[slowforty]

I grew up near Blue Island Ill.
Around 1957 it was the place to shop in the area.
There were three major food stores on the same intersection.
A Jewel,a Kroger,and and A&P, with a Bank on the other corner.
It had a Sears and a Montgomery Wards and a Western Tire Auto store on the same Block and Two Movie houses.
The Lyric is still in operation.
The point of all this is that there were six car dealers and a couple of used up cars lots on Western Avenue.
On a saturday afternoon you could walk down the alley and have your own new car auto show and stop at the Price Castle for a Milk Shake(One in a Million)

Old Blue Island Joke "Did you go to the A&P? No I went to the Jewel and Pooped!"