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That said, Addison’s not as important a street as Belmont—if we’re to take a long-term view of things (and assume a cultural change at Metra), I’d lean towards reinstalling the third track and building two stations at Belmont and one at Irving Park (which would also offer decent connectivity with the Brown Line), both of which are more important streets than Addison and would do a better job of providing an express alternative of the Brown Line. |
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Once the Lasalle entrance is ready to open, they will temporarily close the Clark entrance and work on that while everyone uses the new Lasalle entrance. The photo appears to show excavation for the mezzanine level at Lasalle. |
They're not rebuilding the tunnel, but they will bore a shaft down from the mezzanine for escalators down to the platform.
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Thanks guys! That sounds like some crazy engineering that goes into these subway renovation projects.
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American Airlines will be presenting a new livery for the fleet, along with a complete rebrand of the company to give a fresh appearance post-bankruptcy. Their first flagship 777-300ER was delievered this week and will likely carry the new livery. Oddly, it wasn't painted prior to delivery, as is normal, and remains gray. Obviously they are keeping things under wraps pending the announcement, which should be soon, as I doubt a new $300 million airplane will be left sitting idle for too long.
Felt this was somewhat relevant for this topic since AA is hubbed in Chicago. You'll soon be seeing a fresh looking American livery and branding. |
Lower Wacker Drive http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D3W0-4RfbE&sns=em
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So what's gonna be the next big CDOT project now that Wacker is done? There are a couple smaller projects - Damen/Fullerton, Division bridges, Chicago bridge, Wells bridge, etc. I guess the BRT proposals might count.
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how about the western Ave. bridge. The concrete has been crumbling to gravel for years. Its live driving over rocks.
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Based on the drawing, it looks like the tight corners of the riverwalk inside the bridge anchorage will be eliminated (along with any semblance of history). http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pdf/bridg...go%20River.pdf http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/1629/halsted.jpg |
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Rode on the Dearborn Cycle track today. It's still in demo phase to be sure motorists can adjust to new signals and turn lanes and pedestrians know what to expect before stepping out into the street. The construction barricades will remain for a bit to keep cyclists from going all tour-de-france on it when people haven't quite figured it out yet. But man, the feeling of safety is way better. I'm no longer scared a car door will fling out in front of me. No more impatient motorists when I encroach the left lane. The new lanes are way better commuting experience. |
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The two warehouses and bridge form a really awesome ensemble. It would suck to lose that. Maybe they should reinstate the Erie Bridge and redistribute some traffic?
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I don't understand why Chicago Ave is so wide. It doesn't even connect to the Kennedy
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I'd love to see a really wide bridge there with the sidewalk becoming an arcade on both sides (like the east end of Congress) carved out of the buildings so that BRT (or maybe even trams) could easy route over the bridge without too much traffic impact. I also agree that re-establishing a bridge at Erie would be ideal, although those Kingsbury residents near Ward/Erie Park would scream bloody murder about the traffic now. Yet another piece of evidence of just how piss-poor Chicago is at overall planning. I will miss the current riverwalk under the bridge - it really adds character to the area down there. |
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December 14, 2012
A happy story on a sad weekend.
"This afternoon when Mayor Rahm Emanuel opened the new two-way protected bicycle lanes on Dearborn Street, it was the exclamation point to a memorable year of bike improvements." Grid Chicago, by John Greenfield More |
"De-crowding" started today.
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