Hello Debbie Lundmark !!!! A really nice girl. Dated my brother. Our house was in East Harvey, the area South of Sibley Boulevard and East of Little Calumet River.

Born 1959 at Ingalls Memorial Hospital and raised in East Harvey, Illinois. Along 147th Street aka Sibley Boulevard, we had the Little Calumet River bridge, and then McDonald's restaurant, and then Model grocery store, and then Art's Roller Rink, and then on the other side of the overpass a drug store that sold candy of every sort. These all kept us kids occupied and enjoying ourselves. The good old days. Thank you so much for this video. It is wonderful viewing it.

How many remember the bar behind the mill, Phil's Polka Club. Used to deliver Old Style Beer there in the 70's.

Lived in Steger - 1951-1956 - Art's Roll-Aire was a very popular skating rink for us from the Chicago Heights area. Favorite spot for single/double/group dates and get togethers. Organist at the time was Ed Hollenbeck.

Worked for Whiting Corporation ( 157th & Lathrop Ave ) from 1953 - 1956 as an engineering co-op student. Don't remember Wyman-Gordon, but other landmarks of that period included Maremont Muffler, and Art's Roll-Aire skating rink. Whiting Corp. has relocated to Monee some years ago, and I believe they have changed hands and reorganized more than once.

My cousin Jean Tompke filmed the fireworks

My father worked a forging hammer at Wyman Gordon from 1968 to 1986 when they closed. Up to now I was only able to imagine what he did all those years but this video fills in a lot of blanks for me. From the looks of it, he definitely earned every cent he made while working there. There were so many ways to die or sustain injury at this place whether it was being around heavy dangerous equipment, heat, or being exposed to toxic and hazardous waste. It's no wonder the site remains empty and useless to this day.

This was my Great Aunt Nettie and Uncle Merle Arthur's place. They had a son Wally. They have all passed but I went there as a child but the place was long since closed. They lived on the property and to a child the Kiddie land was coo to seel even if it was closed.

Let me take a wild guess, foreign competition took over, very sad!

bro you forgot to drive through the wall...

Went to Art’s every Saturday night during the mid 1970’s

I'd love to be a paleontologists for a day there.

Wonderful memories of being a kid living in Harvey 1958-63. Sad to see it decline into what it is now. Thanks for sharing.

My Mother worked at Eastwood Restaurant on a 147th and Wood across from Wyman/Gordon...It was in the early 60's...A lady named Phyllis owned it....She was real nice, she used to give me a free donut or ice cream....

I grew up here from 1986-2000. I lived on 147th and Turlington next to the old Dairy Queen and Bob Watson Chevrolet dealership. Went to Bryant and Thornton of course. Wow this video is amazing. It's cool to see what used to be at the places I remember.

1978 it was closed

Who actually filmed this I work there in inspection department and are they still alive

Mr. Ed’s bike shop. Holy cow!

Enjoyed your video. Brought back a lot of memories.

Harvey is a cesspit. 64% black. The LD50 for towns and cities regarding black people stands at around 5%. Less is obviously much preferred, by both blacks and whites & woke liberals and conservatives, but anything over 5% leads to a runaway infestation and deterioration. A black population of 10% is terminal in 100% of cases. 64% makes it hell on earth.

It was actually abandoned since 1980 and was demolished 13 years ago

I grew up in Blue island Illinois , great memories of better days gone by in the wink of an eye 👁️👁️, Now Harveys a cemetery plot , David Staudohar USMC USN SS USCG ret ‼️ American Patriot 🇺🇸🗽 ‼️

And then fast forward to the present day: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5mXppebjqaYp5Y

Fun fact: Angelina Jolie's mother grew up in Riverdale. The family moved to Beverly Hills when she was 14.

Arts roller rink

I remember walking the tunnel toswin class

Mr Cameli wow

I remember dairy queen my father took us there for ice cream great memories

The Clip Of This Movie Was Extreme Dangerous Because A Car In There Could Kill People. The School Sued Universal 87,000 Dollars For Smashing The Mall Stores.

I was born at Ingalls Memorial Hospital in 1955; and my Dad at Ingalls in 1930. My great-grandparents lived on Loomis. We lived off 154th St. near Washington School and left when I was 9, returning off and on over the years. The decline of Harvey is stark. It was a safe, growing, working class community in 1960 with plenty of good jobs in surrounding industries, and a busy downtown area. Our house was small, but we didn't notice. We knew our neighbors. Dixie Square Mall was a golf course then and Mom let me play outside unsupervised without worry, but not to cross the street. The hemispheric merry-go-round at the park near the hospital was the best ever.

I grew up in Dolton Illinois! So many great memories back then. We lived in Riverdale Illinois and moved to Dolton in 1982. Grew up at what's now called Dorchester Townhouses.

Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I lived in Harvey in the late 40's early 50's. I was about 7 - 10 yrs old. Long time ago...I'm now 79. It's been a good time seeing some of the old places with names I kind of remember. It's also sad what Harvey looked like 20 years ago.

ok im gonna be honest here, this is the most fucking insane but badass video i've ever seen

Carl the oldest house at 15:11 Right across the street there is an apartment building my uncle Erv Lau owned that my dad and I would mow the grass there.

Has Steve ever thought about joining the carnival

Lol Me Too I Remember I Use To Bring Girls To The Abandon Pool Bottom On Lunch Breaks Because In The Late 1990’s It Was Unoccupied…Lol🤣

Harvey World🌏

My father worked in WG forge in Thane India for 22 years which closed in 1984 , no compensation to workers , lots lives ruined because of this company

Great video , my parents met there in 1958 😂😂😂 The baseball field that was shown is where my grandpa and Lou Boudreau use to play ball. I played golf with Lou and my Grandfather and Lou told me he wanted to play football but his mother didnt want him too, she thought he would get hurt.

Former workplace of Fred and Barney...

Good ole' Roosevelt(RJH). I remember our homeroom which was our lunchroom also faced the teachers parking lot. Mr. Stein our gym teacher who was kind of a drill Sargeant on us would park right next to our classroom. He'd drive to Bozo Hot Dogs every....single.... day and then come back with his food, get out of his 1977 Gremlin and we'd all hoot and holler at him for being weird like that. He was a slightly odd fellow. He made sure we all took our showers after gym class by standing at the entrance of the shower area.

The memory that I most remember is being in the boys locker room and hearing that JFK was shot!

That was pretty neat. Always wondered what it would be like to go down there. On a sad note whenever I think of this place I remember a classmate from Thornridge named Chris Minto. He shortly after high school started settling down with a wife and kids. His job wasn't affording him the ability to pay for all of them and one day he decided to drive over here, parked alongside the fence, hopped over and jumped off. I hear this place has had many of occurrences such as this. I'll never forgot Chris. Good guy. Sad.

Could hear the "flying bobs" plain as day all over that area. The music and the guy running it. The random people walking on our front sidewalk heading to the carnival. We had to put lawn chairs out front to save our parking spot. The 4th of July living in Dolton back then was really special. Will never forget it.

Great times...great place to grow up

Rip photos of Geoffrey the giraffe from mid 70s

My great-uncle worked there in 1940.

i still love Riverdale. back in the 50 to 58 when i was there, just a kid then. I remember the American Legion hall. and toms Grocery store, and the bowling alley. the park of 138 st

This brought back a lot of memories

Lovely song in he beginning of this video. Sums up my feelings...this is a sentimental journey. Miss the old Dolton, it was a wonderful town to grow up in back in the 50s, 60s, and 70s. Also had some childhood friends in Riverdale whom i would visit from time to time. Such good memories! Thank you so much Carl for this great video and all the others youve made! It means a lot to be able to go back and reminisce!😊