CHICAGO ILLINOIS FILIPINO

Not 'Bye Chicago'; See you soon. June 3, 1979. Sunday. Chicago, IL. My parents lived here for four years; Joy and I called Barr Tower home for three years. At first, we lived in a one-bedroom apartment in Apt. 805. After my lola, Joy and I joined my parents, we moved into Apt. 1202, a two-bedroom apartment. June 3 was our last day at Barr Tower & Chicago. We were moving west to Cali. We took our time, making it a 5-day trip/vacation from Illinois to California. On my lap, I carried a fishbowl with our 6 goldfish the whole way. 📷 Tito Narding Photo credit again to Tito Narding. My dad commented in our family chat: When we were crossing the Mississippi, I felt sad. Looking at the rear view mirror I whispered thank you Chicago. We will be back. I would move back by myself in April 1989.  Promise kept. I recently found my April 1989 photos (last ones in Vallejo, and first ones in Chicago). I'll scan and upload as time allows. Warren N. Barr Sr Tower in 2018 Below i...

Chicago Christmas Flashback December 25, 1978. Chicago, IL. Our last Christmas in Chicago as a family it would turn out. (I moved back in April 1989 by myself). Joy is in the 5th grade at St. Sebastian School in this photo. Our living room window faced Sheffield Ave .  I always loved how my mom had plants in our apartment. Too bad we don't have photos from Apt 805, our previous apartment in Barr Tower. Our window faced the back towards Sheffield Ave. APT 1202: Joy Scanned on my Lenovo laptop on Windows 11 at maximum resolution 1200 dpi. When I used to scan on my Macbook on the same printer, max resolution was 2400 dpi. I've got to fix my Macbook. Photo cropped in Photoscape and quickly edited in Lightroom Classic. Special Request Please support our Pinoybuilt website/community by leaving a comment below (Google account required). Thank you! Maraming salamat po!