On September 30, 1914, the Pain Fireworks Display Company at 1329 Wabash Ave, suffered a violent explosion and fire. Thousands of dollars of torpedoes, Roman candles, skyrockets destroyed the building as well as adjoining structures including the Coca-Cola building next door…
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Kenneth Goodman left his home at 5221 Winthrop about 11 PM on a bitterly cold Sunday night, January 15, 1967 in his 1961 Chevrolet station wagon. He was scheduled to begin his shift at midnight at McCormick Place on Chicago’s lakefront. He was employed as a security guard the Kane Watch Service. Aocording to a Kane ad of the time, he was paid $1.65 per hour and his uniform was supplied.
McCormick Place, at the time was the largest convention center in North America built at a cost of $35 million. It was opened in November 1960, with 486,000 ft.² of exhibit space.
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Chicago and Cook County Cemeteries 