Chicago Historical Photo Essay

I've grown an amazing love for history in the past few years. Absolutely hated it in school, but now, I'm different. The problem is that in school, we learned the history of the U.S., or of Europe, or of China. I think I would have been more interested if it was history about something close to me. And past and present photo comparisons are awesome. I want history of Chicago, of Skokie, the CTA, Lane Technical High School, that old building at Broadway and Thorndale, the old church at Francisco and Peterson, etc. And this photo essay helped feed that infatutation.