I have SO many questions. Love this video! 1. At the very beginning, what is that siren?? 2. 1:53 - What were they building? 3. 4:00 - Where is that walkway!? I don't recall ever seeing that. Was it removed before 1997? 4. 4:17 - Is that Harold Washington Library being built? 5. 11:40 - It's surreal to see Block 37 being torn down. Who'd have thought then how long it would sit empty?
+Rick Aiello Hi- sorry for writing back late. Q1: there was nearby construction somewhere. Q2: this building at Clark-Lake is the 203 North LaSalle building. Q3: the walkway at LaSalle-Van Buren still exists- connects the Chicago Options Exchange with the Board of Trade. Q4: yes, it's the Harold Washington Library. Q5: what's just as surreal is the O'hare Express terminal that in 2017 continues to sit unused under Block 37, and a literal money pit! Thanks for writing me.
Yes. There was still A/B skip stop service in 1990. However, with decline in ridership in the early 1990s, the A/B skip stop service was eventually phase out by early 1995.
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unreal... i can't get over how you took so much video back then.
Just to think, I graduated high school a month later from when this video was filmed😊
11:38 - 11:45 I. miss. that. sound. so. much.
Look up MAN SL 202. Same bus.
I have SO many questions. Love this video!
1. At the very beginning, what is that siren??
2. 1:53 - What were they building?
3. 4:00 - Where is that walkway!? I don't recall ever seeing that. Was it removed before 1997?
4. 4:17 - Is that Harold Washington Library being built?
5. 11:40 - It's surreal to see Block 37 being torn down. Who'd have thought then how long it would sit empty?
+Rick Aiello Hi- sorry for writing back late. Q1: there was nearby construction somewhere. Q2: this building at Clark-Lake is the 203 North LaSalle building. Q3: the walkway at LaSalle-Van Buren still exists- connects the Chicago Options Exchange with the Board of Trade. Q4: yes, it's the Harold Washington Library. Q5: what's just as surreal is the O'hare Express terminal that in 2017 continues to sit unused under Block 37, and a literal money pit! Thanks for writing me.
@@BitoftheDay Theres an unused terminal under block 37??
11:59 - Pre-rehabbed 2200's / 12:08 - MetroVision News Monitors. God I miss the 1980s!
The 6000 series train stopped running in December 1992.
6101 and 6102.... Now back on CTA property as part of the Heritage Fleet.
Oh, the days when you could see out the back window of the bus
Great time living in Chicago in the 90s my college years Columbia college Chicago .
Cool, my mother went to Columbia College around that time 91-95
does anyone know what the orchestra near the end is playing
Did they still have A and B trains back then?
Yes. There was still A/B skip stop service in 1990. However, with decline in ridership in the early 1990s, the A/B skip stop service was eventually phase out by early 1995.
You beat me to my next question, which was when A/B ceased.
Yes
Randolph/Wells? Where? Since when? For how long?
QuarioQuario54321 They tore down the stations some years ago, but I do remember it well and I'm 39 years old.
QuarioQuario54321 I've never heard of a Randolph/Wells station. I wasn't even born around that time.
D'Angelo Hartley They tore it and Madison/Wells down in order to open Washington/Wells
Shouldn't that train be retired by then?
A funny revelation, in Chicago, we always get off the trains and look both ways, hahaha I guess to find the closest steps
Yup!
Not really missing chicago might see new york city before chicago.