OLD ALLIED RADIO

[Cory Hine]

     Joe:

     Maybe we should buy it and start building Collins Radios again!!!
     Nice dream, but probably impossible today.

     Cory/N2AQS


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Subject: Re: OLD ALLIED RADIO
Author:  Joe Grossbauer <jgbauer at MERCY-CHICAGO.ORG> at smtplink-dl
Date:    6/16/98 3:13 PM


Hi Jacob,

When I was in high school I would, skip school, walk over to Western Avenue,
hop on the Western Avenue bus and travel up to Allied Radio.  Boy, if my
father ever found out!  I would travel there in great anticipation.  The
building filled most of a full square block and stood three stories high.
Best of all was the Ham Shack.  I knew exactly where my dream radio sat.  It
was a Hallicrafters S-62A.  Hallicrafters company was about a mile and a half
away on Kostner.  I could, and did spend many hours at Allied.

After reading your post I had to drive by the old Allied Radio building. Yes,
the building still stands, just as it did thirty years ago.  It is now being
used by the State of Illinois for their Human Services Department. There is a
large sign out front offering the building for sale or lease. Dreams of
buying the building and starting a New Allied Radio passed through my head.
I would buy it just so I could revisit the Ham Shack.

Joe
WA9MSD


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From: SCN User <jworth at SCN.ORG>
To: BOATANCHORS at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV <BOATANCHORS at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
Date: Monday, June 15, 1998 19:04
Subject: ::: QUESTION ABOUT THE OLD ALLIED RADIO :::


>Hi gang,
>
>Was taking a peek at a 1958 Allied Radio catalog the other day and got to
>wondering about their old location at 100 N. Western Avenue in Chicago.
>Found the location on my Chicago map.  Now I'm wondering if anyone out
>there might have some info on what became of their building.  Things
>like...is the building still standing?  If it is, then who is using it
>now?  If the old building no longer exists, then what is currently in that
>spot?
>
>Any Chicagoans listening out there?  If so, I would love to hear from you
>about this?  Allied Radio was always sort of a radio "Mecca" to me as I
>was growing up. Never got to see it in person, but I am still deeply
>interested in its history.
>
>73s,
>
>Jacob Worthington
>AA4FM
>
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