Connecting the Windy City
Monday, December 9, 2013
Illinois Toll Roads, Getting Started -- December 9, 1953
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I-294 today, 60 years after it was first proposed (Illinoistollway.com) Life began to change for Illinois drivers 60 years ago on this ...
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Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Player with Railroads -- Then and Now
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C & NW Wells Street Station, about 1900 Yesterday I wrote about the horrific explosion that wrecked the Chicago and Northwestern p...
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Powerhouse Explosion at the C & NW -- December 3, 1900
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The Chicago & Northwestern Depot on Wells Street, early 1900's Rush hour is always a hassle, but it became REALLY unnerving on ...
Monday, December 2, 2013
Diversey, Clark & Broadway -- Across the Years
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Chicago's Clark, Diversey & Broadway Intersection -- 1925 (Google Image) Clark, Diversey & Broadway -- 1950's (IDO...
Sunday, December 1, 2013
Self Reliance
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Reliance Building, 1 West Washington Street, Chicago (JWB Photo)
Friday, November 29, 2013
River Point -- A Progress Report
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In my last post I wrote about the incredible 14-month project to straighten the south branch of the river, move a tangle of railroad ...
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Straightening of the Chicago River Completed -- November 27, 1929
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River Straightening in Progress, 1929 (Google Image) Big doings in the city on this date back in 1929 as “water gushed through a cut ma...
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