Showing posts with label Chicago Transit Authority. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chicago Transit Authority. Show all posts
Monday, July 28, 2014

What's red and blue and on a mezzanine? CTA's new Division and LaSalle entrance debuts

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click images for larger view If you encounter it in the just the right place, you might feel you've fallen into the blood elevator s...
Wednesday, May 21, 2014

A third of a billion dollars to save 15 seconds? CTA's pork barrel roller coaster subject of public hearing tonight.

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A public meeting on the CTA's proposed Red-Purple bypass project will be held today, Thursday, May 22nd, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at the 19th...
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

New CTA L cars may last for 40 years: do we really want to spend them staring into someone's crotch?

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click images for larger view Yes, the picture above is a bit of an exaggeration.  The CTA isn't actually planning to relieve overcro...
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Thursday, November 08, 2012

At the CTA, you can rehab in any color - as long as it's white

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click images for larger view The CTA is in the middle of Red Ahead , a welcome $86 million upgrade of 10 Red Line stations - not total r...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

CTA looking for 7 or so good artists: October 10 deadline for proposals for public art in 7 rehabbed CTA Red Line North stations

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CTA rehabbed Granville Red Line station (click images for larger view)  The question period actually closed yesterday, but artists have ...
Tuesday, August 14, 2012

CTA's Attack of the Street Walruses

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click images for larger view  This is what $100 million looks like.  It's a rendering of the replacement 8800-square-foot mezzanine ...
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Monday, June 25, 2012

Lonely Flowers at the Gravesite of the Abandoned Subway Station

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click image for larger view State and Washington October 17, 1943 - October 23, 2006 buried alive with $300 million in TIF funds ...
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Attack of the Hypothetical Fare Scenarios

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click image for larger view CTA survey seeks public input about "hypothetical fare scenarios" - headline of Trib story by Jo...
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Forever Grand

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 click images for larger view It was originally supposed to be finished by 1998 at a cost of $15 million.  By 2005, the estimate was up to ...
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