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The disparity between the '07 and '14 views is quite dramatic.

But first don't forget to hit CTRL Z

I love Progressive Field as much as the next guy, but it's definitely not the best park in MLB.

Latest progress report on the right field upper deck containers:

^ I'm assuming they searched for "eternal life" on Google and that image popped up.

I hope not! ........no seriously, I hope not The Allerton Apartments on E 13th are section 8

I honesty don't know what would make people even want to go up there. This was talked about as a space for groups, and that made sense looking at the renderings as it was supposed to be three levels of open area. Now we have a few dozen segmented viewing boxes. How will these serve any purpose?

Just plain awful.

Not a terrible idea. I've never been and have always wanted to visit.

I might've been wrong. I saw it from the distance while driving but I really thought they were on! Currently looking at the courthouse from my living room window...unfortuantely there isn't any lighting

Lucky's Market? http://www.luckysmarket.com/ Nice insight, Urbanophile[/member]

I did that one a couple weeks ago. It's really hard...even for a cities/transit/map geek

^ RTA does make it pretty clear with signage at the stations indicating that you are in a "fare paid zone" and thus your fare card is subject to random inspection. The line crossing into the outside world is typically located near the station exit doors.

I strongly disagree with that. Not that people aren't predisposed to do the right thing, but I think most people probably don't view skipping out on a transit fare as high on the list in terms of sins.

I just pointed it out because I was surprised to see that it was that low. I had thought it would have hovered in the 50k's or so at least. Here's the source: http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teams/cleiatte.shtml. It's interesting to look through. Anyways, sorry taking things off topic. Between getting locked out of getting home opener tickets (for the first time ever), and the lackluster upper deck changes and Key Bank signage, I'm feeling less excited about opening day than usual. I know that's not exactly rational...

Again, as StrapHanger[/member] just said above, this is a pretty common thing in transit systems across the country. Sure, that officer evidently handled things incorrectly. I don't think it's unreasonable to have to produce your fare card at any time while within the confines of the transit system. It's not that big of an inconvenience. And if you have no mechanism of enforcement, then what incentive is there for people to buy a fare card?

The average attendance for the '48 season was actually only 33,598.... (and that was the highest average attendance the Indians ever had while playing at Municipal Stadium).

^ Isn't trying to bust people the whole point of proof-of-payment? The method tries to get people to buy a pass because they could be checked and cited at anytime.

^ I'm not claiming that Ms. Ferrato lied or that the RTA police officer was warranted in what he did, but some of her Facebook posts have been very critical of police (posts before the RTA incident happened). I wouldn't be surprised if she was quite inebriated and thus was acting quite combative to the police officer, especially considering her evident feelings towards law enforcement. Perhaps she even instigated this to happen. Again, I'm not necessarily saying that's what I think happened, but it's important to note that there are two sides to every story, and it doesn't seem unreasonable to jump to that conclusion. Edit: Actually, after watching the video, I'm very much prepared to claim that she lied, at least about the beginning part of the incident.

Mayor Licastro would definitely support that

I was wondering about that. I was thinking that looked exactly like LaFayette

And in about 200 years, it will pay for itself in energy savings.

^ Right, but the issue here isn't so much private vehicles, but instead public transit buses.

What a brilliant point. I guess any business that has a city or state name in it shouldn't open in another city or state. I'll let the people at Chicago Pizza Shop (with many Indiana) locations know. I'll also remind the guys at Jersey Mike's subs. And all those California Pizza Kitchens!! How dare they! Clearly, you are a marketing expert. That snarky, condescending response isn't warranted. If you actually read Pugu[/member]'s post that you quoted, you'll notice that's not what he said. No one is claiming that you shouldn't have restaurants bearing other cities' names.

These are all different. The name is "Chicago's Home of Chicken & Waffles." It's not Chicago style food, but instead southern soul food. The name is obviously for a place in Chicago that is selling chicken and waffles. It would even be different it the name were "Chicago Chicken & Waffles" indicating that it is a Chicago style take on the cuisine. It's the use of the possessive and the word "home" that is bothersome. Edit: For the record, I don't really think it's that big of a deal and I wouldn't characterize it as an "awful awful name" but I see where Pugu[/member] is coming from.