Friday, March 7, 2014

Room #829


Room #829.  The first place I lived when I moved to Chicago in 1991 to start my career, when I didn't know a soul, didn't have a job, or a place to live, until I found this great dorm room for $16/night at Northwestern's graduate school housing with a view of Lake Michigan.  The students were gone for the summer.  Just a few stragglers, a couple families and perhaps some other hopeful people just starting out.  Life wasn't that bad starting out.  This article below brought back some memories...

 1927 athletic club proves fit for luxury apartments