State/Lake Loop L Station Rebuild

[strictures]

3 hours ago, artthouwill said:

You know the Tribune editorial waa heading down the wrong track comparing the Quincy station to the State/Lake station.   Quincy is NOT  in the heart of the Loop.  Quincy is NOT a major transfer point between the Looo L and the busiest rail line.   The ultimate defining picture of the Loop is the Chicago Theater with the State/Lake station in the backdrop.   This station will also include a  pedestrian bridge that will allow transfers between platforms,  something it never had before.  This city is known for its architecture and this station is an extension of that. 

But you just stay on that 22 Clark bus.   Speaking of Clark,  you do know that part of station is practically covered across both platforms. 

But the roof at Clark/Lake isn't some insane over the top domed insanity they want at State/Lake! Plus I wouldn't be surprised that they couldn't engineer a pass through & create a mezzanine level for that, which would cost the same & make the entire station far more usable. 

[artthouwill]

18 minutes ago, strictures said:

But the roof at Clark/Lake isn't some insane over the top domed insanity they want at State/Lake! Plus I wouldn't be surprised that they couldn't engineer a pass through & create a mezzanine level for that, which would cost the same & make the entire station far more usable. 

A mezzanine would probably make Lake Street inaccessible to truck traffic which is why Clinton is the only station on Lake that has one because it is high enough to accommodate one thanks to the UP tracks the Lake Street L has to go above.  Lake St handles the truck traffic that comes from Lower Wacker. 

Correction  Cicero also has a mezzanine but it also is higher because it crosses an elevated  RR tracks around Kilpatrick 

[strictures]

5 hours ago, artthouwill said:

A mezzanine would probably make Lake Street inaccessible to truck traffic which is why Clinton is the only station on Lake that has one because it is high enough to accommodate one thanks to the UP tracks the Lake Street L has to go above.  Lake St handles the truck traffic that comes from Lower Wacker. 

Correction  Cicero also has a mezzanine but it also is higher because it crosses an elevated  RR tracks around Kilpatrick 

'm baffled why the Lake St structure is different than the Wells, Wabash Y Van Buren legs, all of which have mezzanines. Why was that leg designed & built differently?

[Busjack]

1 minute ago, strictures said:

'm baffled why the Lake St structure is different than the Wells, Wabash Y Van Buren legs, all of which have mezzanines. Why was that leg designed & built differently?

I figure you are like Mikey, who :hates everything, " but if you want answers, contact CDOT, as I suggested.

IMO, IDK why it isn't like Library,and not blocking the view on State St., but I suppose Clark is closer to State than LaSalle-Van Buren is, but what's done is bdone, and as you admitted, you aren't an engineer. So beotch about anything and everthing.

[artthouwill]

50 minutes ago, strictures said:

'm baffled why the Lake St structure is different than the Wells, Wabash Y Van Buren legs, all of which have mezzanines. Why was that leg designed & built differently?

To access anywhere downtown from Lower Wacker, trucks could only go Post Pl to Lake Street.    Trucks didn't have to necessarily use Wells or Wabash but they had to use Lake St because the clearance on East West Lower Wacker was too short and Lake St was the only accessible street from Lower Wacker.  Even with the mezzanine on Wabash,  Van Buren,  and Wells, certain trucks can't use those streets, but Michigan Ave,State, Congress, La Salle and Franklin are all available and accessible.