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Historical Map: Chicago Central Area Transit Plan, 1974

December 19, 2019

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1974, Chicago, Chicago Central Area Transit Plan, CTA, CUTD, Franklin Line, Illinois, Monroe Line, planning map, Randolph Line, subway, The L, The Loop, USA

A map from on what looks like a presentation board showing the mid-1970s version of the Chicago Central Area Transit Plan. Initially planned as a whole new system of subway lines to entirely replace the Loop in downtown Chicago in the late 1960s, rising costs caused the program to be split into parts: the “Core Plan” seen here, with the balance to be built later. As it happened, none of it was ever actually constructed. […]

Historical Map: Proposed Franklin Street Subway Line, Chicago, 1977

March 30, 2017

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In the late 1960s, Chicago actually seriously considered knocking down the elevated parts of the “L” and replacing it all with a modern subway network. The plan originally called for multiple lines, but these got whittled down over the years for a variety of reasons – lack of funding being one of the major ones. By 1977, all that remained on the table was the Franklin Street Subway, shown in red in the handsome illustrated […]