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Chicago Sights

Nelson Algren House

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  • Address
    • 1958 W Evergreen Ave
  • Transport
    • Blue Line to Damen

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Lonely Planet review for Nelson Algren House

You can’t go inside, but on the third floor of this apartment building writer Nelson Algren created some of his greatest works about life in the once down-and-out neighborhood. He won the 1950 National Book Award for his novel The Man with the Golden Arm, set on Division St near Milwaukee Ave (about a half-mile southeast). A Walk on the Wild Side contains the classic advice: ‘Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom’s. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own.’ And his short Chicago: City on the Make summarizes 120 years of thorny local history and is the definitive read on the city’s character.

 

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    Rainbo Club

    babebopeep recommends this,

    Algren also used to drink at the Rainbo Club, just south of Division on Damen. It's still there, and is still a dive. Go there after checking out the building in which he lived and raise a glass to him.

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