The May photograph in the 2022 CTA (Chicago Transit Authority) Historical Calendar is of the Clark/Lake elevated station, built in 1895. Sadly, it was torn down to make room for a modern facility in 1988. I myself remember riding past this station many times. After my parents moved to Stuart, Florida back in 1976, I rented a studio apartment in Forest Park, to the west of Chicago, and often rode the Lake Street "L" downtown on my days off. I have no idea what the new station looks like (new being relative), but I'll bet it has nothing like the charm of the one in the photograph above. Charm beats efficiency every time in my book (the book of old fuddy-duddies).
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