Ogden Avenue

During the scrum, guards jammed a needle full of Prolix and Thorazine in his leg, temporarily frying Ralph's brain and paralyzing much of his body.

While out on bail, Ralph's wife threw him in a nursing home before his buddy Frank Tornabeni broke him out and set him up at the notorious Chicagoland Motel on Ogden Avenue.

a way station for the lost in Lyons Driftland.

A series of low-rent, pay-by-the-hour motels where working stiffs and criminals would go to party when they had extra cash and crash when they were down on their luck.

If one of them died and they had a funeral here in town, he was one of the ones that would go talk to the chief to make sure everything went peaceful.

For a time, home base for the Outlaws is Lion's VP Tommy Stimac's bar, The Hayloft, on First and Ogden Avenue, where the bar stools are bolted to the floor to prevent rowdy patrons from throwing them at each other.

Lion's bar-tending legend, Mary Brust, is a big fan of the bar.

She also knows many of the Outlaws well, and not just as the scary avatars in black leather, like the ones portrayed on Sons of Anarchy.

It was crazy.

There were so many bikes.

I remember watching it go down Ogden Avenue, and the police had the intersections blocked off.

Just seeing all the bikes lined up down the street, both sides, and it just seemed like they went on for miles.

Jim Tillerson Tish Owens from the White Tavern on

Ogden Avenue in Naperville where they have Strosby on tap.

There's a drive and the right field by the end is caught.

Collins leaps and

We're going to be focusing on the three historic roads that have been part of Route 66.

We're going to start with Adams Street, then Ogden Avenue, and then Jackson Boulevard.

We're going to be concluding the tour right back here at 3 o'clock.

I recently jumped on one of McMain's Route 66 tours to learn more about Chicago's role in the roadway's history.

No.

Yes, tomorrow, August 29th, after a one-year pause during Ogden Avenue's construction.

So this year's show celebrates Route 66 100th anniversary and a century of cruising the Mother Road.

Brian Crowe is the executive director of the Berwyn Development Corp, and he joins us On The Map.

Wow

... uh, the show has been happening in Berwyn.

And, and it started in a little parking lot and then evolved onto Ogden Avenue, Route 66, which is where it will be tomorrow.

I love it.