Chain on the Train
Itinerary and Route Guide
u Start in the Clark and Lake El blue/brown/orange station lobby at 11:00 am
u Ride the Brown line north to Kimball and back down to Belmont
u At Belmont we'll transfer to the Red line, which we'll ride south to Harrison
u We'll get off at Harrison and proceed to Loopy Yarns for a 1 ½ hr shopping and lunch break from approx 12:45-2:15
Loopy Yarns – 47 W Polk, Chicago – loopyyarns.com
u At 2:30 we will walk to the Green Line Roosevelt stop and head west to Harlem/Lake
u Just off Harlem/Lake there is a yarn shop called Knot Just Knits, at which you are you are welcome to stop and shop:
Knot Just Knits – 1107-1109 Westgate, Oak Park – knotjustknits.com
u We will then ride the Green Line back to State/Lake – our last official stop
From there we will walk down the street to 190 N State Street to the ABC-Channel 7 News Station. The local news starts at 5:00pm, they have large windows where crowds gather to watch the news and hope to get a little face time on the TV. If there are enough of us gathered, we might get a quick mention if it’s a slow enough news day… Banners/posters promoting crochet are welcome!
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ReplyDeleteThe State Street subway was completed in 1943; the Dearborn subway, on which work had been suspended during World War II, opened on February 25, 1951. The subways were constructed with a secondary purpose of serving as bomb shelters, as evidenced by the close spacing of the support columns (a more extensive plan proposed replacing the entire elevated system with subways). The subways bypassed a number of tight curves and circuitous routings on the original elevated lines (Milwaukee trains, for example, originated on Chicago's northwest side but entered the Loop at the southwest corner), speeding service for many riders.
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