westing Posted August 17, 2012 Report Share Posted August 17, 2012 I just found this great old photo. It has to be one of my favorites so far. I just love all the shadows and how it's not the typical downtown scene. Can anyone guess the location? I had a difficult time before looking at the source of the photo. (so please don't if you want to guess ) Source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artthouwill Posted August 17, 2012 Report Share Posted August 17, 2012 I just found this great old photo. It has to be one of my favorites so far. I just love all the shadows and how it's not the typical downtown scene. Can anyone guess the location? I had a difficult time before looking at the source of the photo. (so please don't if you want to guess ) Source I'll take a guess, though the pic looks before my time. It looks like Lake and Sacramento facing west on Lake Street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westing Posted August 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2012 I'll take a guess, though the pic looks before my time. It looks like Lake and Sacramento facing west on Lake Street. That's right. The area looks nothing like this anymore, few if any of the buildings still remain. To think Lake St. could once support rapid and surface transit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westing Posted August 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 Ride the "L" it's faster Source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJL6000 Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 That's right. The area looks nothing like this anymore, few if any of the buildings still remain. To think Lake St. could once support rapid and surface transit. Yes, the Sacramento station located on the curve is a giveaway. Sadly, that station closed on April 4, 1948 (as part of the Lake Street Line's implementation of A/B skip-stop service) and was demolished a year later. Ashland/Lake was also closed in that same service revision, but was left dormant in case the nearby Logan Square line were to be rerouted (which eventually occurred on February 25, 1951; at that time, Ashland reopened but nearby Lake Street Transfer closed). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 Ride the "L" it's faster Source It was obvious it was Loyola even before clicking. It looks about the same, but the ad now would be fraudulent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westing Posted August 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 True the last one was very easy, I'm a sucker for those vintage ads. This next one should be a bit more tricky but there are some obvious clues. Source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i8itall4u Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 True the last one was very easy, I'm a sucker for those vintage ads. This next one should be a bit more tricky but there are some obvious clues. Source Well....I don't know the station, but look at the tracks. All four appear to be running rails. NS main? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geneking7320 Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 True the last one was very easy, I'm a sucker for those vintage ads. This next one should be a bit more tricky but there are some obvious clues. Source OK I'll guess Grandville looking west. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2200SeriesFan Posted October 27, 2012 Report Share Posted October 27, 2012 OK I'll guess Grandville looking west. No doubt that would have to be Granville Ave, looking west! And which sadly reminds me of my hatred of the fact all the older buildings on the north side of Granville west of the 'L were slowly torn down over a period of 5ish(give or take) years, before that high rise was built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRCTA Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 I just found this great old photo. It has to be one of my favorites so far. I just love all the shadows and how it's not the typical downtown scene. Can anyone guess the location? I had a difficult time before looking at the source of the photo. (so please don't if you want to guess ) Source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRCTA Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 What year was this picture taken? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted November 1, 2012 Report Share Posted November 1, 2012 I just found this great old photo. It has to be one of my favorites so far. I just love all the shadows and how it's not the typical downtown scene. Can anyone guess the location? I had a difficult time before looking at the source of the photo. (so please don't if you want to guess ) Source At the time Art made his guess of this being Sacramento and Lake, I guessed the same location in my mind though I was thinking facing east instead of west. I just didn't register mentally the give away was the curving of Lake Street to the right at the intersection facing that direction that breaks the optical illusion that Lake Street is perfectly perpendicular to the north-south streets in that area, when actually it's angled slightly on both sides of Sacramento. East of the Sacramento it's on a slight dip moving southwest between Ashland and Sacramento from 200N to about 120N before curving onto a slight northwest trajectory until it gets to the vicinity of Laramie where its position is approximately 400N. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westing Posted November 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2012 What year was this picture taken? 1939 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westing Posted November 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2012 This one might be pretty challenging. Source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw4400 Posted November 1, 2012 Report Share Posted November 1, 2012 This one might be pretty challenging. Source That looks like a Loop Elevated station. I'm going to guess Merchandise Mart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 1, 2012 Report Share Posted November 1, 2012 That looks like a Loop Elevated station. I'm going to guess Merchandise Mart. Thats the former Homan ave. station on the Lake st./Green Line Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railwaymodeler Posted November 1, 2012 Report Share Posted November 1, 2012 Looks like the green/pink line. I think there is still a station like that out there. I want to say I'm thinking of Ashland. My dad would often drive me to appointments at UIC, especially if he had a reason to go to that area (Al's Beef was often considered a reason, or the Vienna Beef factory cafe sometimes!). He would drive down Ashland to get there. I think I've seen a similar station that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted November 1, 2012 Report Share Posted November 1, 2012 Looks like the green/pink line. I think there is still a station like that out there. I want to say I'm thinking of Ashland. I don't know if clicking on the provided link is a spoiler, but it is the same as the prior one, i.e. Sacramento. While it looks like Ashland, the street is too narrow. Ashland was always a boulevard there, and you couldn't get a planter into this picture, as was in the picture on the cover of a late1990s CTA map (with a 5800 on route 9, which usually was not the case). Thats the former Homan ave. station on the Lake st./Green Line Update: Also wouldn't be Homan, because it would have had Garfield Park on one side (Google Map). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westing Posted November 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 It is Lake and Sacramento. One clue, the L structure at that point is much different than that east of Rockwell where the supports where positioned at the curb. Homan was very similar but slightly narrower and only had two bay windows versus three for Sacramento. There isn't much to compare to today since nearly everything in that photo has been torn down but the absence of Garfield Park was another good observation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artthouwill Posted November 8, 2012 Report Share Posted November 8, 2012 I found this on Youtube. You will enjoy the pics. The poster was definitely a CTA fan as well as a House Music fan. I am a fan of both also, but I posted this moreso for the CTA fans, especially those who will remember some of the equipment in the video (some in original livery). Enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted November 8, 2012 Report Share Posted November 8, 2012 I found this on Youtube. You will enjoy the pics. The poster was definitely a CTA fan as well as a House Music fan. I am a fan of both also, but I posted this moreso for the CTA fans, especially those who will remember some of the equipment in the video (some in original livery). Enjoy http://www.youtube.c...feature=related Some of it is comparatively recent (such as the 2400s and 2600s with their original decals), but the red trolley car motion picture at Field Museum is certainly rare. What's the deal with the weird paint job on the 84 Peterson bus at about 7:46 (apparently a legitimate 300 series bus)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainman8119 Posted November 8, 2012 Report Share Posted November 8, 2012 Some of it is comparatively recent (such as the 2400s and 2600s with their original decals), but the red trolley car motion picture at Field Museum is certainly rare. What's the deal with the weird paint job on the 84 Peterson bus at about 7:46 (apparently a legitimate 300 series bus)? Really good video. I enjoyed it. I think the only thing that was missing was a 2200, unless that was one on Lake St about 7:00 in, hard to tell. As for that 300 color scheme, there is a similar scheme for 315 at the Imlay Loop on the 91 route, and also 204 at Caldwell and Central in Mel Bernero's Flickr collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRCTA Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 I found this on Youtube. You will enjoy the pics. The poster was definitely a CTA fan as well as a House Music fan. I am a fan of both also, but I posted this moreso for the CTA fans, especially those who will remember some of the equipment in the video (some in original livery). Enjoy http://www.youtube.c...feature=related Man, I saw it and it was beautiful! Brings back old memories, doesn't it? And the house music is pumpin up! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4CottageGrove95th Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 On Graham Garfield's Chicago-L.org under "Mishaps and Unusual Occurences", one of the mishaps he refers to happened around 1959 or 1960 at 59th Street junction where the Englewood and Jackson Park lines diverge. A Loop-bound Englewood train made up of the relatively-new 6000 series entered the junction curve way to fast and derailed, taking out part of an apartment building. I was around 2 years of age at the time and lived not to far from this junction. I never found an image of that derailment **** UNTIL NOW *****: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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