For those of us who grew up in and around Chicago, there are names of long gone restaurants that still tug at our heart, evoking memories of foods no longer served, surroundings replaced and aromas we many never smell again. For me, that’s the allure of Greg Borzo’s latest book, Lost Restaurants of Chicago…
Category: Harold Washington Public Library
The Strange Case of Dr. Couney: How a Mysterious European Showman Saved Thousands of American Babies
Told that his surviving newborn daughter would soon die just like her twin, William Conlin grabbed the premature child and, hailing a cab, fled. But he wasn’t going to the hospital, he was leaving it and heading to see Martin Couney who had no office but operated on the midways of carnivals and fairs such…
