[Oe List ...] 5th City Auto Center

Wed Dec 9 06:21:51 CST 2009

Hi Lynda,

This digitizing process is moving along slowly.  As I dig through piles 
and piles of negatives once in a while I come across a good one and when 
I do I will send it to you.  At this point I did not find any pictures 
that you mention so far.

Jim

Lynda Cock wrote:
> Jim, any special ones of JWM and Bishop Jim that you would send along 
> to the Symposium?  Lynda
>
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> *From:* oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net] 
> *On Behalf Of *Jim Baumbach
> *Sent:* Friday, December 04, 2009 12:13 PM
> *To:* Order Ecumenical Community
> *Subject:* Re: [Oe List ...] 5th City Auto Center
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> Lynda, I have 100's of pictures of 5th City from the time we were part 
> of the project.  Moreover, I have many pictures from the trips we took 
> including the Odyssey Global II, 5th City Circles the East, and the 
> trip to Bermuda.  I believe Lela was present on all of these trips and 
> was a fun participant as well as several other 5th City residents.  I 
> would gladly share these on line and may have to do a Picasa album but 
> as you know my ego is so motivated by pleadings of colleagues such as you.
>
> Since you asked, I will explore the process of sending out some of my 
> precious photos.
>
> Jim.
>
> Lynda Cock wrote:
>> Jim Jewell and Jim Baumbach, two men I recall with the cameras.  
>> Indeed wealth of history you hold.  If there is a place for such in 
>> the Archives project or the Repository, I hope you will bequeath some 
>> of your digital findings where we can all share. Do you have a good 
>> one of Lela that you could share on line? With gratitude,  Lynda
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>> *From:* oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net] 
>> *On Behalf Of *Jim Baumbach
>> *Sent:* Friday, December 04, 2009 7:22 AM
>> *To:* Order Ecumenical Community
>> *Subject:* Re: [Oe List ...] 5th City Auto Center
>>
>> Long before Google produced their first set of city pictures, I 
>> wandered the streets of Fifth City photographing many different 
>> structures including the razing of the chapel, administration 
>> building and the gym at 3444 Congress Pkwy.  Driving past the vacant 
>> lot where the Auto Center used to stand so proudly, always left me 
>> with a very empty feeling.  It wasn't until I started digitizing my 
>> negatives, recently, that I once again relived the fantastic event 
>> held in Fifth City.  The day of the ground breaking for the Auto 
>> Center.  From Cathy Byrnes (daughter of Jane Byrnes, previous mayor 
>> of Chicago) to the Marshall HS Band, and all of the familiar faces of 
>> Fifth City, one by one, speaking in a packed Washington Hall of the 
>> Community Center about the wonderful promise and symbol this edifice 
>> represented.  The ground breaking, itself where so many people 
>> symbolically pushed their shovels into the soil on that cold February 
>> day in 1983 was an event rivaled only by the Fifth City Plaza 
>> dedication 8 years earlier.  I always wondered about the sad tragedy 
>> of the Auto Center that held such a promise of possibility of 
>> creating jobs for the local residents.
>>
>> Thanks again for the Google update.
>>
>> Jim Baumbach
>>
>> W. J. wrote:
>>> Of course those of us who are Google 'spies' knew that. Apparently 
>>> the City took it down after the title holders gave it back to the 
>>> banks and they walked away. That would be my best guess. Now it's a 
>>> fenced parking lot, rather than an abandoned hulk that would pose a 
>>> threat to the community from 'unauthorized use.'
>>> That's probably also the reason so much of 5th City is now vacant lots.
>>> The silver lining in this sad story is that many of the formerly 
>>> glass- and brick-strewn vacant lots from Kedzie down 5th Avenue to 
>>> the Community Center are now vegetable gardens. 
>>> Marshall
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>>> *From:* Jim Baumbach <wtw0bl at new.rr.com>
>>> *To:* Order Ecumenical Community <oe at wedgeblade.net>
>>> *Sent:* Thu, December 3, 2009 4:00:52 AM
>>> *Subject:* Re: [Oe List ...] Google Maps: view of 5th City Iron Man
>>>
>>> Thanks Marshall.  It is possible to tour all of Fifth City with the 
>>> Google views.  Sadly all of the residences where Alice and I lived 
>>> for 10 years there are gone.  I would like to know if anyone knows 
>>> what happened to the 5th City Auto Center.  It is completely gone.
>>>
>>> Jim Baumbach
>>>
>>> W. J. wrote:
>>>> This Google view shows the Iron Man withe the 5th City Community 
>>>> Center in the background and the shopping center to the right.
>>>> Marshall
>>>>
>>>> <http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&client=safari&q=fifth+avenue+and+Kedzie+Chicago+map&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=S+Kedzie+Ave+%26+W+5th+Ave,+Chicago,+Cook,+Illinois&gl=us&ei=TGkXS4iOGpSesgOk_OiwDg&ved=0CAwQ8gEwAA&ll=41.877009,-87.710874&spn=0.000663,0.004039&t=h&z=19&lci=com.panoramio.all&layer=c&cbll=41.877009,-87.710873&panoid=cx1m3GxOxOFDyjM7qlwdxw&cbp=13,68.5,,1,-0.02 
>>>> <http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&client=safari&q=fifth+avenue+and+Kedzie+Chicago+map&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=S+Kedzie+Ave+%26+W+5th+Ave,+Chicago,+Cook,+Illinois&gl=us&ei=TGkXS4iOGpSesgOk_OiwDg&ved=0CAwQ8gEwAA&ll=41.877009,-87.710874&spn=0.000663,0.004039&t=h&z=19&lci=com.panoramio.all&layer=c&cbll=41.877009,-87.710873&panoid=cx1m3GxOxOFDyjM7qlwdxw&cbp=13,68.5,,1,-0.02>>
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