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3915 W. Roosevelt Road

CTL-E-3871 · Address · building · 1969-present

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Building at 3915 W. Roosevelt Road, Chicago (North Lawndale), where George's Music Room opened in 1969; the store closed in 2010 and the building sat vacant before 2024 renovation plans for a museum and event center.

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RELP88 new supporting entity: located_in target for George's Music Room.

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Children playing in vacant lot in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941
Children playing in vacant lot in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress
Hallway of a kitchenette apartment building, Chicago, 1941
Hallway of a kitchenette apartment building, Chicago, 1941Photo: Russell Lee, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress
Negro swinging his girl on roller skates. Savoy Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941
Negro swinging his girl on roller skates. Savoy Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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