Rebuilding A Mystery

Map of Chicago Magic updated

The Map of Chicago Magic has been updated to reflect the opening of Chicago Magic Lounge in their new location.

Updates to the Map of Chicago Magic

The Map of Chicago Magic has been updated to reflect the closing of The Magic Cabaret, and the temporary closing of Chicago Magic Lounge while the move to their new location.

Chicago Magic Map updated

The Map of Chicago Magic has been updated to reflect Magic, Inc's new location, the Chicago Magic Lounge, and a dime museum where Houdini performed.

Book about Chicago Bar Magic

Bill Weimer's book, Now You See Them, Now You Don't describes what it was like to be a Chicago bar magicians during the 1970s-1990s. (I haven't read it.)

Updates to the Map of Chicago Magic

I've added the 1940s home of Ed Marlo to the Map of Chicago Magic, as well as an ad from 1922 for the Majestic Theatre.

Searching the Map of Chicago Magic

I've added Google-based searching to the Map of Chicago Magic. Just click "Search the Map" from the menu on the left and you'll be taken to a page that will return results from only the site. Enjoy!

The new Map of Chicago Magic

I've released a completely re-imagined version of the Map of Chicago Magic. I hope you enjoy the new site. Contributions and corrections are welcome.

Magic Map: Hauntings

Added the location of Eugene Burger's "Hauntings" show, circa 1978, in the attic of an Evanston home.

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Magic Map: Updates

I've added a few spots to the Map of Chicago Magic:

• The burial place of Bert Allerton. (Thanks, Neil.)
• The long-lost apartment number and move-in date of Bert Allerton at the Dearborn Park Hotel. -
• The location of the Little Corporal r
estaurant, where the Three Sheeters was founded and met.

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Magic Map: Several Updates

Added a description of P.C. Sorcar at the 1950 joint SAM-IBM convention, based on "Letters From the Past" in Oct 2009 The Linking Ring.

Confirmed Sam Berland's 1941 address based on SAM Membership Directory as published in Genii.

Added the former homes of Martin Gardner, Arthur Pope, Harlan Tarbell, and Eugene Laurant. (per SAM member directory)

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