Intersection of Diversey and Logan, c.1937, Chicago.
The Showboat Dixiana was a night club and cabaret docked on the river.
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From Gapers Block last year:
For three years in the ’30s, the showboat Dixiana was moored on the Chicago River just south of the Diversey bridge. In 1937 it was to house a performance of Tobacco Road, but Mayor Kelly saw the play and banned it from Chicago. The Dixiana headed to Michigan City, IN, where it sank in the harbor.
…And now there’s a bowling alley next to the old dock.
(Source: calumet412)
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