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Article: Church auctioning off basement bowling alley Social center for parishioners hasn't been used in decades
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- February 24, 2005
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Parishioners at St. Mary of the Angels Church lost interest
decades ago in the basement bowling alley.
Now they're about to lose the alley -- to the highest bidder.
The Bucktown church's vintage Brunswick six-lane B-1 bowling alley
-- complete with original ball holders, ball polishers, two seats and
pin washer -- will be auctioned off on eBay today with the starting
price of $9,000.
The bowling alley was probably installed shortly after the church
at 1850 N. Hermitage was built in 1920 for Polish immigrants,
according to Diane Hudec, vice president of auctionBay Inc., the
Chicago eBay consignment company handling the auction that will
benefit the church.
Lanes were common
The bowling alley ...