CTA State-Lake Station, View From Southwest Stairs
The chain link fencing and orange barriers are the start of preparation for the demolition of this station, first built in 1895. The replacement, scheduled for completion in 2029, looks like a landlocked glass and steel spaceship. The pearl clutchers who think that, among other things, the platforms are too narrow, have spoken, and the CTA heard them.
The elevators to make it ADA accessible and for easy transfers to the Lake Red Line station without having to walk down stairs and up to half a block outside, and in the case of the westbound platform, having to cross Lake Street, (speeding delivery jerks on e-bikes don't care about red lights) are an excellent idea. The rest? Eh. And they shouldn't even bother with escalators, half of which are out of service on any given day.
The money would be better spent on the ever accumulating slow zones on the Forest Park Blue Line. West siders and Oak Parkers and other suburbanites who use that line had better speak up.
CTA State-Lake Station, View From Southwest Stairs
The chain link fencing and orange barriers are the start of preparation for the demolition of this station, first built in 1895. The replacement, scheduled for completion in 2029, looks like a landlocked glass and steel spaceship. The pearl clutchers who think that, among other things, the platforms are too narrow, have spoken, and the CTA heard them.
The elevators to make it ADA accessible and for easy transfers to the Lake Red Line station without having to walk down stairs and up to half a block outside, and in the case of the westbound platform, having to cross Lake Street, (speeding delivery jerks on e-bikes don't care about red lights) are an excellent idea. The rest? Eh. And they shouldn't even bother with escalators, half of which are out of service on any given day.
The money would be better spent on the ever accumulating slow zones on the Forest Park Blue Line. West siders and Oak Parkers and other suburbanites who use that line had better speak up.