A Pair of Towns in the Illinois Valley: Peru and LaSalle, Illinois 4K.
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- A pair of former glory towns that have a combined population of around 18k. Both cities lay in a region that's known as the Illinois Valley. In this video I show you what made these two cities special 100 years ago.
Peru: 1:30 - 13:30
Peru Mall: 2:22 - 3:50
Downtown Peru: 6:27 - 7:44
Maud Powell Statue: 6:38
Illinois River: 11:05
Westclox Museum: 12:58
LaSalle: 13:30 - 20:07
Downtown LaSalle: 13:30 - 15:30
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My hometown. Education super. When Ivwas there. 7 went Broadway, 8 pro football, no 1 HS band in the country 70's and 80's . Gorgeous auditorium. The doctors were par excellent. Dr Henry Jacobs from spring valley. On the board of IVCC. Written upbin time magazine 1981. Saving a farmers life." TWO SPOONS AND A CORD "! On and on. When Westclix left the tiwn folded. Many memories. More visitors at Starved Rock State Park then Wisconsin Dells
Like always Great video amazing places in Illinois wonderful information on small cities and towns thanks for your video 👍👌
Been there a bunch of times. I envy the small town charm of them. Specially LaSalle. I used to live in Normal and every once in a while go up to Peru/ LaSalle for business purposes
Thank you, I've been home sick and this video helped me a bit..Love the towns..I have family there. Life is much easier there. Especially the drive from here to there !!
home sweet home
@16:38 on the left is Waltz Tap. Grandfather, uncles, and dad made this place their second home during the 80's. I remember peeling their tickets for the Cubs games while they poured down Old Style beer and shots of Canadian Club. The Best Times.
Sun down down
LaSalle was established as a sister city to Chicago when it was the frontier of America, where expiditoners would get on the Illinois river after riding boats through the Great lakes, at one point LaSalle had a larger population than Chicago
I'm from Ottawa IL luv the video
The mall had no sidewalk access for the residential area of LaSalle to walk to the mall, RIP
I was surprised that La Salle -Peru had a low crime rate considering it is a river town.
I don’t know why it’s so weird to see streets on RUclips that I drive on every day
Loving the content. Hard to find anything else like these videos for Downstate Illinois. Appreciate it!
I went down those streets so many times growing up. Thanks for doing this!
It is 2024 and I can confirm that the Peru mall is currently still and I don’t know how but open
Thanks for visiting our area. I'm from Spring Valley just 3 miles West of Peru on Rt. 6 so been in this area all my life. I've enjoyed your videos of Southern IL, particularly Cairo and surrounding areas since they're such a long drive South. Safe travels...!
im from spring valley too
iv been all around the world though ... in nashville currently.. . I still love the illinois valley area and spring valley! always will
@@musicbizmoriarty i might be going.. get ready, why else would I be looking this video up?
I'm gonna mess with Anderson Henderson maybe on my way there and I hope to meet Chance for real. Then ELVIS when he gets back there after his stint in Tijuana going to brothels.
In short I got some stops I gotta make but I plan to head up the midwest.
@@MeltinJohn yo. crazy seeing you in this videos comment section. . lmfao . howd you even get on a video about one of my hometowns
@@musicbizmoriarty looking for places to relocate to
Thanks for these -- I'm from Harding, Illinois. -- charlie, sacramento CA
Is peru a sundown town
Interesting music throughout the video.
the building at 7:08 with the cupola-like tower used to be a music studio (called Kirzeder's, after Harold K. the owner)) on the second floor, in the 1950's. Accordion, guitar, and drum ;lessons.
Thanks for the video of my hometown
Loved the video and history. I was born in LaSalle, but I was not raised there. Moved when I was a baby always wanted to see where I was born, so this was very helpful in tracing back my roots.
Nice video and a bit of history for this area. Kind of wished it had been a little slower so I could have seen if there were any remnants of my 5th GGGrandfather's shoe factory (one of the first buildings along First St.) that was originally on First just before Marquette but later moved to First St. between Marquette and Joliet which were two of the streets you drove down. So awesome to see where some of my ancestors built some of their life history at and where some of my family was once raised. Thanks for the video.
He never slows down to pan interesting looking , open places.. irritatating. Abandoned, disheveled property gets priority.
Do you think a mini Wisconsin Dells could exist within the Illinois Valley with Starved Rock? Tourism could help the area.
This is my come home and chill channel
Thank you for highlighting LaSalle Peru. I have been there so many times since I have family living in LaSalle County. My Aunt did all her shopping there. My cousins still go there. My grandparents lived on a farm near Utica.
I lived in Peru and went to LPHS as a part Freshman and Sophomore around 1965. Loved living there and fell in love my first time there. Played Football Basketball and Golf. Great town to live in, had lots of friends. We moved a lot. My father ran the Wesclox plant mentioned. We moved there from Lake Forest, moved to Cincinnati after and after Cinci to Peterborough where he ran General Time/Wesclox of Canada. 4 high schools.
Very much familiar with this since I was born and raised in Ottawa. The mall has unfortunately lost its luster only in the last 5 years. The mall was approved for redevelopment but now they need to act. I've done a few videos of this mall for my channel and the mall has lost more stores each time I film this. Even as Westclox shut down in the 80s, the mall thrived because it was a regional draw. You filmed this on my birthday. 😂 😂 great video.
great video!! im from rochelle but was born in peru because it was the only town nearby with a doctor who knew spanish and havent been since so thank you for filming this!!
I've never been down that way - looks like a pretty nice area 👍
Except for Westclox, you skipped most of the history of the area. The Hegler-Carus mansion, the Kaskaskia Hotel the Huge High School and the Illinois Michigan canal.
You drove past my old apartment (across from the Maude Powell statue )
Great vid. You should check out Morris IL and Clifton IL soon.
I don’t know why but central and southern Illinois give me a very eerie feeling and I don’t know why, I’ve only ever visited a few cities in the area though.
I don't think the plan to redevelop the peru mall went through, it's still there in 2024
Thanks again for another great educational video. All your videos are very well done and not sloppy like a lot others. Sure u will hit the 100k subscriber this year. All the best!
Hwy 251 will take you to my hometown Rochelle.
My birth place. Raised on a small farm s of Peru south bluff golf course. I'm from a prominent family and very prolific. Construction. of homes, buildings, roads 'n bridges.
Cherry Illinois was where a mine accident happen that kill many miners. It is close to near LaSalle. It is interesting. It is on Plank Road,
Wow I recognize LaSalle
I'll be moving there in possibly September or later I'm gonna walk down town
Pretty cool town I’m glad to say I grew up here. It’s a smaller town but easy to get around places. For the most part at least lol
Both seem a step up from most of the other videos on small towns in that area. They appear to be service industry towns now. With income of 50k+ it looks like a lot of retired folks working part time supplementing Soc Sec/pensions. Those same folks would explain the low crime rate too. With anchor store Penneys gone, the only way out for the mall is to redevelop that entire area. The tough part is the higher taxes problem.
It seemed to me that the small towns in Illinois slowly get nicer as you keep going north.
Nostalgia Tours yes... lasalle Peru area is very nice, and a short drive north Mendota seems to be doing well!
Princeton next?
Don’t have Princeton filmed but I’ll be back for it
Audio back! I used to drive between Chicago and Peoria every other week and used to stop at a truck stop in Peru for a pit stop. Guess I should have wandered into the town!
People consider Indiana a truckstop too even the huge city of Indianapolis . I once wanted to check Peoria out too btw but looks like I could be going to Peru maybe. I got a potential offer to move there I am reviewing now.
So familiar
May I suggest taking us on a scenic tour of the islands? Rock, Stony, and Blue.
Please do one on Olney, IL.
One day
I just moved to Princeton, Il which is just west of Peru. Come do a driving tour here. It's a beautiful little town with two well preserved historic main street districts and a large stock of well preserved and well maintained 19th century homes. I live in an 1892 Dutch Colonial just off Main Street. Hit me up if you come to do a tour - you are more than welcome to stop by for a beverage of your choice on my porch. Peace.
There's actually a historic homes of Princeton walking/driving tour. I can't find it online, but it does exist - I've got brochures :)
Ok, I prefer adult beverages in a social setting such as your porch. I take it you have a grill? A nice one? If not, sampling local pizza is always a thrill. See ya soon!!
Where is this bridge located? 0:36
wait why am i looking at this i live here
Me too. I lived in Ladd.
Visited Peru/LaSalle several years ago on a trip out to Starved Rock. There is a cool little place called Lock 14 where you can ride a canal boat pulled by a mule up and down a section of the old canal. Definitely a neat stop if you are in the area.
LaSalle has some very cool looking old buildings too, great architecture. Just wish the local economy was doing better to bring them back to their former glory. Perhaps Illinois will get it figured out someday, I just hopes it happens before somebody gets the "genius" idea of redeveloping them.
I'm a progressive kind of person who is actually considering a place like this currently. I determined I can't move to Indianapolis and I wouldn't care for it so something came along here and I just may take the offer.
I LIVE here
@@ithinki854Me too. Love it.
They better not touch my mall I like to go to
I just want to thank you 🚘 🚦🛑.
I lived in Peru until I was 9. A lot of my family still live there. You need to try The Igloo. It has the world's greatest pork tenderloin sandwiches and chocolate pie. My grandmother used to work at Westclox.
Aye my grandpa worked at Westclox too.
@@beano21 that place washed bro
The Igloo also has great barbecue with cheese sandwiches and fries.
Omg.
My family grew up there, Lasalle and Ogelsby. They took me to the Igloo in '90.
I still talk about them Fritters....
Audio disappeared! I will reboot and try again!
You should travel to the Northeast and cover the Tri-State area of downstate New York, northern New Jersey, and western Connecticut.
You can't visit this area without visiting Starved Rock State Park. Although I believe it was closed when you were here.
Not sure if Illinois state parks are open yet. When I was there last year all state parks were closed due to covid.
@@ChrisHarden I think they are open now.
🤔 Actually think I was in Peru that day getting supplies for my old job
Sweet video, man. I used to live here and I have a lot of fond memories here. Thanks for the video.
Traveling is better than being stuck in a rat race and then finding solutions to get out in wheel of torture
Peru Pizza House in Peru has amazing pizza!!!
What style of pizza is it? Deep dish?
Great Lasagna!!
Lou's Lagrotto is better!
Still a good looking town to me. I am looking for a new place to live and this seems like the place I could do well in and I also got an offer to move here too for a lower cost .. roughly 1 tenth of the cost of where I am now. And if I don't like it guess what, I am put closer to the Omaha area where I wanted to go to begin with. It would be a shorter ride at least. Win win for me. Nothing to lose. Not saying it's 1/10 of the cost for everyone but for me it would be.
You been to Charles mound the highest natural point of Illinois in Jo Daviess county
Nope
@@ChrisHarden I believe it’s in The town of Galena which my wife and I spent time at. That town is a beauty I would strongly suggest a tour and video on if you ever have the opportunity.
so many of those smaller shopping malls built in the 70's are wastelands now. When I was a kid you couldn't find a parking space, it seemed
Black man missing in your county since 2018 wtf 🤬. African-Americans stand up.👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿
Why would they destroy that beatific mall its got nice floors in it
Who wants to talk about it being a sun downing town?
Isn't that the point? It's not a city. I would come to a place like Peru to relax. I seen enough madness in these so called non sundown towns that still feel like sundown towns because things close early still. Tampa FL for instance big disappointment of a place if you spend tons of time there.
Floods are why that street is called water street 😂
Corporate America will never be happy . Greed - not taxes ---until the US makes corporate America pay their fair share nothing will change. . same taxes should be across the board for every state . right to work States is really right to work for less. - 2023 corporate America has posted their larges profits in history. - Fact -
i heard JCpenney filed for bankruptcy. it is really true that rural residents should drive to the city for shopping mall experience :/
I'm watching this asking when is there going to be anything I don't recognize 🙃
Jelani Day
Wished I had that info as a kid.
"Why didn't you get an A?"
"Well, why didn't the school get an A? Ha! Put that in yer pipe and smoke it."
It’s a nice little town, I’ve lived here for my entire life and it actually pretty calm and a lot of fun things to do 😁
"Jelani Day" brought me here to see this monstrous 'sunddown' town❗🤔😎😱
That was a very sad case. His car was found on the street I live on. I lost a lot of respect for the people who found him and acted like they just won a million dollars (no joke they were cheering) it was distasteful.
@@CbabyDavy5703 you must live right by my brother. Small world
@@lovinmytunes05 indeed lol, if you don’t mind who would your brothers name be?
@@CbabyDavy5703 Ryan. He's just a kid, living a quiet life. It was my mom's house until her passing in March 2020.
@@lovinmytunes05 oh ok I’ve heard of that name before
This place looks like it’s no fun at all
As a local, it's not 😂
@@elizabethk1690 I see appeal in it but the people who want to bring so called excitement or loud stereo systems then ya they would be deterred. I'd imagine the OP is more like that . Tampa might be more his speed. It's warm, boring for a decent sized city but more than enough of those excitement makers and meathead gangster wannabes to last a lifetime. A more dead but still has enough stuff is the kind of place I need to rest in and build back up. I'm willing to leave FL to give this place a shot for my own needs as I have a pptential offer to move to Peru and would be a lot cheaper for me too.
home sweet home