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Old 06-11-2015, 03:09 PM
 
Location: New Mexico via Ohio via Indiana
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Recently? Off of West Madison. E. Garfield Park-ish.
But I once missed my ride one night long after a nighttime Sox game at Old Comiskey 25 years ago, and walked around Bridgeport (beers, etc) and got totally screwed up on directions. I walked to a train station on 35th. Missed the Red Line entirely and I was instead a few blocks east of the Dan Ryan....the Green Line platform. About Midnight on a dead boring hot summer Tuesday in the middle of the projects. Only thing scarier than the projects was the platform itself. I think I decided to stay off the platform till I heard the train coming....so i'd have escape routes, etc.
Big tough city neighborhoods never ever throw me, but I was alone, and no one around but some really scary young dudes eyeballing me. Man was I creeped out. Was like a movie. I truly thought, if the train didn't come soon, SOMETHING would happen, and none of it good.
Wonder if it's gotten any better since way back when. I'd imagine so, but back then? Wow.
Hey, it looked easy on the map.
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Old 06-11-2015, 03:15 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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Yeah, the area near the 35th Street Green Line stop (actually called the IIT/Bronzeville stop) is WAY different. The projects that used to line the Dan Ryan are all gone, for starters. I still wouldn't necessarily want to hang around that station at night but these days you're probably more likely to be surrounded by IIT students than troublemakers.
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Old 06-11-2015, 04:10 PM
 
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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Recently? Off of West Madison. E. Garfield Park-ish.
But I once missed my ride one night long after a nighttime Sox game at Old Comiskey 25 years ago, and walked around Bridgeport (beers, etc) and got totally screwed up on directions. I walked to a train station on 35th. Missed the Red Line entirely and I was instead a few blocks east of the Dan Ryan....the Green Line platform. About Midnight on a dead boring hot summer Tuesday in the middle of the projects. Only thing scarier than the projects was the platform itself. I think I decided to stay off the platform till I heard the train coming....so i'd have escape routes, etc.
Big tough city neighborhoods never ever throw me, but I was alone, and no one around but some really scary young dudes eyeballing me. Man was I creeped out. Was like a movie. I truly thought, if the train didn't come soon, SOMETHING would happen, and none of it good.
Wonder if it's gotten any better since way back when. I'd imagine so, but back then? Wow.
Hey, it looked easy on the map.
That area is a completely different world than what it was 20 years ago. All the projects are gone and they built the new Chicago Police headquarters on 35th and Michigan a block away from the train station. There's even a Starbucks on 35th and State now.
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Old 06-12-2015, 10:30 AM
 
Location: New Mexico via Ohio via Indiana
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That area is a completely different world than what it was 20 years ago. All the projects are gone and they built the new Chicago Police headquarters on 35th and Michigan a block away from the train station. There's even a Starbucks on 35th and State now.
Not surprised. It's been a long time. The part that blew me away after a recent return was south of downtown on Michigan Ave by around 21st St. And the Greektown/UIC campus area. Didn't recognize either one at all.
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Old 06-12-2015, 10:51 AM
 
Location: Eureka CA
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I rode a bus through the Back of the Yards once. Does that count?
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Old 06-12-2015, 10:59 AM
 
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Leroy Brown's house
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Old 06-12-2015, 11:12 AM
 
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Leroy Brown's house
Jim Croce says "Thanks"...
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Old 06-15-2015, 09:43 PM
 
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Wrigley after the Hawks won!
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Old 06-17-2015, 10:15 AM
 
Location: Pawtucket, RI
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Yeah, the area near the 35th Street Green Line stop (actually called the IIT/Bronzeville stop) is WAY different. The projects that used to line the Dan Ryan are all gone, for starters. I still wouldn't necessarily want to hang around that station at night but these days you're probably more likely to be surrounded by IIT students than troublemakers.
I used to walk to and use that station after night classes at IIT ten years ago. Never felt unsafe.
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Old 06-20-2015, 10:28 PM
 
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By South Mackinaw Avenue and 90th street. Always some stupid Latin Kings trying to start **** for no reason.
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