'Carl' Damianides, proud owner for over 50 years of the Sky Ride Tap at 105 W. Van Buren Street in 2022. Photo Credit: Ward Miller / Preservation Chicago
Please join us and celebrate 21 years on the preservation front lines. Preservation Chicago’s 21st Birthday Happy Hour will be on Friday, October 21, 2022 from 5:30 to 7:30 at the Sky Ride Tap, 105 W. Van Buren St.
Belly up to the bar at the Sky Ride Tap. Crack open a cold Schlitz and wash down the hot Sbarro’s Thompson Center/Union Station pizza.
The Sky Ride Tap is a Chicago Legacy Business which has served thirsty Chicagoans for over 50 years. Through the decades, the Sky Ride Tap has anchored The Yukon/Bock Building designed by Holabird & Roche in 1897, and which is believed to be Chicago’s oldest ‘taxpayer building’ in the Loop. This block is one of the few survivors from a colorful and checkered bygone era when this district was known as ‘Little Cheyenne’ and ‘Old Chinatown.’Sky-Ride Poster from the 1933 Century of Progress World’s Fair. Photo Credit: Ward Miller / Preservation Chicago
Little Cheyenne and Old Chinatown were a Preservation Chicago 2016 Chicago 7 Most Endangered. But the Yukon/Bock Building and the Sky Ride Tap are still standing and so we’re thrilled to be able celebrate Preservation Chicago’s Old-School 21st Birthday at this wonderfully authentic Chicago Legacy Business.
