Before the Memorial Day Parade steps off, dignitaries, including Chicago Sun-Times columnist Irv Kupcinet, left, gather at Heald Square Monument at East Wacker and North Wabash. Kup, as he was famously known, died in 2003 at age 91. ©Bill Stamets / CITY 2000
The remains of the Paul & Bill Tailor Shop on West Maxwell Street are flanked by the Midwest Demolition Co.'s metal bucket. ©Bill Stamets / CITY 2000
Members of the Jehovah’s Witenss faith watch the broadcast of a religious pageant on the scoreboard of Comiskey Park, the former home of the Chicago White Sox. Nearly 20,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses gathered in the ballpark for worship services in July, 2000. These bilingual services, in Spanish and English, took place over several Saturdays, and included sermons, Bible study, and full immersion baptisms. ©Bill Stamets / CITY 2000
