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Posted by ChicagoPCCLCars on Wed Mar 9 16:31:18 2011, in response to Re: Chicago's First ''L'' (PHOTOS), posted by mike cruz on Wed Mar 9 16:01:51 2011. The South Side "L" in 1892 had a city charter to turn east to tap the Worlds Fair in Jackson Park anywhere between 60th and 67th ST. In the end they chose to abandon a route on private land that would have to be paid for. East 63rd was mostly vacant and the property owners willingly gave permission to use the public street. East 63rd ST is a section street meaning its on the boundary of a square mile section of land. In Chicago, our streets are based upon these section and 1/2 section streets; all one mile and 1/2 mile apart. Where the school is on the right would later become an amusement park complete with a roller coaster called White City. At the stop light on the left was the Washington Park racetrack, a major thoroughbred facility that extended 1/2 mile down East 63rd. The cross bents are the original as are the uprights in the forefront. An open girder truss was used on East 63rd, but the pattern is unique to 63rd and was not duplicated downtown. The new footings came in the 1990s rehab. Entirely new uprights from the rehab are seen midway back to the station where the original uprights were again kept.David Harrison |
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