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 dendweller
Location: cincinnati Oh
Gender: Male
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< on 8/28/2008 2:31 AM >
|  | | | I just read about entire blocks of Bensenville Illinois being boarded up for demolition for the Ohare Airport expansion....is anything worth exploring before it is all gone?
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NV
  
Supreme Noble Donor
Location: City of Chicago, Richard M. Daley, Mayor
| | Re: Bensenville Il
<Reply # 1 on 8/28/2008 11:43 AM >
| | | | eh...it's OK if enjoy being followed by a police car as you walk around the neighborhood.
More info/pictures/etc:
http://vanishingvi....com/?page=0%252C2
[last edit 8/28/2008 11:58 AM by NV - edited 1 times]
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DiVaMoNKeY
 
Location: Grundy County, IL
Gender: Female
I pushed with all my might; I pushed with all my love.
| |  | |  | Re: Bensenville Il
<Reply # 2 on 8/29/2008 1:22 PM >
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great point. everytime i hear bensenville i think of victory auto wreckers - i'd love to explore that dump!
I know more about blood than you |
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dendweller
Location: cincinnati Oh
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Bensenville Il
<Reply # 3 on 9/1/2008 5:20 AM >
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Yeah, I already checked that site out. I once lived east of there (Portage Park area), and west of there (Streamwood), I really do not get out and explore anymore (getting old) It just reminded me of a neighborhood in Louisville years ago that we explored....same thing, airport expansion but the cops had it staked out as well.
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solid mouse
Gender: Male
| | Re: Bensenville Il
<Reply # 4 on 9/18/2008 6:52 AM >
| | | | Definitely worth a visit! Tread with respect though, while most of the houses are vacant there are a handful that aren't. Don't get any closer than the sidewalk because there's an undo that patrols the neighborhood, and not in the standard Impala or Crown Vic either. Chances are you'll see him in the corner of your eye the entire time. On most occasions someone(the undo) will approach you right when you arrive and if you're just taking pictures they won't care.
welcome to carl's jr would you like a BIG ASS TACO? |
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AdventureGrime
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Gender: Male
Something original.
| | | Re: Bensenville Il
<Reply # 5 on 9/18/2008 4:49 PM >
| | | | Anyone know why the police are so hot over there?
All your neighbours are competitors
Where'd you all go wrong
There never was a mountain to climb |
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solid mouse
Gender: Male
| | Re: Bensenville Il
<Reply # 6 on 9/18/2008 6:52 PM >
| | | | I heard that two years ago they busted a crackden with like 20+ squatters. Ever since they've kept a close eye on the neighborhood.
welcome to carl's jr would you like a BIG ASS TACO? |
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AdventureGrime
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Gender: Male
Something original.
| | | Re: Bensenville Il
<Reply # 8 on 9/19/2008 4:57 AM >
| | | | Posted by solid mouse
I heard that two years ago they busted a crackden with like 20+ squatters. Ever since they've kept a close eye on the neighborhood.
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Sounds like a party! Frickin' cops. So you just can't get in anything? Seems like its more trouble than it's worth. I <3 victory auto wreckers.
All your neighbours are competitors
Where'd you all go wrong
There never was a mountain to climb |
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solid mouse
Gender: Male
| | Re: Bensenville Il
<Reply # 9 on 9/20/2008 4:45 AM >
| | | | I sold my first car to victory. $25 for a bonneville sse sure, it didn't start anymore and the windows were stuck down, but i still think I got ripped off.
welcome to carl's jr would you like a BIG ASS TACO? |
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AdventureGrime
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Gender: Male
Something original.
| | | Re: Bensenville Il
<Reply # 10 on 9/20/2008 8:06 PM >
| | | | You totally got ripped off. All those places do that. I just like the commercial.
All your neighbours are competitors
Where'd you all go wrong
There never was a mountain to climb |
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DiVaMoNKeY
Location: Grundy County, IL
Gender: Female
I pushed with all my might; I pushed with all my love.
| | | | | Re: Bensenville Il
<Reply # 11 on 9/22/2008 6:14 PM >
| | | | i know it's off topic - but related to victory auto wreckers...wonder if the dude in that commercial is still around. who the hell was he? actor? friend?
I know more about blood than you |
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Supreme Noble Donor
Location: City of Chicago, Richard M. Daley, Mayor
| | Re: Bensenville Il
<Reply # 12 on 9/22/2008 6:35 PM >
| | | | Posted by DiVaMoNKeY
i know it's off topic - but related to victory auto wreckers...wonder if the dude in that commercial is still around. who the hell was he? actor? friend?
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http://en.wikipedi...tory_Auto_Wreckers
That...commercial, filmed on May 20, 1985, has remained on the air to this day, with some minor modifications. According to one estimate, the spot appears on WGN-TV and other stations up to 30 times per week. Television historian Steve Jajkowski argues that the commercial "is as much a part of Chicago TV as Bozo the Clown, Fahey Flynn and Svengoolie."
The commercial is set in a residential area near the salvage yard. It stars Bob Zajdel, a shaggy-haired young man who had been working for Victory at the time. In the commercial, Zajdel attempts to enter his noticeably old 1971 Chevrolet, but his car door suddenly detaches from its hinges and falls to the ground. An exasperated Zajdel jumps back and sighs in frustration, but an announcer declares, "That old car may be worth money," and briefly describes Victory's services. In the next scene, Zajdel receives a pair of $20 bills (and a third bill of unclear value) when a tow truck from Victory arrives to take his car.[6]
Victory has introduced some changes to the commercial since 1985...However, the footage has remained the same, as evidenced by Zajdel's period clothing and hairstyle. Zajdel was never paid extra for his role in the commercial, but he has become a minor local celebrity, appearing in several newspaper interviews. He remarked to the Chicago Tribune, "I still own the shirt I wore. And I still have the watchband from the commercial. . . I should take the watchband and the shirt, with a Victory T-shirt, and put them on eBay. I could make some money off it."
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DiVaMoNKeY
Location: Grundy County, IL
Gender: Female
I pushed with all my might; I pushed with all my love.
| | | | | Re: Bensenville Il
<Reply # 13 on 9/22/2008 10:07 PM >
| | | | yay thanks for that update!
I know more about blood than you |
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DevilC
Location: Washington, District of Corruption
Gender: Male
I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes project their views.
| | | Re: Bensenville Il
<Reply # 14 on 9/24/2008 9:34 AM >
| | | | Entire abandoned neighborhoods fascinate me.
Science flies you to the Moon. Religion flies you into tall buildings. |
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Monkey-Rat
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Gender: Male
Mischief Maker
| |  | | Re: Bensenville Il
<Reply # 15 on 10/10/2008 6:22 AM >
| | | | I rode through here at night a couple weeks ago. It was creepy. No cars, no people, some lights still on... I felt like I was in a horror film. It was fun.
"While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free." - Eugene V. Debs |
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