Historic Site of State Street Stroll
Historic Site of State Street Stroll is a historic and protected site Cook County Illinois located in United States.
E. 35th St. (at Calumet Ave.) Chicago , IL 60616 United States
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In the 1920’s, this is where you’d come strut your stuff as music poured from nightclubs . The Meyers Ace Hardware store used to be the Sunset Café , a legendary jazz club where Louis Armstrong played. Read more
In the 1920's and '30s, this is where you’d come strut your stuff as music poured from the theaters , cabarets and nightclubs , like the Pekin Theater where the top blues singers of the day performed . Read more
The hardware store at the corner used to be the Sunset Café , a legendary jazz club where Louis Armstrong and others played. Look inside at the historic clippings in front, and the mural in back. Read more
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It's like Roseland...but on the Low End
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This place really interest me because I come from a family that loves the blues. However, Willie Dixon's Blues Heaven tells a story about it and how it developed in Chicago. My future destination. - Raveese Gladney
For some bizarre reason, most probably having to do with the jazz police; Eddie Harris wouldn't perform his POP-chart-reaching version of Exodus (on Vee Jay) for years after 1962. 3=(} - Steve ‘Pudgy’ De Rose
Two granite blocks mark the former spot of the Illinois Central Depot, or the Black Ellis Island, where 1000s of southern African Americans arrived to start new lives in Chicago - the Promised Land. - Explore Chicago
This used to be the landmark 708 Club, one of the birthplaces of the Chicago blues. It was here that the instruments and style that defined the highly-charged electrified blues really came together. - Explore Chicago
we are considering retouching the mural. the colors have faded since our last touch up in 2003. if anyone knows of an artist (we have a very limited budget), please let us know. - Blues Brothers Mural / Shelly's Loan & Jewelry Co.
Chess Records was known for its regular band of session musicians who played on most of the company's Chicago soul recordings. - Roosevelt Collection
Category Landmarks and Outdoors » Historic and Protected Site
Place United States » Illinois » Cook County » Chicago » Bronzeville