My dad worked as a licensed electrical engineer for the J. Livingston company, a prestigious electrical contractor. His office was on the eighth floor of the 333 N. Michigan building and his drafting board had a stunning view of the Michigan Avenue bridge, the Wrigley building, and the then Tribune Tower.
Dad was a creature of habit, and you could set your watch on the thousands of his evening commute home each week day. Precisely at 5 o’clock he would put on his overcoat and hat take the elevator down to Michigan Avenue, walking to the north – south CTA subway station at state and Lake. (Now the red line). He would board the northbound train for the 20-minute ride to the Bryn Mawr station and then the Peterson Avenue. Like clockwork he would arrive home for a 6 o’clock family dinner.
But on the evening of November 5, 1956, One day before the presidential election between Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson, all that changed.
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