I might add that there's an ongoing series on the Trolley Dodger (www.trolleydodger.com) about the CA&E, and eforts to save the line before total abandonment.
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Did anyone ever have a look up on the embankment?
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Well, the cost of acquisition and the possibility of disrupting/destroying neighborhoods probably figured, in part, in the cancellation of the Crosstown Expressway.
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mikbasile Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > what ever happened to the Dodge boys in white hats They had to be let go when Chrysler had their financial problems.
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Didn't Mages have several stores around town, before they concentrated on the one on N. Lasalle Street?
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Soap bars and bricks, Swede? Well, at least storing them should be a cinch!
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SWEDE Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ha Ha Ivory left white film on our bodies when I > was a kid. Processed Lake Michigan water is moderately hard, so that's not surprising. I guess they reformulated Ivory, because it doesn't do that any more. Which reminds me. Anyone remember Sweetheart Soap. Those ovoid bars were hard as rocks, and seemed to go o
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The CTA had something called the Rider's Reader. The Trolley Dodger is looking for some copies that are gaps in his series, to add to a DVD he sells with scans of them.
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Mornac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Anyone remember the "Super Transfer"? It was > offered on Sundays at some point back in the late > 70's (maybe early 80's) and with it you could ride > any and all of the CTA for the entire 24 hours. > There was a newspaper guy who bought one at > midnight and tried to see how much of the sys
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Now, if you could do something about all this spam...
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SWEDE Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > How about SWAN Bath Soap. The soap that floats. I always thought that was Ivory's schtick.
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Speaking of the old Logan Square L, does anyone have any idea what the CRT's plan was to create a peripheral elevated line off of the old terminal? I read about it, but nobody had any details.
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Anyone know if the MJRR is still in operation?
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Need more user postings.
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