If not, why not? It is already February, after all. This month's photograph (as seen above) features a Pullman Streetcar rolling down Chicago's Milwaukee Avenue back in the late 1940s. These streetcars were built back in 1908 by the Pullman Car Company, which was located in the Pullman neighborhood on Chicago's South Side. I visited that historic neighborhood a number of times back when I lived in Chicago, and would also pass it each time I took the Illinois Central commuter train downtown. I especially remember passing the Hotel Florence, which often advertised 10 cent beers on a sign out front. That, of course, was a long time ago, and I never did find out just how much beer you got for that amount. The Hotel Florence is now owned by a non-profit and available for events. But I digress - the CTA Historical Calendar, put out by the Chicago Transit Authority, is filled with historic photographs of Chicago, along with photos of the various forms of transportation used in the city over the past 150 years or so. Download your copy today at https://www.transitchicago.com/historicalcalendar/.
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