CTA Stockyards 2118
Another trio of color images of the CTA Stockyards Branch from the camera of William Hoffman circa 1957. I believe this view looks west from the Halsted platform. Everything in this scene is gone today, although one original multi-story building from the former Swift complex survived until 2022. Also the bank building which is the subject of the billboard at left still exists on Halsted.
This was a duplicate slide from one of the many slide sets sold by the Shore Line Interurban Historical Society www.shore-line.org/ back in the 80s / 90s. And if you are interested in the history of rail transit / passenger rail in Chicago and have not seen their quarterly publication First and Fastest, you're missing out!
CTA Stockyards 2118
Another trio of color images of the CTA Stockyards Branch from the camera of William Hoffman circa 1957. I believe this view looks west from the Halsted platform. Everything in this scene is gone today, although one original multi-story building from the former Swift complex survived until 2022. Also the bank building which is the subject of the billboard at left still exists on Halsted.
This was a duplicate slide from one of the many slide sets sold by the Shore Line Interurban Historical Society www.shore-line.org/ back in the 80s / 90s. And if you are interested in the history of rail transit / passenger rail in Chicago and have not seen their quarterly publication First and Fastest, you're missing out!