#and the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago.

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[danishprince]

Cubs fan?

the ONLY time i've consciously been "homesick" in my life was in fact during the 2016 world series, when my entire hometown was experiencing full-blown cubs fever and i was stuck in kentucky surrounded by cleveland fans. i'm not much of a sports person but the chicago cubs are My Baseball Team for sure

[deejay-the-first]

Great Room Kitchen Inspiration for a sizable, open-concept, transitional l-shaped kitchen remodel with granite countertops, shaker cabinets, light wood cabinets, black backsplash, stone slab backsplash, and stainless steel appliances

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Great Room in Chicago

[transit-fag]

what is your favorite northwest suburb of chicago

Seattle

[morbidology]

Laurie Dann led an unassuming childhood, growing up in an affluent northern suburb of Chicago. She was remembered as being somewhat awkward and lacking in confidence. It's believed that’s why she completely altered her face with plastic surgery at quite a young age.

She attended the University of Arizona for several years but never graduated. While working as a cocktail waitress at Green Acres Country Club, she met Russell Dann, the son of a wealthy family. The duo were inseparable and settled down and got married in September of 1982. They moved into a large mansion - something that had always been a dream of Laurie.

Shortly thereafter, Russell began to notice some bizarre quirks about his new wife. For example, she would keep her makeup in the microwave, would throw money into the back seat of her car, and would put clothes away while they were still soaking wet. While the couple remained together for several years, Laurie’s quirks began to worsen and worsen.

Eventually, she completely stopped leaving the house and refused to cook or clean up after herself. The relationship was doomed but it reached calamitous heights in September of 1986. Police received a phone call from Russell. Somebody had stabbed him with an ice-pick while he slept and he was certain it was Laurie. In fact, a store clerk would come forward to say Laurie had indeed purchased an ice-pick just days previously. The ice-pick missed his heart by just an inch.

Considering Russel was asleep and didn’t see his attacker, the charges against Laurie were dropped. The couple divorced shortly afterwards. As the divorce was underway, Laurie’s ex-boyfriend from five years previously started to receive threatening phone calls from Laurie in which she claimed she was pregnant with his child. The harassment finally ended when his lawyer contacted her parents.

Laurie moved from the marital home and decided she wanted to become a babysitter but this quickly failed when she was accused of stealing from her client’s homes and slashing up their sofas, rugs, and curtains. Following this failed business idea, she moved into a dorm room on the northwest campus. This too fell apart when Laurie starred to hide rotten meat inside furniture as well as hiding rubbish in other student’s rooms.

In January of 1988, she moved to a dorm in Madison, Wisconsin, where she became known as “elevator lady.” Students recalled her riding up and down in the elevator all day long. Once again, she started to leave rotten meat around the dorm and would often be seen stark naked in the communal areas. A month after moving in, a dorm room was set alight. Many believed Laurie had caused the fire intentionally but with no evidence, she was never charged.

By now, Laurie’s sanity had completely unraveled and nobody thought to get her more suitable professional help. After threatening a fellow student and slashing his clothing, Laurie baked buns and injected them with arsenic. She sent these laced treats to several frat houses and homes in the area before making her way to the home of a former babysitting client, asking if she could take their kids to the local fair. She gave the two children poisoned milk. Thankfully, they threw it out after saying it tasted strange. The arsenic in the laced treats she had sent out was so diluted that it caused no damage.

From here, Laurie went to a local daycare and tried to set it on fire before returning to the former clients home which she then set on fire. They were lucky enough to escape out of a smashed window. By the time the family escaped, Laurie was en route to Hubbard Woods Elementary School. Armed with two handguns, Laurie started shooting indiscriminately as soon as she entered the building. She shot and killed 8-year-old Nicholas Corwin before critically wounding another five.

Laurie ripped off the bloody shorts she was wearing and tied a plastic bag around her waist. After fleeing the school, she crashed her car into a tree and then broke into the home of Ruth and Phillip Andrews. Laurie held the terrified family hostage for six hours, claiming she had shot and killed her rapist and was now on the run from the police. Phillip grabbed the gun from Laurie as his family escaped. During the scuffle, he was shot in the chest but managed to stagger into the garden.

Alone in the Andrews home, Laurie shot herself dead.

[beardedmrbean]

Attention residents of the Northwest suburbs: A caracal that had recently been on the loose in a neighborhood has officially been captured, nearly 24 hours after officials warned residents of the exotic cat in the area.

The large cat -- a caracal -- was located Tuesday morning in Hoffman Estates under the deck of a residence, the police department said. Cell phone video moments after the capture showed at least six officers handling a large cage, with the caracal inside quickly jumping from side to side.

Video and photos from the aftermath shows the tan cat laying quietly in the large cage with a blanket draped over it, in the flatbed of a pickup truck.

"He's cute, isn't he?" a voice can be heard saying in the background.

The Hoffman Estates Police Department said officers assisted with the capture of the cat, which was then "taken into custody."

"The cat was hiding under a resident's deck and is unharmed," the update, posted to Facebook said. The update went on to say that employees of The Valley of the Kings Sanctuary and Retreat in Sharon, Wisconsin were headed to the scene to pick up the cat, "where we are sure he will have a healthy and happy life far away from Hoffman Estates."

According to the Village of Hoffman Estates, the caracal had recently been spotted in the area of Della Drive and the Hilldale Golf Course. The police department said it was "unknown" where the large cat came from.

"The village is currently working with local and federal agencies for proper removal," a Monday Facebook post from the police department said, 20 hours before the capture. "We ask that you do not attempt to feed this animal."

Caracals are endangered species, and are native to Africa and Asia. They are not typically seen in the United States, according to the San Diego Zoo, though some individuals keep them as pets.  

Caracals on average weigh between 20-to-40 pounds, according to officials. They generally are nocturnal animals, preying upon small mammals and birds.

"If you come across this animal, please use caution," police continued in the Facebook post, which had garnered hundreds of comments. "If anyone knows the whereabouts or owner of this animal, please call 911."

[mutualcombat]

i live in the northwest suburbs of chicago what the fuck is happening

[singularfortean]

An odd set of winged creature sightings out of Chicago.

[emergencyplumbingil]

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I’m getting ready for this, btw! If you live in or around the Northwest Chicago suburbs, you should consider checking it out!

[beesandwasps]

For the curious: this is a half-size replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa located in Niles, Illinois (a suburb northwest of Chicago), called the Leaning Tower of Niles. It’s on Touhy Road, and here’s a link to Google Maps streetview of this approximate location. (Back when I lived in the Chicago area, I drove past it a few times, although I think that was before Target and Costco moved into that location. It’s been years.)

Edit: I don’t know why, but the link seems to have vanished. Here it is in long form, in case that’s not just a bug in my browser:

[allamericanlimo]

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[thedole]

The Entrepreneurial Life of Charles Sidney Dole

Remembered for his creation of one of Crystal Lake, Illinois’ most emblematic structures, Charles Sidney Dole was born in 1819 in Bloomfield, which became a suburb of Detroit. His father, Judge Sydney Dole, served as a prominent local community member. As one of the area’s earliest settlers, he issued the first legal document ever produced in Oakland County.

Following a devastating fire, Charles and his younger brother James left for Chicago, then known as Fort Dearborn, where their uncle George W. Dole resided. With an enterprising character, George contributed to the 1838 construction of Chicago’s first grain storage facility. In 1848, the small burgh took a significant step toward becoming a modern city after completing the Illinois and Michigan Canal. In addition, the municipality gained the Chicago and Galena Railroad. It inked the community with lead mines in Galena. The Market Building served as the first city hall on State Street.

When George accepted an appointment as Chicago’s postmaster in 1850, 31-year-old Charles became the Assistant Postmaster. He subsequently established C.S. Dole & Co., a grain commission business, with his brother James. The two purchased and sold wheat and constructed grain storage facilities. Then, Charles became involved in the broader industry as an early Chicago Board of Trade member.

In 1850, the Board tried to establish quality standards for wheat, which the industry lacked. However, it had difficulty enforcing them as Chicago developed a reputation for producing inferior wheat. In 1858, Charles and S.H. Butler led a newly formed committee and created a new set of recommendations. The committee adopted them, bolstering the city’s major grain center position. In 2024, many of these standards remain in place in Chicago.

Then, in 1860, Charles diversified his entrepreneurial footprint, founding Armour, Dole & Co., which maintained a grain elevator at the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad depot. With an initial capacity of 850,000 bushels, they expanded it to 2.1 million bushels within a decade and attained a 6.3 million bushel granary capacity by the early 1880s.

Personally, Charles S. Dole also experienced a transformation. He married his cousin Julia Louise Coffin on October 9, 1858, at St. James Episcopal Church. By the early 1860s, he had purchased a thousand acres in Crystal Lake, 45 miles northwest of Chicago, intending to settle down and start a family. The community established Crystal Lake Depot in 1856 in the downtown area of Dearborn as it continued experiencing growth.

The land Charles acquired had a lake view, and he spent $100,000 on constructing a three-story mansion with adjacent stables and a garden. The property included an extensive stock farm, a half-mile racetrack, and a stable that bred Percheron horses. He resided there with his wife Julia, mother-in-law Mrs. Harriet Coffin, and two daughters and a son until the 1890s.

Moreover, Charles amassed a fortune as the railroad helped transport grain products to market. During his daughter’s wedding in 1883, he notably constructed a spur line that brought guests from the Chicago and Northwestern railway tracks to the mansion doors. Among the venerable guests was Julian Rumsey, Chicago’s mayor, and first cousin Levi Leiter, the initial partner of department store magnate Marshall Field.

[onegirlthinktank]

Chicago Cyber Corps Transit Authority

-- ORIGINALLY WRITTEN 10/24/21 --

-- THIS IS NOT AN OOFICIAL PROPOSAL, NOR IS IT MEANT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. I HOLD NO AFFILIATION WITH CTA OR ANY TRANSIT ORGANIZATIONS, I’M JUST A SILLY GIRL WRITING SILLY THINGS --

Chicago Cyber Corps Transit Authority

Prologue addendum: Hi! I'm an amateur one-girl think tank from Chicago and this is my first public project! Out of all the public transit systems in America, Chicago is probably the one with the most potential. The bus system covers almost every corner of the city and, frequency issues aside, this makes it a very accessible system for people with disabilities, and people who can't/don't want to drive and/or aren't able to walk/bike long distances. However, the bus system isn't convenient enough for many reasons, including frequency issues and the unpredictability of individual car drivers.

My goals in expanding the L are:

Filling in the gaps of rapid transit throughout the city, in particular the South and Northwest sides

Relieving pressure on transit in the downtown area to transport people throughout the city

Providing rapid transit along and under heavily used main streets

Utilizing existing railway ROW's and former CTA/pre-CTA routes wherever possible

Providing viable rapid transit alternatives to highways and single-passenger cars within the city for both city and suburban residents

Accentuating other business districts throughout the city with more convenient rail connections to nearby neighborhoods and the rest of the CTA network

This project encompasses only one part of transit accessibility, and other things like dedicated busways along other important corridors and safe biking/powerchair lanes should also take just as high a priority. However, I've held a very strong interest in the CTA and making it more accessible to more of the city, and have been working on this project on and off for almost a full decade. Please enjoy what I think is the most comprehensive theoretical CTA L expansion I could've come up with.

CHICAGO CYBER CORPS TRANSIT AGENCY PRESS RELEASE

March 1st, 2026

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In an alternate universe, where climate change, city congestion, and neighborhood livability are priorities of the City of Chicago, the CTA is planning a major expansion of its famous “L” rapid transit system. Using the long-awaited Red Line Expansion and ongoing projects like the Red-Purple Line Modernization as a training grounds of sorts, tons of workers are preparing to fill in many of the rapid transit gaps in the city and expand the greatest subway system in the world deeper into the suburbs. Servicing many malls, town centers, and main roads, CTA hopes to provide faster and easier connections throughout the city as well as foster high-quality neighborhoods and community centers around its stops.

Many of the extensions replace and expand upon long gone lines, like the Kenwood and the North Avenue/Humboldt Park branches. Other extensions serve areas that have never been served by a CTA line before, like Mount Greenwood, Hegewisch, and Montclare. In many of these cases, these extensions serve to de-isolate these neighborhoods from the rest of the city; in some cases, it takes over an hour to take transit between these areas and downtown. At the same time each Chicago neighborhood is unique from each other, and these extensions allow all Chicagoans to take in and embrace these diverse neighborhoods much more easily.

Listed are our plans for a 35-year mass extension of the CTA L system, utilizing a multitude of track levels and transportation right-of-ways (ROWs):

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Phase 0 (Already In Planning) (2024-2029):

Red Line to 130th (95th-Dan Ryan to 130th Street)

New Stops Created: 103rd, 111th, Michigan, 130th

Completion by: Phase 1

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Phase 1 (2027-2037):

Green Line to Dorchester (Cottage Grove to Dorchester)

New Stops Created: University, Dorchester

Completion by: Phase 2

Pink Line to Oak Park Ave. (54th/Cermak to Oak Park Avenue)

New Stops Created: Central, Austin, Ridgeland, Oak Park

Completion by: Phase 2-3

Cyan Line Northwest to Schaumburg (Rosemont to Roselle Road)

New Stops Created: Devon/Higgins, Mannheim Road, Touhy Avenue, Elmhurst Road, Busse Road, Arlington Heights, Golf Road, Meacham Road, Roselle Road

Completion by: Phase 3-4

Double-Track Blue Line + Milwaukee Subway Connector (Forest Park to Rosemont)

New Stops Created: Central, Clinton/Milwaukee, Damen/Western/California Milwaukee Subway, Nagle/Bryn Mawr

Completion by: Phase 3-4

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Phase 2 (2032-2045):

Pink Line to North Riverside Mall (Oak Park Avenue to North Riverside Mall)

New Stops Created: Harlem, North Riverside Mall

Completion by: Phase 3

Cyan Line Northwest to Prairie Stone (Roselle Road to Prairie Stone Metra STAR)

New Stops Created: Barrington Road, Prairie Stone

Completion by: Phase 4

Cyan Line West to Yorktown Mall (Forest Park to Highland Ave/Yorktown)

New Stops Created: 5th Ave, 17th Ave, 25th Ave, Westchester/Mannheim, Wolf Road, York Road, Kingery Hwy, Midwest Road, Meyers Road, Highland Avenue/Yorktown

Completion by: Phase 4-5

Circle Line + Double-Track State Subway + Double-Track Southwest Line (to Ashland)

New Stops Created: 18th/Clark, Cermak/Canal, Cermak/Blue Island, Roosevelt/Paulina, Jackson/Route 66, Madison/Paulina, Grand/Ashland, Chicago/Ashland, North/Elston

Completion by: Phase 4

Third Pair of Milwaukee Tracks (Milwaukee Subway) (Fulton/Milwaukee to Logan Square)

No New Stops Created

Completion by: Phase 4-5

Clinton Street Subway (Halsted-Orange to Fulton/Milwaukee)

New Stops Created: Canalport/18th, Roosevelt, Harrison, Jackson, Madison

Completion by: Phase 4-5

Mid-City Transitway West (Jefferson Park to Ford City)

New Stops Created: Montrose, Irving Park, Addison, Belmont, Diversey, Fullerton, North/Grand, Division, Chicago, Lake, Madison, Harrison, Cermak, 26th, 35th, 47th, Archer, Midway, 67th, Ford City

Completion by: Phase 4

Green Line to Midway (63rd/Ashland to Midway)

New Stops Created: Damen, Western, California, Kedzie, Central Park, Pulaski

Completion by: Phase 4

Brown Line Extension to Jefferson Park (Kimball to Jefferson Park)

New Stops Created: Lawndale, Pulaski, Elston, Cicero

Completion by: Phase 3-4

Yellow Line Extension to Old Orchard (Dempster-Skokie to Old Orchard Road)

New Stops Created: Golf, Old Orchard Road

Completion by: Phase 3-4

-All maps for Phases 0-2 projects can be found here-

Phase 3 (2035-2051):

North/Grand Avenue Line (North/Clybourn to Grand/Harlem)

New Stops Created: North/Elston, Damen/Milwaukee, Western, Humboldt Park, Homan, Pulaski, Grand/Kostner, Cicero, Central, Narragansett, Fullerton/Harlem

Completion by: Phase 5

Belmont Avenue Line (Logan Square to Belmont/Cumberland)

New Stops Created: Belmont/Pulaski, Cicero, Laramie, Central, Austin, Narragansett, Oak Park Avenue, Harlem, Overhill Avenue, Cumberland

Completion by: Phase 5

South Ashland Line (Ashland-Orange to Blue Island Metra)

New Stops Created: 35th, 47th, Garfield, 63rd, 69th, 74th, 79th, 87th

Converted Stops: 91st/Beverly Hills, 95th/Beverly Hills, 99th/Beverly Hills, 103rd/Beverly Hills, 107th/Beverly Hills, 111th/Morgan Park, 115th/Morgan Park, 119th Street, 123rd Street, Prairie Street, Blue Island/Vermont Street

(New Metra Rock Island District Stations: 111th Street/Monterey Avenue, 119th Street/Marshfield Plaza)

Completion by: Phase 5-Completion Phase 1

Orange Line Branch to Mount Greenwood (Kedzie-Orange to 115th/Kedzie)

New Stops Created: 55th, 63rd, 67th, 71st, 79th, Columbus, 87th, Kedzie/95th, 103rd, 111th, 115th/Merrionette Park

Completion by: Phase 5-Completion Phase 1

Mid-City Transitway South to State Line Road (Ford City to 106th/Indianapolis)

New Stops Created: 79th/Pulaski, Central Park, Kedzie, Western/79th, 87th/Damen, Ashland, Vincennes/Halsted, Holland Road, State/91st, King Drive, 95th/Cottage Grove, Stony Island, Jeffery, Colfax, Commercial, Ewing/100th, 106th/Indianapolis

Completion by: Phase 5-Completion Phase 1

Mid-City Transitway North to Howard (Jefferson Park to Howard)

New Stops Created: Elston/Forest Glen, Peterson, Devon, Touhy, Lincoln/Skokie, Crawford/Skokie, McCormick/Skokie, Asbury

Completion by: Phase 5

Brown Line Branch to Lincolnwood (Kimball to Oakton-Skokie)

New Stops Created: Foster, Bryn Mawr, Peterson, Devon/McCormick, Lincolnwood Town Center, McCormick/Skokie, Crawford/Skokie

Completion by: Phase 5

Purple Line to Lake/Sheridan (Linden to Lake/Sheridan)

New Stops Created: Lake/Sheridan

Completion by: Phase 4

Green Line Infill Stations

New Stops Created: Lake/Western, 29th, Balbo Elevated, 59th/State, Harvard, Racine, 61st (Woodlawn Branch)

Completion by: Phase 4-5

Metra/CTA Joint Project: Metra Electric Light Rail Local + East Side Extension

Conversion of local and flag stops in city and entire Blue Island and South Chicago branches to Light Rail, while preserving transfers to commuter rail trains to University Park downtown, in Hyde Park, and at Kensington/115th

New Stops Created: 31st, 35th, Pershing/Oakwood, 41st/43rd, 67th (Main Line), 100th, 106th, 112th, 118th, 126th, 132nd/Hegewisch

Completion by: Phase 5-Completion Phase 1

New Order of Cars (2035-2045)

5000/7000 Descendent AND New Suburban Design

5000/7000 Descendent: Large, Long-Term Order to accommodate increased service and replace last 3200s in service + accommodate for any early 5000 retirements

New Suburban Design: Futuristic ADA-Compliant Take on 6000 and 2000-series seating designs and paint jobs

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Phase 4 (2038-2056):

Outer Loop (Cermak/Chinatown and Ida B. Wells/Lasalle to Fulton/Clinton)

New Stops Created: Roosevelt/Michigan, Balbo/Michigan, Ida B. Wells/State, Jackson/Michigan, Madison/Michigan, Millennium Station, Grand/Wabash, Grand/LaSalle, Grand/Orleans

Completion by: Completion Phase 1

North Lake Shore Drive Line (Thorndale to Outer Loop)

New Stops Created: Bryn Mawr/LSD, Foster, Lawrence, Montrose, Irving Park, Addison, Belmont, Fullerton, North/LaSalle Drive, Division, Chicago/Michigan, Grand/Michigan

Completion by: Completion Phase 1

Kenwood/Hyde Park Branch + Double Track South Main Line to Indiana (Indiana to 67th/Jeffery)

New Stops Created: Vincennes, Cottage Grove/Drexel, 43rd, 47th, Indian Village/Hyde Park, 53rd Street, 55th Street, 57th Drive, Midway Plaisance, Hayes/Cornell, 67th/Jeffery

Completion by: Completion Phase 1

Skyway Line + Double-Track Dan Ryan Line to 130th (63rd to State Line Road)

New Stops Created: 67th/King Drive, 71st/Cottage Grove, 75th/Woodlawn, 79th/Stony Island, 83rd/Jeffery, 87th/Yates, 93rd/Commercial, 100th/Ewing, 106th/Indianapolis

Completion by: Completion Phase 1

Cyan Line Southeast (130th to Sauk Village)

New Stops Created: Dolton Avenue, Sibley Blvd, 154th Street, River Oaks Drive, 170th Street, Thornton Road, 183rd/186th, Glenwood Lansing, Glenwood Dyer, Joe Orr Road, I-30, Sauk Village STAR

Completion by: Completion Phase 1-2

Cyan Line South (95th to Tinley Park)

New Stops Created: 99th/Halsted, 103rd, 111th, 119th, 127th/Vermont, Thornton Road, Western/Sibley/147th, Kedzie, 159th/US-6/Pulaski, 167th/IL-50, 175th, Ridgeland/Tinley Park, Harlem Avenue/Tinley Park

Completion by: Completion Phase 1-2

-All maps for Phases 3 and 4 can be found here-

Phase 5 (2043-2060):

Beginning with Phase 5, CTA will switch to a letter and number-based route system, with colors remaining to denote common branches between lines or special routes such as the Circle Line and Airport Connector. Please See Future Lines, Routes, and Stops for Further Information.

Stockyards Branch (35/Bronzeville/IIT to Western-Orange)

New Stops Created: Root/Princeton, Exchange/Halsted, Stockyards Industrial Park, 47th, Ashland, Damen/Hoyne

Completion by: Completion Phase 2

Jeffery Branch (67th/Jeffery to 130th)

New Stops Created: 71st, 75th, 79th, 83rd/South Chicago, 87th, 93rd, 95th/Stony Island, 103rd/Stony Island, 111th/Doty, 115th/Doty

Completion by: Completion Phase 2

Stevenson Line (Ashland-Orange to Summit)

New Stops Created: Western, California, Kedzie, Pulaski, Cicero, Central, Harlem/Summit

Completion by: Completion Phase 1-2

Kimball Auxiliary Branch (Belmont to Kimball)

New Stops Created: Addison, Irving Park, Montrose

Completion by: Completion Phase 1

Roscoe-Belmont Connector (Paulina to Pulaski)

New Stops Created: Damen, Western, California/Elston, Kimball

Completion by: Completion Phase 1-2

North Western Branch (Western/Brown to Asbury)

New Stops Created: Foster, Peterson, Devon, Pratt, Touhy

Completion by: Completion Phase 1-2

Cyan Line North (Old Orchard/Skokie to Highland Park Metra)

New Stops Created: Lake Avenue, Willow Road, Dundee Road, County Line Road, Deerfield/Skokie, Deerfield/Central, Green Bay Road

Completion by: Completion Phase 2 at earliest

Cyan Line West Extension to Naperville (Yorktown Center to Naperville Road)

New Stops Created: Finley-Amazon, Finley/Belmont, Lincoln Hwy, Naperville Road

Completion by: Completion Phase 1-2

Cyan Line Southwest (Ford City to Bolingbrook Drive)

New Stops Created: Central/State Road, Narragansett, Harlem, Roberts Road, 88th Avenue, Willow Springs Road, County Line Road, Kingery Hwy, Cass Avenue, Lemont Road, Joliet Road, Bolingbrook Road

Completion by: Completion Phase 2 at earliest

Infill Stations: 43rd (Orange/Southwest Line), Stevenson (Mid-City Transitway)

-All maps for Phases 5+ can be found here-

Post-Phase 5 Projects (Post-2050):

Completion Phases 1 (Late 2040’s-2053) and 2 (2053-2060):

Phase 5 into Completion Phase 1: South Ashland Line, Mount Greenwood Line, Mid-City Transitway South, Metra Electric Light Rail

Completion Phase 1: Outer Loop, North Lake Shore Drive Line, Kenwood/Hyde Park Branch, Skyway Line, Kimball Auxiliary Branch

Completion Phases 1 and 2: Cyan Line Southeast, Cyan Line South, Stevenson Line, Roscoe-Belmont Connector, North Western Branch, Cyan Line West Extension

Completion Phase 2 and beyond: Stockyards Branch, Jeffery Line, Cyan Line North, Cyan Line Southwest

Ashland-Ravenswood Line Work: Ashland/Ravenswood Connector (Division to Addison) and North Ravenswood Branch (Montrose to Howard)

Ashland/Ravenswood New Stops: North, Fullerton, Diversey, Belmont

North Ravenswood New Stops: Foster, Peterson, Devon, Pratt, Touhy

Cyan Line West Connector: I-355/290 Line (Joliet Road to Meacham Road)

New Stops Created: 87th Street/Boughton Road, 75th Street, 63rd Street/Hobson Road, Maple Avenue, US-34/Warrenville Road, Finley/Belmont, Finley-Amazon, Butterfield Road, 22nd Street, Roosevelt Road, Madison Street, Crescent/St. Charles, W N Ave, Collins Ave, Army Trail Road, Lake Street, Irving Park Road, Devon Ave, Biesterfield Road, Higgins Road, Golf Road

New Order of Cars (2055-2065) to replace 5000 fleet + Buff Up Suburban Fleet

Pivot to any Line/Track Modernization left undone

[me3dia]

In 1991, my sophomore year in high school, a friend's parents opened the first espresso shop in our town in the northwest suburbs of Chicago: Yvette's Café (later renamed Ivéta after a dumb legal dispute). My friends and I were already hanging out in Denny's and other diners on weekend nights, but Yvette's immediately became central to our social lives. It was such a magnet for teens and young adults that on a Saturday in the summer, there might be 30-40 people lounging on the patio, with more inside.

There were other places teens hung out — the mall, ice cream parlors, bowling alleys and movie theaters — but you had to spend money if you wanted to be there for very long. At a coffee shop or a diner, you just needed a couple bucks amongst the group in order to claim a table for hours. And our parents actually encouraged it, do some degree anyway, because at least they knew we were somewhere safe and not getting into trouble. I was at Yvette's so much, if my mom didn't know where I was, she would call there first.