tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8483767686214249624.post7880020213271743592..comments2024-02-07T08:34:57.517-06:00Comments on Ultra Local Geography: S&C Electric- 6601 N. RidgeUltra Local Geographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17891509615219630307noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8483767686214249624.post-57844323468899878072011-05-28T20:15:07.680-05:002011-05-28T20:15:07.680-05:00Thanks for confirming what someone had told me abo...Thanks for confirming what someone had told me about S&C first location. I have been inside the plant on Ridge, you could eat off the floors.<br />About the same time S&C started after Schweitzer and Conrad left Commonwealth Edison, two other engineers struck out on their own.<br />Gear and Williams started G&W Electric Specialty. They too moved out from the city center. I think they started downtown, moving southwest to a cool old factory at about 77th and Dante. They are now in Alsip, around 127th & Kedzie. It is a kind of mirror of the S&C business and growth on the north side.<br />S&C plant is way cooler looking, though.Terry Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8483767686214249624.post-18804228681761403272010-06-02T08:44:53.524-05:002010-06-02T08:44:53.524-05:00Their sign on Ridge is great. I think it was the ...Their sign on Ridge is great. I think it was the first time I ever saw a backlit sign like that.Ultra Local Geographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17891509615219630307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8483767686214249624.post-64965832275024672882010-06-01T23:44:36.653-05:002010-06-01T23:44:36.653-05:00I love these guys' blue walls and backlit meta...I love these guys' blue walls and backlit metal signs. The current design style appears to date from the 1950s or 1960s, but the buildings are so immaculate they look like they were just finished up last week.Robert Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11639365590964995479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8483767686214249624.post-13270385031834895062010-05-24T21:56:42.359-05:002010-05-24T21:56:42.359-05:00I saw it today. A shame they took out the mosaic i...I saw it today. A shame they took out the mosaic insignia. But a very impressive job of adding another story. I don't often use the term seamless, but that's how it looked.Ultra Local Geographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17891509615219630307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8483767686214249624.post-83178501914995073552010-05-22T20:45:39.206-05:002010-05-22T20:45:39.206-05:00Great! I'll definitely look for it. Good sleu...Great! I'll definitely look for it. Good sleuthin' JeffKay. -LarryUltra Local Geographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17891509615219630307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8483767686214249624.post-58923663098408347382010-05-21T22:23:57.796-05:002010-05-21T22:23:57.796-05:00Hi again, I found the former S&C factory. Firs...Hi again, I found the former S&C factory. First I went to the 1923 city directory at the Newberry's web site <a href="http://www.chicagoancestors.org/#tab-tools" rel="nofollow">chicagoancestors.org.</a><br /><br />Where I found "Schweitzer & Conrad Inc (Edmund O Schweitzer, Nicholas J Conrad) elect fuses 4435 E Ravenswood av"<br /><br />Funny, I bike or walk by this building almost every day. It currently houses Nadeau Furniture (which I can recommend as a satisfied customer).<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sandc.com/about/history.asp" rel="nofollow">S&C's online history</a> has a picture showing a one-story building.<br /><br />A second floor has been added, but you can clearly see it's the same place in <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=4433+n+ravenswood,+chicago+il&sll=41.962573,-87.673983&sspn=0.000868,0.001733&gl=us&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=4433+N+Ravenswood+Ave,+Chicago,+Cook,+Illinois+60640&ll=41.962586,-87.673548&spn=0.006909,0.013862&t=h&z=17&iwloc=A&layer=c&cbll=41.962573,-87.673983&panoid=GtsVTEAYadvIeGAgfNGsPA&cbp=12,84.3,,0,-3.81" rel="nofollow">Google street view</a><br /><br />Bonus: It faces the Metra tracks. From the train look east, just a couple of streets south of the Ravenswood stop.JeffKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404165929727852380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8483767686214249624.post-72367149509099896342010-05-17T14:16:13.606-05:002010-05-17T14:16:13.606-05:00Thanks JeffKay. It would be interesting to track ...Thanks JeffKay. It would be interesting to track their movement and facilities across the city. I'll bet I could get exact addresses at the Chicago History Museum...Ultra Local Geographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17891509615219630307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8483767686214249624.post-44666032496919527492010-05-15T01:20:00.119-05:002010-05-15T01:20:00.119-05:00I was just reading about S&C's history, to...I was just reading about S&C's history, too. Before Ridge, they were located at Wilson & Ravenswood.<br /><br />I think it's either the SW corner, now a parking lot. Or the NW corner, now Advocate Ravenswood Medical Center.JeffKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404165929727852380noreply@blogger.com