Yesterday I found myself on North Milwaukee Avenue in Bucktown, right across the street from my grandparents' clothing store:
That's from 1956; the store is "Joy's Apparel" in the foreground. Here's the same scene yesterday:
The Weiboldt's is long gone, but the building remains. Not so the three buildings to its southeast, which got taken down in the 1980s, shortly after my grandmother sold the store.
As an added bonus, fans of the film High Fidelity might recognize this:
Even though it's boarded up, the building at Milwaukee and Honore still stands.
For the record, I will not post a picture of the Real World loft, no matter how often I go to Wicker Park.