![]() New York-Chicago Bullet Train Chicago Grand Central station the Baltimore and Ohio the Chesapeake an Ohio who else. Photo from HABS ILL,16-CHIG,18-3 from il0117 Photo from HABS ILL,16-CHIG,18-2 from il0117 In fact, the tracks to the bridge on the west side are also long gone. The Baltimore & Ohio Terminal Railroad that used this bridge no longer has anywhere to go on the east side of the South Branch Chicago River. The removal of all tracks serving this station explains why the north bascule bridge is now always in the raised position. Instead, according to the above satellite image, almost a half-century later, it is (dramatic pause) still a vacant lot! The 119x555-foot train shed could have become all-whether tennis/ball-park/track/golf-range/whatever facilities since it had a large arched glass and steel roof. ![]() The two story high 70x200-foot waiting room with Tennessee marble walls and Vermont marble floors could have simply been preserved as an "event space" for wedding receptions, corporate meetings/parties, etc. ![]() The building did not have to be remodeled for office space because it already had offices to serve the railroads when they occupied it. Imagine it as a park district facility for the many residents that are now in the South Loop and for recreation breaks for the many workers in the financial district that need to work off some stress and stomach. It had a 247-foot clock tower, 225 feet along Harrison Street and 471 feet along Wells Street. The city lost a fine example of Romanesque/Norman architecture. As a result, the track was scrapped and the entire terminal was razed by the railroad in 1971." ( Wikipedia) "Sitting unused, Grand Central Station's value as an architectural and engineering masterpiece was discounted by its railroad owner, who believed the value of the land for urban redevelopment to be quite substantial. 8, 1969 because the remaining trains were switched to the Union Station. This station was one of the stations that was to be retired in the 1960s. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Libraryīy the late 1960s, Chicago had way too many stations for the number of passenger trains still running. (Update: David Daruszka's posting Chicagology)Įxcerpt from 1898 map from Norman B. See Chicago Passenger Stations for an overview of all the major stations that were in Chicago and the location of this station.
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