'Hoods #31: Historic Pullman Oct 13 2013

This one was a little less than a regular 'hoods.
It was Historic Pullman's annual open house, so we didn't make a packet. Pullman makes plenty of its own literature.
And we didn't visit the greater Pullman neighborhood. The modern one. We'll have to do that another time!
Also? I want to go to the Pullman Porter Museum sometime. It's not far from Historic Pullman, and I still haven't been.
Since we've been, Pullman has been made (by Obama) a national monument. We actually signed the petition for it while there. Yay!

What is Historic Pullman? From wikipedia: "The Pullman National Monument, also known as The Pullman District and Pullman Historic District, is located in Chicago and was the first model, planned industrial community in the United States. The district is significant for its historical origins in the Pullman Company, one of the most famous company towns in the United States, and scene of the violent 1894 Pullman strike. It was built for George Pullman as a place to produce the famous Pullman sleeping cars."

Participants: Bill, William and Kelly

Highlights:
-the stables
-the greenstone church
-the market area
-we were granted access to 6 private residences
that day, because it was open house
-what remains of the factory
-random antique car show
-the public school
-garage sale!
-Bill bought Pullman honey
-neighborhood garden
-that funky little band that was playing the car show

The Florence hotel is never open. I wanna get in there.

You can visit Pullman's grave at Graceland cemetery (yet to be 'hoods-ed).

my flickr album for Oct 13 visit to Historic Pullman

pics from another, earlier visit in August of 2008

Impressions: Gorgeous. You can feel the weight of history. I loved, especially, getting to roll around in the old factory. A lot of hurt in those places, too. But so nice to see people living there and loving it and tending to the old spaces. It's hard, cause modern Pullman is not the cutest or safest of spaces. Not a lot of money down there. So historic Pullman is a little oasis in the middle of a neighborhood hit with some hard times. But maybe the designation as national monument will bring more tourists, more money, more options for the neighborhood. Like, there really aren't that many restaurants in Pullman. No real entertainment. I think there's a brewery down there now. Not sure if it has a tap room. But if we WERE to 'Hoods modern Pullman, not sure what we'd go to visit. You know? Except that Pullman Porter Museum. I gotta get on that!