Interesting to see what the Barrio of Pilsen looked like back in the 80's . I grew up in Fruitvale Barrio of Oakland Ca in the West Coast could never imagine living in a place with so much snow lol I can also hear the narrator Chicago accent. I went once to Chi Town in 2005 interesting city I went to Pilsen and La Villita had a great time out there. 1 love from Oakland Ca.
This had to have been in the winter of '88-89 because the library opened in the summer of '89, it was a big deal at the time. Man brought back a ton of memories! We lived in Bridgeport but would come out there on the weekends especially after going to La Garra aka Maxwell st
Lived on Cullerton and Carpenter streets near Devorak Park in 1962 - 1964. Attended the 2nd and 3rd grades at St. Procopious Catholic school before I moved back to Texas. Came back to Chicago in the summer of 1973 and have been here since then. I remember Del Farm quite clearly along many other stores and one five & dime store in that area. Your video brought back so many memories. Thank you.
my grandma was one of the last Bohemians/ Czechs living on throop in the late 80's..I used to go to that church's chicken when I was little cuz I didnt know what all the mexican food was back then and thought they wouldnt be able to understand me in there ...lol. You could walk around 18 th , B. I. , etc during the day..all the ambrose didnt come out till at night, then theyd all be on the corner.
Cool to be able to walk back in our old hoods. Survived.i go back all the the to my block EC Indiana. Times change . New people come in. Usually crime goes up even more etc. Houses n buildings remain the same
You did an excellent job on this video! Thanks Bro! My Mexican Fam came(1950,s) to 18th from South Chicago-East Chicago-Saginaw Michigan-1926 Guanajuato. Viva Abuela Cuca!
I lived around that neighborhood back in early 70's on Troop st when I was around 7 years old. I remember watching Enter the Dragon at that movie theater with subtitles.
I used to love walking down my neighborhood on 18th Street with my cashmere in the winter snow to go see some friends and have some beers at harveys bar next to the libery the next day eat some menudo and carnitas and drink more beers for the hangover back home on sunday night and get ready for work on monday .good oh. Times gave me some good memories seeing you walk down the block.now i live in texas in the valle cant stand this hot weather here.kool video.
My name is Gelacio Arreolai love Pilsen but I live in Raymondville Texas but dream of pilsens old buildings and old Walsh School were Mrs Casper and Mrs.cochran were my teachersits be
i still live in pilsen a lot have change i live near this hs called Juarez it’s still up and that library it’s just a plain library also they added a mcdonald’s and la fiesta de sol is much smaller now
At 5:11 he said "all the way past this joint" stoppp lol Church's Chicken aint just a joint lol respect the chicken😂 Nice seeing this video, wanna show my dad next, he grew up in Pilsen, left it early 90s
Loved growing up in the 70s 80s,90s I left I was loosing a lot off friends to shooting and didn't want my baby boy to grow their because off gangs.but me and my girls back then we're cruising the hood fun in the summer .and who don't remember back then their had to be 2 bars on rack block.Threbbles on 18th and May.fire hydrants were open every summer.loved sneaking out at nite.lol FIESTA DEL SOL.was huge not like now it's small .
tearo villa i remember when it was still going on, churches still survives,those taverns on the corner on 19 and blueisland, playa azul were my parents had their vuelve a la vida,damn rudy lozano did bring a turn around to the hood, later came the radio station on 18 st. i just never knew or forgot about the dry cleaner,,great video a ride to the past
Great to see a great guy in Bill Campillo giving the tour. Bill is a dedicated teacher who I respect tremendously. I'm going to post this video on my Facebook page. Great job Bill!
My old hood in da late 80's i was born in 1980 dont remember teatro villa but i do remember going w/ my mom 2 pay da phone bill Illinois Bell then later da name chang 2 Ameritech..then SBC & now AT&T, as i became a teenager i stopped coming this other side of pilsen i was born by 18th and paulina but i liked going w/ my mom 2 casa del pueblo & el guero now we moved 2 63rd and pulaski my original address in pilsen was 1829 w 19th st right across da street from Harrison Park good job w/ this video
It’s really a shame for all the Pilsen residents to see the new changes that Pilsen in going threw, such a Chicano neighborhood back in the the days and now it’s all yup-pied out. To many investors coming in and forcing resident to move out.... it’s exactly the same thing that’s happening to the Humboldt park neighborhood!
That's now the world works buddy. It also used to be Polish, oh well. Things change. I'm Hispanic and grew up in Pilsen since the 90s. I prefer it now than when gangbangers would be hugging every corner.
Ya people still live in those apartments. I'm close to the milagro family and my dad owns the building next door. El Guero across the street got knocked down and now it's just a vacant lot.
Ah this made me cry and ahhh it touch me. So much I'm 14 and this is woah. I'm like the time has fly. Is just ah.. I wish I saw this. Ah i hope they put store that won't change. It's sad. Like I Know some of these places
Had a female that stayed on 18th and Cullerton and they threw this New Years Eve party and ran out of some kind of liquor and me and one of the FOLKS said we'd go to the store and get it but they was like NAW! I think the store was on 18th and Racine and we had our shit cocked to the right and we noticed this car across the street from the store with a bunch Latino brothers in it and by the time we came out the store they was on our ass! They spared us though, they just made up take our hat's off and said that if they see us again they would cut our hearts out frfr!!! Turned out they was BISHOPS
@@ggv4541 1983 going into 84. Gangbanging for real, not these girl jeans wearing boy girls who'll shoot anything moving cause they can't fight for shit ni**as that's out there today. Somebody pleeease hurry up and invent that time machine and take me back to 1980 and leave me there. SMH
