Old Street Scenes - Page 79

hvychev · #**781** 04-14-2009, 08:19 PM

One from my neighborhood in Berwyn. It was called The Spindle and has been recently torn down.

**Bill Pritchard** · #**782** 04-15-2009, 01:08 AM

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Ugh. That photo pretty well sums up why I moved to Arizona.

The rest of the pics are great, Frank

I like "the spindle"....there must be some story behind it....

69Tom · #**783** 04-15-2009, 01:15 AM

I hear you there Bill. Ugh is right. Too many childhood Buffalo days that looked like that. Trying to get back to AZ (where most of my family is) but I'll have to take yet another stupid bar exam and then find a job. Eventually I'll make it happen. Any leads are appreciated.

Thanks for the pics as always, guys.

**kwhizz** · #**784** 04-15-2009, 01:39 AM

Lot's of Street Racing went on just behind that Morton Salt Building.........(or so I heard......LOL)

Ken

StealthBird · #**785** 04-15-2009, 02:04 AM

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One from my neighborhood in Berwyn. It was called The Spindle and has been recently torn down.

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We always called this the "Car-Ka-Bob".

I worked right up the street from this strange monument. I used to think to myself that if ANY one of those cars on the skewer was valuable, someone would have stolen the entire display in the middle of the night. But the cars have a giant spear through them, right? No problem in today's greedy, unscrupulous, hack-em-up, glue-together, auction-them-off world we live in today.

The Car-Ka-Bob was also shown in the movie "Wayne's World".

c7-340 · #**786** 04-15-2009, 02:47 AM

I was just turned on to this thread/site today. OMG! I'm blown away with these photos! Thanks to all who added to it!

**Xplantdad** · #**787** 04-15-2009, 03:03 AM

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Lot's of Street Racing went on just behind that Morton Salt Building.........(or so I heard......LOL)

Ken

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Hmmmm....racing?

I remember that building from when we used to drive to downtown Chicago...

All I remember about the highway names was the "Dan Ryan Expressway" LOL

**Charley Lillard** · #**788** 04-15-2009, 03:34 AM

Here is a pic someone just gave me of me in about 1969 on my brothers Honda 450. Check out the Moccasins...

**Charley Lillard** · #**789** 04-15-2009, 03:36 AM

Wheelie time...

**Xplantdad** · #**790** 04-15-2009, 03:41 AM

From Moccasins to velcro tennis shoes....you have come a long way Charley.