Where the Sidewalk Ends | Otto Preminger | 1950
Dana Andrews, Craig Stevens
Month: September 2017
“Better to sleep in an uncomfortable bed free, than sleep in a comfortable bed unfree.” Jack Kerouac, On the Road.
On the Road. first published 5th September 1957
Streetcar southbound on Clark Street at Madison Street. In the background is a a mix of Chicago Loop businesses that are now long gone (replaced by a highrise that takes up the whole block):
- The Clark Theater (marquee hidden)
- The Bamboo Inn Chinese restaurant
- The Blue Note jazz club (Erroll Garner is featured on the marquee, dating this to the 1950s)
- Wimpy the glorified hamburger
- and a Borden’s Milk sign (“It’s got to be good”)
Photo by Truman Hefner
Pershing Square, between East 41st & East 42nd Streets, Manhattan. Photo taken in 1978 by Robert Mulero
Times Square, August 1969–with a gorgeous 1962 Chevy front & center.
Photo from the collection of Al Ponte. Yes, Tad’s Steaks still exists in one or two locations.
Noir By Night 