Lived in Dolton by the police station and library but attended Thornton HS '71-'75 (the years of busing and before Thornwood HS and the community college were completed). That one campus was Thornton HS in the morning with its own faculty and staff, Thornwood HS in the afternoon with its own faculty and staff, and Thornton Community College at night. Harvey was more like a city than a suburb. Ingalls hospital was where you went for emergencies. Dixie Mall was cool. And the McDonalds on Sibley was one of the very first in the world not long after Des Plaines. I had a john boat I used to take out on the Little Calumet River. Harvey Fire Department was in the Dolton Parade every year. I have every reason to be sad now.
Hi MrLeoYaus, I'm from Dolton, I lived on Sanderson. My Dad was a science and biology teacher at TTHS as well as Thornridge HS. My parents and 4 siblings were born in Harvey on 147th St., and it used to be a thriving and wonderful town with very little crime to speak of... but once my Dad built our home in Dolton and moved out of Harvey, I was born, 1958. Both these towns used to be so wonderful back in the 50's, 60's and 70's, but they quickly deteriorated due to the influx of people that moved into these suburbs from the projects of Chicago. Crime and vandalism were rampant and drove everyone out almost overnight. So sad to see the homes and businesses boarded up and foreclosed on. The political corruption in Harvey and Dolton have been a huge contributor of the financial and moral decline. Sadly, there's nothing to go back to. But I still have so many great memories from my childhood. I hope you do, too.🫠 2:45
Kellogg is the blame!!!! I lived in Harvey for a few years ,the most corrupt city officials, cops,etc absolutely hated it ,pulled over every chance they got to try to take your car, money whatever they can get there hands on
As a kid I grew up in Harvey . Back in the 40s to 1970 Harvey had everything . I worked at Allis Chalmers then I went to to Harvey bus company and worked my way up to Trailways . By 1978 Harvey took a change for the worse . I worked with Nick Graves at the PD in the early 70s . Drugs came into town and it just went down hill . Inn 93 my family moved out and glad we did but my childhood memories as a kid growing up in Harvey will always be with me . A lot of the gangs moved in Harvey from the City of Chicago mainly the south side . Dolton , So. Holland , Riverdale , Were all good towns back then , even Roseland was good . Now there all ghettos .
I was raised in Harvey from 2 years old to 17years old. I'm 22 and I'm living in Mexico but honestly over seen Harvey go down in so many ways and it's truly upsetting and Harvey is a beautiful place if you look deeper. I've seen store come and quickly get abandon.
I was a Harvey Police officer from 1975 to 1986. It was on the way down when I got hired the but the City had recently brought on a bunch of good guys. As a result the best left. Thankfully I was fired for residency and got a job in a nearby county on the way up and retired after 21 years there. I have a good pension and still stay in touch with some of the old guys.
For an UPDATE on the so-called "CONDEMNED" BUILDINGS and the 'MARY BROOKS' who's FEATURED in THIS VIDEO, 'TODAY' I POSTED a STORY with PICTURES on the FB PROFILE with MY PICTURE of ME sitting on a BARBER'S CHAIR, and NOT the PROFILE with the PICTURE of ME with the late COMEDIAN who I dubbed 'Sir PAUL MOONEY because I've NOT been able to ACCESS since APRIL 17, 2022! PLEASE READ and LEARN how IGNORANCE IS NOT BLISS!
i grew up in Dolton , in the late 60's to mid 70's very close to harvey on sibley bld . this only validate what was known beck then . glad i left there
I grew up on Sanderson and went to Lincoln...Best childhood ever! Miss those days! Spent a lot of time at Dolton Park duringvthe Summers, out in the Prairie surrounding my house, and had so many great school friends and had so much fun with them. The good old days for sure. Dolton is horrible now and the town is unrecognizable. So sad.
Born and raised in Harvey....remember Dixie Square mall rip(used in Blues Brothers movie) and the old movie theater that was used in the movie Cooley High but that was before my time.....Harvey is to chicago what compton is to Los Angeles...708 joe💯
My heart goes out to the people of Harvey, even though the politicians have failed the city and the state of Illinois. The city of Harvey will survive, and rise on the strength of it's people good luck ,and God bless you.
I went to thornton hs in early 80s. Lived in Riverdale. Thornton had metal detectors at all entrances. I dropped out my junior year. I drove through Harvey maybe 2 years ago. Was an erie feeling. Riverdale, harvey, calumet city hammond all remind me of back to the future. Surreal.
I was born in 1954. My parents lived in Harvey. On 155th St., just east of Lexington. (Odd Fellows Hall=Creepy!) I grew up in Harvey. I lived on the north side on Kentucky Ave., just north of 147th. And on the south side around 160th and Lexington. My parents finally bought a house on the east side near 163rd and Halstead St. I went in the military in 1971 and some years later, returned upon separation but,never really made Harvey home again. I watched this video 3 times. I didn't recognize anything in that video. Nothing! What a shame. Harvey used to have it all when I was a kid. On 154th Street,you could start walking west from the IC station at Park Av. and have your choice of restaurants and stores. Anyone remember the Steak and Shake? Yum! A movie theater, Walgreens,Rexalls,L&G grill,Ben Franklin 5&10,Illinois Bell and assorted specialty shops,barber shops,beauty salons. You name it. I'm sure I've forgotten several. Those were the best times and I'm saddened that other kids will not have a chance to experience that.
My dad was born and raised there as well he was born in 59 but he had older siblings who were there also theirs a Facebook group called old Harvey friends thought you'd like to know that
Born in '57 and lived in Dolton. Dolton had it all too! Movie theater, department stores, bike shop, pet shop, jewelry shop, butcher, tailor, hobby, shoes, bike... one of everything! I lived on Lincoln by the Dolton library and could walk to Thornridge HS but was bused to Thornton HS ('71-75). I didn't mind because Thornton HS had awesome infrastructure and facilities.
@@MrLeoYaus VERY AWESOME! My roots there and at South Suburban College helped me graduate from LMC in Pittsburg, CA with THREE DEGREES ALL HONORS! HALLELUJAH! 🙏🙌 GOD is SO GOOD! "For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of His mouth cometh knowledge and understanding." Proverbs 2:6!
Downtown Dolton was such a great little town. I remember walking to the Dolton House at lunch time in 7th grade with my friends, and we ordered hamburgers and French fries, which were really good back then! Oh the memories!!❤🫠❤
Unfortunately Harvey has been on decline since the 90s. It just keeps getting worse. Harvey makes every town around it terrible too. Thank god Engalls is there or the whole town would be gone.
Many of these residents have some good points but Harvey is simply too far gone now. The drugs and gangs will take over to the point to where it'll become unlovable for anybody else.
I’m not from Harvey never even being to that city but it’s got it be sad for the people that grew up there and it means a lot to them, 😊I always think about the city I grew up it means a lot to me, Moving forward is great!! but coming back to visit the city you grew up is awesome 👏 that’s where your memories are it’s part of you, I hope the best for your city I hope the governor and government and laws come together and make this city a beautiful place to live again. God Bless! AMEN 🙏 ❤️
This is very sad because the Chicago area is very segregated and Harvey is a great example of this. Directly south of Harvey is the town of Homewood and it is thriving with Walmart Chick-fil-A's Menards Chipotle's car dealerships you name it and then directly across the tollway and Halsted street There Is A Wasteland called Harvey. When will it end ?
@@gamertron0993 It's not the color it's the money. But this WHOLE world is shutting down now. JESUS is RETURNING SOON! ALLELUIA! 🙏🙌 Noah preached for MANY years about the coming flood. After while, the flood CERTAINLY did come, and drowned everyone except those saved in the boat with Noah! Our LAST promise from JESUS... "He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus." Revelation 22:20! QUICKLY means SOON! I BELIEVE GOD!
I was born there in 1955 and my family lived a block from Washington School & the golf course that became the Dixie Square Mall site. In 1960, Harvey was prosperous-- good jobs were plentiful and an amazing number of men walked to work or the train station. My Dad was a tech and test driver at Sinclair Oil Lab. The neighbor boy's father worked at a company that made rail cars. Sister and I went to a Baptist church on 154th St. and Mom shopped at the Jewel Tea supermarket. The city was way more white then, with "colored" neighborhoods beginning about two blocks from our house, just past our school. We (every kid I knew) had cordial relationships with the black kids and I remember one controversy over letting them play on the Little League team. Our street (Winchester) and house looks about as it did back, back in the day. A city-wide cleanup of junk and trash in yards and empty lots would be a good start. Jobs. Jobs. Jobs. Good ones. Take ''em back from the Red Chinese.
If you want to know what went wrong with Harvey in a nutshell : look at the team picture of their 1933 state basketball champions. Then look at the team picture of their 1966 champions. Then look at the team picture of any of their runner up teams from the 1990s , that should do it.
@@EVERY1SONLINEANGEL The truth is, we have NOT obeyed GOD! "And Jesus answered him, The first of all commandments is, Hear O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord. And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these." Mark 12:29-31! For you to answer Truth shows you don't LOVE as GOD requires. "But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned." Matthew 12:36-37! Woe
To be fair, once the industry left, so did white people, which left room for Blacks to move in. Then came divestment, lower-property values, which brought in a lower-class of people.
2 years ago I move to harvey I have a hope the samething will change I think harvey will be more hispanic in the future and that will change all with hard work and dedication I promise you
I was thinking the same thing. I grew up in Harvey and it is Latinos moving where there wasn't any. I think the Latinos are starting to turn Harvey around.
@@diamondhumphrey9383 Yeah but wait til the Latin gangs and cartels get a foothold in Harvey . Theres already Latin Kings. I hear there is also cartel workers out there. Harvey will change but will it change for the better ? Latinos take better care of their neighborhoods but there is still more latino gangs than black gangs and they have raging wars in the city but nobody wants to report on that. It's always black on black this and that 💯
@@gamertron0993 Since a MIGHTY REVIVAL is COMING, perhaps some of the gang leaders will receive JESUS, become filled with the HOLY GHOST and PREACH! THAT will turn the city AROUND for GOOD! PRAISE the LORD! "For with God nothing shall be impossible." Luke 1:37! HALLELUJAH! 💞💖💞
Drove a set of triples trailers thru their a few times in the 90s the city had a lot of potential. It was affected pretty bad by the economic downturn. (It was so bad that when a car slowing down so it could be scanned to pay at the automatic toll both the following car would regularly tailgate so that driver wouldn't have to pay the toll.
Grew up there in 50's & 60's, sad at what happened, bulldoze the entire town, it's old anyways, and rebuild. Ground is saturated with life threatening chemicals, EPA has done nothing with clean up, sad.
😅 I've lived in both. Born at ingalls in Harvey in the 80s and was relocated to Cairo during middle school and some highschool. Cairo 's govt corruption is not something I know personally about but I learned enough to just blame govt corruption and failure on their situation, also....(Not to mention the indigenous problems and ancient curses....😒)
Look at all of the crime that is in that city and people have the nerve to blame just the politicians know wrong. They are factored in as well, but the crime rate is outrageous. What business what people and what company want to move into an area like that no one does.
No! Organized political-religion & centralized power is just more politics! Notice how the religious don't look like who they claim they're defending, saying, "Amen" in a regular social meeting! Jesus saves, and our trust should be in Him, not government or religion! I'm from Harvey btw, born & raised, off of Dells Way. And Lord judge between me & ANYONE who has anything to say/post negatively against this.
JESUS wants things done decently and in order. God gives us government and police are supposed to be His ministers. If there were godly men in charge, we'd have a HOLY city, and could SURELY say Amen at political meetings!
