Stores on 63rd

So I found some useful map images of 63rd street after talking to the people in the Maps collections. The first one is from the 1930s and it gives a breakdown of the stores along the street as well as who owned them at the time.

http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/maps/chisoc/G4104-C6-2W9Q4-1930z-U5.html

There is also a set of map images copyrighted in the 1950s but were apparently made in 1926. You can access them through this website:

http://sanborn.umi.com.proxy.uchicago.edu/

Click on Browse Maps, then select the state (Illinois), the city (Chicago), and the date (1905-1951). At the top under "Select a volume" select vol. 16 1926-Oct 1950, the plate numbers we would probably use are 27-32 and 40-46. No blueprints though, but from the looks of it they were mainly retail shops, a barber shop, and even a gallery.

If anyone wants to (and would like to do me a big favor since I'm finishing my BA that's due tomorrow) you can get a better image through microfilms. I have the microfilm call numbers, so if anyone is up for the task, message me and I can give them to you. Sorry I couldn't find any blueprints (or any maps later than 1930).

First Post: Information on C.O.U.C.H Site

So, everyone. Here it is, our site. Not the biggest place, but the rent's cheap.

Anyway, this blog will, over the course of the term (and beyond?) become our forum for coordinating logistics, ideas, philosophies and whatever else regarding the C.O.U.C.H. project. Once I have a full email list, I will add everyone as authors. Also, I'm waiting for NSIT and ORCSA to approve my host request, so in a few days this site will also be hosted at couch.uchicago.edu, in the hopes of making it easier to find. In addition, I submitted a listhost request, which should come through in a few days. I think having both might be a bit of overkill, but oh well.

I'm not really sure what else there is to put on this right yet, before anyone else is added. I feel like I'm making a speech but my audience hasn't shown up yet. Yeah, alright, then. 

*Update*

The listhost is up and working, and everyone's been invited. Although if you're here and reading this you probably already know that.

*Update Two*

We can't get an RSO webpage (ie, couch.uchicago.edu) until we're approved, so once that all falls together I will get that set up. Until then, we'll remain at couch-project.blogspot.com.