Community members expressed disappointment the CTA was offering to sell undeveloped land which the community wanted for parkland.
Posts Tagged ‘ Brown Line ’
Jacob Playlot: CTA Plans For Sale Shock Community
Signs of the season-CTA Holiday Train!
One of the great holiday traditions of Chicago visited our neighborhood the Chicago Transit Authority’s Holiday Train. This train decorated with holiday lights and with an open carriage carrying Santa and his sleigh. The train is greeted at each station by families, children in strollers all looking to capture that special holiday photograph or...
CTA Holiday Train
The annual visit of the holiday train on the Brown Line is expected on three days this year. However, a time schedule for the train has not yet been announced. The Brown Line will share Dec. 1-3 with Orange Line riders, according to preliminary news releases from the CTA. The train includes lights both...
Ridership flat as slow zones grow
Slow zones on the Brown Line have increased by about 5,000 feet since a report issued by the CTA in June.
Brown Line platforms need $175K of repair
Brown Line wood decks are deteriorating at a rapid pace, victims of a decision to protect them from fire instead of weather, according to a report in the Chicago Tribune. The fire retardant is actually making the wood softer and easier to damage, the report says. As a result, the platform decks will need replacement. Read more at...
Ridership on Metra UP North down 12.7%
Riders are abandoning the UP North Metra line and embracing the CTA, according to studies released this month.
Redistricting should be transparent and honor recognized communities of interest
In an editorial, The Bulldog calls on the legislature to be transparent about remapping and to respect existing communities of interest.
Mayor’s Farewell Tour Stops at Welles Park
On a sunny Friday morning, as the world watched the British welcome the latest addition to their royal family, Chicagoans from three north side wards bid adieu to royalty of their own. Mayor Richard M. Daley, winding down his 22-year reign, continued his farewell tour of Chicago’s neighborhoods, thanking the residents of the 32nd,...
Lincoln Square Featured in Debut Novel
Kathryn Simpson always knew she wanted to be a writer. When she moved from Colorado back to her home state of Missouri, and later to be near her husband’s family in Illinois, the drafts of several novels she had started went with her. But unlike most frustrated novelists whose masterpieces sit in a desk...
Merle’s— for sale
Merle's, a coffee shop in the Ravenswood Manor Crossing business district, is up for sale. What makes this district different from Rockwell Crossing, nearby?
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