In this case I will allow the posting to remain on the group. I did let the individual know that in the future he will either have to have his posting just to...
An Op-Ed from the Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- dyn/content/article/2007/12/28/AR2007122802449.html The End of Sprawl? TOOLBOX Resize Text...
Shooting from the hip, I'd say it's too early to declare sprawl dead. My Rogers Park neighborhood 4 blocks from the Howard Terminal and 7 blocks from Metra...
Large platforms have been built along Van Buren adjacent to Tower 12, and along Wells adjacent to Tower 18. I've seem no mention of them here or elsewhere,...
Power outage curbs Green Line service Associated Press - January 3, 2008 6:34 AM ET CHICAGO (AP) - A power outage has shut down the East 63rd branch of the...
CTA Pink Line Service Interrupted -- Update 7:20am Due to switching problems at Harrison/Congress, Pink Line service has been temporarily suspended between...
... I was on the Green Line (Lake St.) inbound, this morning before 8:00am, and the operator announced that due to defective equipment, the Pink Line was not...
GARY || The mayor and Common Council are replacing board members at the troubled Gary Public Transportation Corp., but it remains unclear how long buses can...
Hi Adam; Ican only guess a range of years. I think between 1950 and 1965. Jewel Foods used that logo in my preschool and elementary days (I was born in 1954)....
... Definitely early 1960's for the second picture, given the Daley-era State Street light fixtures. (installed 1962?) Who can identify the building and...
... The building in the second picture is the State-Madison Building, at the northwest corner of State and Madison. Originally it was the locale of The Boston...
I believe the Fair store went into the old Boston Store building. ... Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now....
btw, the pictures are scanned postcards from a very large collection owned by a friend of a friend in a number of Web sites. That first image I find especially...
The picture are dated of 1956 and 1965 respectively. I would assume that's roughly correct, as it appears they were in the process of gradually converting the...
... Someone else said The Fair Store took over The Boston Store. The Fair was north side of Adams between State and Dearborn, a 12-story building from 1891....
... Is it? The resolution wasn't good enough for me to see tracks, so I wasn't entirely sure it was trolley wire. The resolution isn't good enough to see brass...
... Sounds reasonable. It was neither a trick question nor a quiz, but a query, as yours truly didn't know the answer and wasn't satisfied with the year given...
Let's Make Public Tansit / Passenger Rail an Issue in the Primary! Please Forward to Others Who Might be Interested The next monthly open meeting of CTA -...
There's only one problem... the postcard date of 1957 can't be correct, as one of those futuristic State Street lights is clearly visible, and we know from the...
A seldom mentioned cause of the high price of oil is the decline in the value of the US dollar. The dollar declined as the result of heavy borrowing from...
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