Posts tagged Chicago L

Train station, Clark, Carroll and Wells, 1907, Chicago.

Train station, Clark, Carroll and Wells, 1907, Chicago.

Jaywalkers, 1941, Chicago. John Vachon

Jaywalkers, 1941, Chicago. John Vachon

The Thorndale L Station, 1977, Chicago.  via West Village Bob

The Thorndale L Station, 1977, Chicago. 

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Subway station at North and Clybourn, 1956, Chicago. via Chicago-L.org

Subway station at North and Clybourn, 1956, Chicago.

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Chicago “L” Car Series, 1934-1938, Chicago, Edmund Teske

The Elevated Chicago, 1939, Chicago. Gyorgy Kepes.

The Elevated Chicago, 1939, Chicago. Gyorgy Kepes.

The Northwestern Ravenswood Station, the West Side Kedzie Station and the South Side Princeton Station, 1910, Chicago via salon.com

The Northwestern Ravenswood Station, the West Side Kedzie Station and the South Side Princeton Station, 1910, Chicago

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Making game day signs for the CTA, 1967, Chicago.

Making game day signs for the CTA, 1967, Chicago.

Beginning construction on the Lake St. ‘L’, Lake St and Milwaukee Ave, 1889, Chicago The Lake St. ‘L’ would not start operations until 1893 Greg Borzo Collection

Beginning construction on the Lake St. ‘L’, Lake St and Milwaukee Ave, 1889, Chicago

The Lake St. ‘L’ would not start operations until 1893

Greg Borzo Collection

An Electroliner making it’s way along the North Shore/Milwaukee line, 1954, Chicago. Thanks to Garry Jaffe for the extra info: The Electroliner is on the North Side Mainline over Franklin St. Depending on the date, those tracks were owned by the CTA based on the buildings, cars & streetlight poles. Sometime in the 1950s It’s not used by the Red Line [except in emergencies, called “going over the top”], but by the Brown & Purple Lines. The North Shore Line leased trackage rights into Chicago from Dempster St. in Skokie south to Roosevelt. From Dempster north to Milwaukee was owned by the CNS&M, except for the end in Milwaukee which was on the street, like a streetcar, which the original Shoreline Route also took through Wilmette from the end of the L at 4th & Linden on 4th & on Greenleaf. Photo via Chicago-L.org

An Electroliner making it’s way along the North Shore/Milwaukee line, 1954, Chicago.

Thanks to Garry Jaffe for the extra info:

The Electroliner is on the North Side Mainline over Franklin St. Depending on the date, those tracks were owned by the CTA based on the buildings, cars & streetlight poles. Sometime in the 1950s

It’s not used by the Red Line [except in emergencies, called “going over the top”], but by the Brown & Purple Lines.

The North Shore Line leased trackage rights into Chicago from Dempster St. in Skokie south to Roosevelt. From Dempster north to Milwaukee was owned by the CNS&M, except for the end in Milwaukee which was on the street, like a streetcar, which the original Shoreline Route also took through Wilmette from the end of the L at 4th & Linden on 4th & on Greenleaf.

Photo via Chicago-L.org

Howard and Paulina from the L platform, 1977, Chicago via westvillagebob

Howard and Paulina from the L platform, 1977, Chicago

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Steampunk fantasy illustrating how the Chicago “El” and city would look in 1999. The illustration was actually created for Disneyland Paris, hence the erroneous “el” moniker… Read more here: http://www.steveandamysly.com/2011/03/28/chicagos-l-in-1999/

Steampunk fantasy illustrating how the Chicago “El” and city would look in 1999.

The illustration was actually created for Disneyland Paris, hence the erroneous “el” moniker…

Read more here: http://www.steveandamysly.com/2011/03/28/chicagos-l-in-1999/

Chicago, 1932, Helen Noel

Chicago, 1932, Helen Noel

Sailors on leave waiting in the Loop for the North Shore Electric Line, 1963, Chicago. Francis Miller

Sailors on leave waiting in the Loop for the North Shore Electric Line, 1963, Chicago. Francis Miller

‘L’ construction at Madison and Market, 1893, Chicago.

‘L’ construction at Madison and Market, 1893, Chicago.