Ray From Villa Park Talks About 345 Woodland Street And
Nearby Places.
345 Woodland Street, Franklin Park.
Once this was Appraisal Services & Associates Real
Estate/Central County Agency.
Owner: Joseph Kasian:)
Rayfromvillapark said...
This grocery store during the 1940s and 1950s was owned by
Mr Kish. I guess Kish's Grocery is correct. Anybody remember
the name. This was the corner of Dayton and Woodland.
Diagonally across, was McCoy's Florist. The greenhouse is
still there. There was a large barn back at the alley.
I don't know if that is still standing. One block over at
Dayton and William St. was Garretts (spelling?) Candy store.
Mrs. Garrett was very patient, letting us kids decide on
how we were going to spend 3 cents. Pretzel rods were 2 for
a penny. I think the building is still there.
One block east at William and Stanton, was the Chilli Bowl,
a combination candy store, hobby shop. This building was
recently knocked down, and I believe there is a house there
now. This was across from The German Club. There was a
bowling alley at the back of the German Club. As kids, we
would watch the bowling from the alley through the holes in
the wooden wall. One more block over at South Clinton and
Stanton was Fisher's. A soda fountain, grocery, lunch meat,
magazine store. I spent a good deal of time there, at the
fountain, because my grandmother would always give me a
quarter for a milk shake and a tastykake. On the other
two corners, at this intersection, was Gropp's Gym and a
small A&P store. Long winded on this one!
This is great Ray:)
1 comment:
IIt's me again Mack; I remember Kish's Grocery and Fisher's very well. Fisher's was one of the nicest and most convenient stores in the neighborhood, and Mr. Fisher was such a wonderful person, and Mrs. Kish was too. Regards.
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