1917–Western Avenue @ 111th Street, view north
2020–the same location
In 1917, three years after Chicago annexed the village of Morgan Park, Western Avenue at 111th Street was still a dirt road, with plentiful woods and few buildings. That would soon change. Streetcar service was extended into the area on both streets in the next few years, spurring development.
A century after the older photo, Western is a commercial arterial street. Are any of the trees now in place descendants of the trees in the 1917 photo?
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