A long drought in the early and mid-1930s triggered disaster. It unfolded on the nation’s Great Plains, where decades of intensive farming and inattention to soil conservation had left the vast region ecologically vulnerable. However, long closed down places in Chicago that do have a ton of stories to tell, and have ghosts of long gone pool players haunting them are : Bensingers Billiard Academy ( ask Freddy or George Fels for stories ), Howard and Paulina Billiards ( Eddie Robin used to hang here ), 20th Century Bowl, All Star bowl ( 24 hour action - on a typical Friday night in 1969 you'd see much younger versions of : Bugs and his posse, Freddy B, Larry Schwartz, Joey 'Cognoscenti' Gold, George Michaels, and a whole lot more, woofing and gambling - also, you could get down seriously $$$ here bowling, if that was your game ), the Golden 8 Ball, North Shore Billiards ( 24 hours, pool and cards, owned by Freddy and his partners ), the first Billiard Cafe ( where Efren learned a lot of his One Pocket ), and Chris's Billiards.The Dust Bowl was a man-made environmental disaster. Hey rag, Northcenter closed down about 7 years ago.Sorry, but there really are no stories about the place, because.Northcenter had a great old time/spitoons in the corner, look to it - but that's all it had - the equipment was not good, no serious players EVER went there, and there was less than zero action. However, long closed down places in Chicago that do have a ton of stories to tell, and have ghosts of long gone pool players haunting them are : Bensingers Billiard Academy ( ask Freddy or George Fels for stories ), Howard and Paulina Billiards ( Eddie Robin used to hang here ), 20th Century Bowl, All Star bowl ( 24 hour action - on a typical Friday night in 1969 you'd see much younger versions of : Bugs and his posse, The Ghost, Freddy B, Larry Schwartz, Joey 'Cognoscenti' Gold, George Michaels, and a whole lot more - all woofing and gambling - also, you could get down for serious $$$ here bowling, if that was your game ), the Golden 8 Ball, North Shore Billiards ( 24 hours, pool and cards, owned by Freddy and his partners ), the first Billiard Cafe ( where Efren learned a lot of his One Pocket ), and Chris's Billiards. Hey rag, Northcenter closed down about 7 years ago.Sorry, but there really are no stories about the place, because.although Northcenter had a great old school/spitoons in the corner look to it - that's all it had - the equipment was not good, no serious players EVER went there, and there was less than zero action. Freddie?.don't mean to test your memory just because it's your birthday.Īny information would be greatly appreciated! I was just wondering if anyone can give me a rough time about when the old place closed down. This is one of the reasons I like to visit these types of places.you sometimes hear stories that "you had to be there" to know about.Īnyone else have anything interesting to share with the class about North Center Bowl? She said everyone on the cast signed the railing and they had it displayed in their home. The production crew liked it so much, it made it into the final cut of the film. The scene didn't call for the hand rail to be pulled off the wall, it's just something that happened "in the heat" of the scene. We were talking with her about the movie and she offered an interesting piece of trivia. I believe she said her anunt owned the place at the time of the filming. When we did visit several years ago, we had an interesting conversation with the bartender. They also pull the hand railing off the wall during the scene. When Eddie gets hustled and leaves Vince and Carmen to finish the road trip to Atlantic City alone, they have a big blow-up in the stairwell. Once inside the doorway, the bar was immediately in front of you with the tables to the right. Can anyone tell me how long ago the old buildings were demolished and new buildings built?įor those who don't know, North Center Bowl was the hall that you had to go up the long flight of stairs to enter. A year or so ago, we went to (what was a few years earlier) North Center Bowl and discovered a shiney new Starbucks in it's place. A few of my buddies and I were talking about some of the pool halls we've visited in Chicago that were used for scenes in TCOM.
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