Chicago - September 16, 2008

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I caught South Shore Train #12 at Carroll Avenue, and after some slow running due to high water in the Gary area, arrived at Van Buren Station about 8:30 a.m.. At that hour things haven't really started to pick up in the Loop. I killed time taking photos until about 9:30 before boarding a CTA Green Line train to East 63rd Street.

Green Line station at East 63rd & Cottage Grove.

Lorado Taft's 1922 Fountain of Time stands in Washington Park at the western end of the Midway Plaisance, site of the midway of the 1893 Columbian Exposition. The sculpture, made from concrete, weathered badly and underwent a major restoration beginning in 2002.

University of Chicago Medical Center. The Center for Advanced Medicine stands on the left.

Parks Department's maintenance buildings.

Back in the Loop, photos from CTA's Adams/Wabash Station.

What the heck! I'm in no hurry to get back to Indiana. I think I'll catch a Brown Line train and take a ride.

Diversey looks like a good place to get off the train and look around.

Major capital investment in CTA is beginning to show results in the upgrading of formerly run-down stations.

Back to CTA at Belmont.

Emerging from the subway on State Street.

Surprise flashback - Taxis lined up at Palmer House Hotel, 2001

Back to Millennium Park Station to catch a South Shore train to Michigan City.

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