂😂😂😂 those where the days and he loved State Street.
My father worked for Goldblatt's many years ago.
The cop on the right - 7:35 - looks kind of like Barney Fife!
The good times on state street!
It was fun
Does anyone remember nick& George's the old cancer clinic on state-State
I worked at Johns was some great times had there
Watching the Whiskey a Go Go being torn down makes me very sad. I spend a Christmas Eve in there on night with a good friend and the dancers all wore Santa Hats and were extra nice to the customers. Who would want to go to this place now and why?
ha ha I worked there.
Sax sounds a bit like the theme from Flintstones
"Misty" from the 40s
Wondering if Jerry Janiga was a Detective on the Cal City PD in 1973.I believe he would come to the Clarks gas station on Homan across from the park in Hammond Indiana.
U knocked down the whole strip and u say it feels good ?
That saxophone in the background, though playing a good song, is both distracting and annoying. I can't believe the makers of this video would think it's a good idea to have background music during an interview. Any good film maker knows that music is used for punctuation and to set a mood. It is not supposed to be a wall-to-wall experience.
as a 15 year old i had no idea cal city was like this
They need a Studio Movie Grill and some restaurants like Panda, Panera, and a Papa John’s. With the ghost town of Hammond, maybe they should put in a mini Branson-like entertainment complex. Knock down the stores and build theaters. Not sure who would go there. But people go to the casinos in the worst cities there.
Got married at Johns pizza
I love this strip
my dad ran the rondavous back in the day for the mob until they got him on tax evasion. i have a great shot of him in a zoot suit outside the club by his car.
After work my boss George use to take me to the pizza place, it was a fun time on state street ha ha. Whisky a Go Go. I have to agree, towards the end State Street was not a good place and I got out and here I still am sitting at my desk at working thinking "if anybody ever knew" ha ha
Yea these are almost all Mob bosses .
they were nice to me
Pleased with what has happened! There's nothing left to that strip.
John's Restaurant had the best pizza🍕
I still remember the sign for Hurricane Donna-The Latin American Bombshell. My youtube name is a tribute.
Any records on her?
ha ha
What year did the SC's close? Never went here, I did hit some in Hammond and Gary around 94/95. Most of the SC's these days are just fancy money pits, all tease, no action.
Sigh..cant have any fun anymore
I still have fun over there in some low-key laidback spots
....and had a "getaway" house there. He pretty much owned State Street during Prohibition. My Great-Grand Uncle owned a bottling plant on State Line Street, just down the road....think they did business??
Many years ago ,good people and then the mills closed
Awesome Video. Keep up the good work!
Now it's a sh*t hole.
Very run down Suburb of South Side Chicago.
Cal City was extremely prejudice in the 70’s & 80’s. Everything & everyone over there was Archie Bunker.
It’s still racist, Just the other way around. I’m treated like shit everywhere I go because I’m white. It’s still my city too, Yes, black folks are racist just like white, hispanic, asian folk etc are. Racism plagues every race, unfortunately I can attest to this. Also, I have a problem with you making a blanket statement like “everyone there was archie bunker in 70s and 80s,” my grandparents lived there from 1947 to currently (grandmother now) and they were anything but “archie bunker.”. That talk is total garbage.
Pretty much all south Chicago was like that. It's how it was in those days. If you miss it,watch the orange asshole in the whitehouse.
go somewhere else then
@@donnix768 I’m speaking facts. I grew up on a 159th street between Paxton, & Greenwood ave ( Village Green). It was predominantly black. In the early 80’s we used to play softball in summer leagues that was all over Cal City. We used to go to Memorial Park, & fight those Archie Bunkers all the time. They were the white people with long hair & heavy metal T-shirts. Same goes for by Friar Tucks, the neighborhood behind Shakeys. You know that I’m speaking truth.
@@fo11773 where was section 8. Not in Village Green. 90% of the parents where Chicago public school teachers. There was a program that gave them incentives to move there in the 70’s & 80’s. Definitely not the Park condos behind Outback. Section may have been in the Villa( Ginger Ridge) off of 147th.
FeatureMan brought me here (OK Boomer Pizza video)
All gone and Quack could give a shit.
Does anyone remember Ms Candy?
Michael Gonzalez, man dressed as a woman. Epileptic, I picked him up in the ambulance plenty. I got great stories bout that cat. Rough life he had.
@@victormodjeski4173 Was his real name Norby? He was murdered, right?
Back when Cal City was White. Hate to say that but it’s true. Just like every other south suburb...they were all great places to grow up at one point. Harvey had Rubes Sportsman’s Club and a great little downtown. Dolton was a nice town to start a family. Riverdale, Phoenix, Dixmoor, Robbins, etc. Back when they were all White. Once the White families started moving out and other families moved in, the towns went to absolute hell. I’ve lived in Lansing for 37 years and it’s well on the way to being the next Harvey or Markham, mark my words. TF South is only 16% White kids, 17% Hispanic. Take a wild guess what the rest is? Damn shame. I know people won’t like this comment but I call it how it is, and how I see it. Tired of the PC snowflakes nowadays.
djhaloeight 70s are over. Stop crying.
White people can't afford to move anywhere anymore so they might as well get used to it
We used to fight white people in school every day from those areas in the early 80’s. I was part of the reason you guys moved, Lol
Just say you think Black and Latino families are trash and go. White flight and the end of factory jobs that moved out of town was the cause of Calumet City's decline. God forbid you name racism and economic factors as the causes. Lol at you boo-hooing that bars run by mobsters are demolished.
All facts. Glad someone was honest enough to say it!
No mention of all the gangs I have been hearing so much about lately!!
evidently they don't visit the strip now it's cleaned up??
Must be up on Burnham ave...or State street??
It's all gone
why destroy buildings if you don't like the business operating there?
You destroyed it, sad, should get rid of you
trur
Never made it here, remember Cicero Ave in the early 90's but everything is gone now. Just a few lame overpriced strip clubs here and there. Adult entertainment of today is a joke! What is like here now? A run down dump with boarded up stores?
Ur hooked on them strip clubs. U are a john
Ahh, all the negative comments are false, I live in Calumet city, near state line, its still safe , I mean you get your regular crime here and their, but not as bad as some people are saying, let me guess, the are all white lol
Bro I live right off 156th and Forsythe my wife got carjacked at gunpoint right there.
@@K-Blao how long ago waa this
next mini-doc you create please save the music for intros and outros, the playing throughout the video is annoying and f'ing distracting