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Argyle Street and Winthrop Avenue
View looking west along West Argyle Street towards the Argyle CTA station. The intersection with North Winthrop Avenue is in the foreground. Various restaurants and small businesses line both sides of the street.
1975
Cermak Road (22nd Street) CTA station entrance
View looking northwest across 22nd Street (West Cermak Road) at the entrance to the 22nd Street CTA station (now part of Red Line) and elevated tracks.
1975
Southport Avenue and Southport CTA station
View north along the west side of North Southport Avenue from the intersection with West Roscoe Street. The Southport CTA station is atop the elevated train tracks which cross above Southport Avenue; the entrance to the station is under the tracks.
1975
Davis CTA station, Evanston
View looking northwest across Benson Avenue towards the Davis CTA station.
1976
Illinois Central Electric Station, Harvey, Illinois
View northeast along Park Avenue from the intersection with East 155th Street. The IC (Illinois Central) Electric station is in the middle distance and atop the raised embankment at the right.
1976
CTA elevated tracks, Evanston
View of a CTA train running along the track (now Purple Line) atop a raised berm in Evanston. A concrete wall borders the sidewalk.
1971
Elevated train, Rogers Avenue at Ashland
View looking west across North Rogers Avenue towards the CTA elevated tracks, south of the Howard CTA station. A dry cleaning business stands at the intersection with North Ashland Avenue.
1975
Loyola Avenue and elevated train tracks
View looking east along West Loyola Avenue towards the elevated train tracks of the North-South line (now CTA Red Line) at the north end of the Loyola stop. A 3-flat is on the far left and the Collins Brothers building is next to it. Mertz Hall, part of the Loyola University campus, is in the distance on the right.
1971
Waiting for trains, Oak Park Metra stop
View looking east along the elevated tracks from the Oak Park Metra stop. The CTA Green Line tracks run adjacent to the Metra tracks.
1976
Harlem CTA station, Oak Park
View looking northeast along South Boulevard towards the east end of the elevated train Harlem station.
1976
Evanston skyline from train embankment
View looking northeast over Church Street from the Chicago and North Western Railroad tracks (now Metra tracks). The Second Baptist Church (1717 Benson Avenue) is in the distance on the left, and the top part of the Marshall Field's department store at 807 Church Street is on the right. The CTA Purple line tracks run across the center of the image, and part of a Dominick's grocery store parking lot is in front of the embankment at the far left.
1976
James R. Thompson Center
View of the Lake Street facade of the James R. Thompson center under construction in 1983. The CTA elevated train tracks are visible.
1983
Cermak Road (22nd Street) CTA station
View looking northeast from a service station at West Cermak Road (22nd Street) and South Wentworth Avenue towards the elevated tracks and entrance to the 22nd Street CTA station (now part of Red Line). The Hilliard Homes apartment towers are visible behind the tracks.
1975
Harlem CTA station, Oak Park
View looking north along Harlem Avenue in Oak Park from just south of the intersection with South Boulevard. The Harlem CTA station is situated on the viaduct above Harlem Avenue. One of the entrances to that station is through the building at the left of the image.
1976
Elevated train tracks and Hancock Center under construction
View to the east along West Chicago Avenue from just west of the intersection with North Franklin Street. The elevated tracks and entrance staircase for the Chicago Avenue station on the CTA's Brown Line are in the foreground. The John Hancock Center, under construction, is visible against the sky.
1968
James R. Thompson Center
View of the Lake Street facade of the James R. Thompson center in 1983. The CTA elevated train tracks are visible.
1983
Illinois Central Electric Station, Harvey, Illinois
View northeast along Park Avenue from the intersection with East 155th Street. The IC (Illinois Central) Electric station is in the middle distance and atop the raised embankment at the right.
1976
Clybourn station, Chicago and North Western Railroad
View west from West Homer Street towards the viaduct over North Ashland Avenue for the Chicago, and North Western Railroad tracks. The Clybourn station is visible atop the viaduct.
1975
Dominick's parking lot and Edgewater apartment buildings
View looking east across North Broadway Avenue north of the intersection with West Elmdale Avenue towards the parking lot for a Dominick's grocery store at 6009 North Broadway. Part of the grocery store is visible on the far right of the image. The trestle for the CTA Red Line forms a rear wall for the store's parking lot. Behind this, numerous high-rise apartment buildings are visible, including the Malibu East Condominium (6033 North Sheridan Road), visible on the right side of the image.
1980
CTA elevated tracks, Orleans Street at Walton
View northeast from a vacant lot with a "For Sale" sign at the southeast corner of North Orleans Street and West Walton Street. Walton Street is visible from left to right across the photo, and runs underneath the CTA elevated train tracks. The two brick buildings immediately to the east of the tracks are at 312 West Walton (Industrial Bindery Inc.) and 315 West Walton Street.
1971
Loyola & Sheridan station, North Sheridan Road
View looking north along North Sheridan Road at the intersection with West Arthur Avenue. The Loyola stop on the North-South route (now CTA Red Line) stands atop the viaduct over Sheridan Road.
1971

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