This from Steve Redick:

a nice shot from a hotel fire on Montrose ave, a high-rise spectacular on south shore drive (many fires in that joint) and a tragic fire at the Conrad Hilton Hotel. My dad and I took this in, I remember seeing the bedsheets hanging out the windows.

News clipping from a fire at the Montclair Hotel at 835 W. Montrose Avenue in Chicago

News clipping from a fire at the Montclair Hotel at 835 W. Montrose Avenue in Chicago. Warren Redick collection

News clipping from a fire in a high-rise apartment building at 6730 South Shore Drive in Chicago, April 12, 1970

News clipping from a fire in a high-rise apartment building at 6730 South Shore Drive in Chicago, April 12, 1970. Warren Redick collection

News clipping from a fire in a high-rise apartment building at 6730 South Shore Drive in Chicago, April 12, 1970

Warren Redick collection

News clipping from a fire in a high-rise apartment building at 6730 South Shore Drive in Chicago, April 12, 1970

Warren Redick collection

A fatal fire at the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago January 25, 1970

A fatal fire at the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago January 25, 1970. Warren Redick collection

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