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Susan Shapiro's avatar

Another amazing rabbit hole. I truly hope the plans for the area can be realized.

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Lisa Kohn's avatar

Thanks, Trish, for fleshing out that photographer's tone-deaf comment on Facebook with such a thorough and interesting treatment! And thank heavens the builder's detailed description creates such a vivid picture of the original house. He was quite a salesman.

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Yvette's avatar

Thanks so much for this interesting article. I have lived on Oakenwald about 4 blocks north for about 11 years and I have always been interested in the history of my neighborhood.

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Jan Holt's avatar

Hi Trish, thanks for this informative article on 4597 S. Oakenwald. Living two doors away, I know it well! We learned early on about the Russian consul general from neighbors, but had no idea it was originally one of three houses. Love seeing the original photo. Oakenwald is definitely an interesting street. Jan H

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Kenneth Newman's avatar

Patricia,

I enjoy the wartime articles about your DADs adventures on the. Western Front. I am a WW2 junkie, so many of the battles, the generals and their battle plans, the geography of the front, and the issues in the rear I am very familiar with. If there are future articles, I will look forward to them.

Kenneth Newman- refgkcoach@hotmail.com

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Trinetta M Henderson's avatar

The property now belongs to grandfather James F Jackson, Sr. He and my grandmother Elizabeth Jackson purchased the property and raised my mom and their other 8 children there including my self. The property is still in our family as of this day. I am set to be it's sole inheritor.

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