Market Street Terminal
Dublin Core
Title
Market Street Terminal
Subject
Terminals (Transportation)
Chicago (Ill.)
Railroad stations
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago (Ill.)
Railroad stations
Chicago Transit Authority
Description
This 1930 photo shows the Market Street terminal in front of the Civic Opera building at Market/Madison. (Market Street later became part of Wacker Drive.)
This station was the original downtown terminal of the Lake Street 'L' before the Loop 'L' opened, and later used as a stub terminal for some trains (some trains were diverted here rather than going onto the Loop). It opened in November of 1893.
The ad on the end of the structure advertises 31 minute express service to Oak Park and 35 minutes to Forest Park (the terminus, at the time, was one stop beyond and a couple of blocks southwest of Harlem/Lake).
Today, the scheduled travel time is a quick 22 minutes from State/Lake to Austin (the border with Oak Park), and 31 minutes to Harlem/Lake.
This station was the original downtown terminal of the Lake Street 'L' before the Loop 'L' opened, and later used as a stub terminal for some trains (some trains were diverted here rather than going onto the Loop). It opened in November of 1893.
The ad on the end of the structure advertises 31 minute express service to Oak Park and 35 minutes to Forest Park (the terminus, at the time, was one stop beyond and a couple of blocks southwest of Harlem/Lake).
Today, the scheduled travel time is a quick 22 minutes from State/Lake to Austin (the border with Oak Park), and 31 minutes to Harlem/Lake.
Publisher
Chicago Transit Authority
Flickr
Flickr
Date
Taken circa 1930
Published on Flickr 2011-15-19
Published on Flickr 2011-15-19
Rights
Licensed under creative commons. Some rights reserved.
Relation
Is part of the CTA Web Historical Photo Collection.
Format
Image/jpeg
600 dpi resolution
2.1 MB
5968 × 4752
600 dpi resolution
2.1 MB
5968 × 4752
Type
Still Image
Identifier
e13e4d8c-823d-11e0-81af-c5a14bd5e6b4
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ctaweb/6866274763/in/photolist-bsKsgD-d7aGvE-cLG2qU-aiqJh6-dMd8b9-fZyr7R-7wKLwg-hv5qUq-9hUXxw-q7mqjN-9oFipx-bvdvaB-hv61DC-9masM2-9xzGcQ-9VCugk-9ShhRJ-aB516x-9VFjv7-aaWbvr-fGwAK4-euqRG5-9xzGp7-cgF29J-qBS2eJ-dpwKjP-euqREQ-aB7Gy7-9zsr5Z-aDDS9m-4xSjg2-aWDeUx-aQyuin-aaZ1df-7wgkeb-9vrfNU-aib7NW-9xwGuR-9BPjFS-991qNW-aB7Gx5-ameJgQ-drPnVX-7AdTbr-7wciXP-e6ZgEx-hv6NLX-fGwAL2-RSk7Pr-aiqJic
Coverage
Chicago, Ill.
Nineteen thirties
Nineteen thirties
Files
Collection
Citation
“Market Street Terminal,” Paris of the Midwest: Chicago, 1837-1987, accessed April 18, 2024, https://parisofthemidwest.omeka.net/items/show/217.