Posted June 21, 200816 yr Chicago, June 17, 2008 Waiting for my train, South Shore #12, scheduled to depart Carroll Avenue at Michigan City at 6:20am. On the right, #12 arrives from South Bend as a two-car train. Six more cars headed by car 3, on the left, will be coupled to the rear, and the whole train will be pretty well filled by the time the last passengers board at Hegewisch, an hour and five minutes later. Random shots taken while walking from the 57th Street Metra Station to the University of Chicago's Center for Advanced Medicine. Downtown at the El station at Adams & Wabash "But what about parking?" queried the car-dependent Hoosier in a quavering voice. "Oh, there's plenty of parking," I replied. "Just be prepared to pay for it!" "Didn't you notice all the public transportation?" Silly Hoosier. My time is at hand. To catch my train, that is. People were dropping bills in this guy's bucket, and he was doing his best to give them their money's worth. Pretty good. Back at Carroll Avenue, Michigan City. On time. Cost from Millennium Park Station, one way, senior fare: $3.90
June 21, 200816 yr Great shots! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 23, 200816 yr These are great photos! I love the one of the station at Adams & Wabash. Thanks for sharing!
June 23, 200816 yr Yet another beautiful set :-) clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
June 23, 200816 yr Very nice! I really want to try riding the South Shore line sometime. South Shore is a shining example of commuter rail done right; they continue to invest in equipment and infrastructure, they run clean trains on time and their people are courteous and friendly. It's a poke in the eye to the naysayers who contend that public agencies can't do anything right. For a day trip, I recommend boarding at Millennium Park Station and riding to Dune Park. From there it's about a walkable mile to the beach and there are several miles of good trails through varied terrain in the state park. One-way fare is $5.50 weekends / $6.65 weekdays, and weekend trains run every two hours. South Shore schedules and fares are here and Indiana Dunes State Park info is here. Wow!!! Rob, is that a film camera or a digital? I LOVE this thread!! Jeff, it's a Nikon D200 DSLR with the 18-200 VR lens. It's something of a beast to carry around all day, but it gets good results. I had a pretty good time shooting those; the weather was perfect, and I had about an hour and a half to kill, so I spent it all in one corner of the loop.
June 23, 200816 yr The shots of the Trump Tower are great, I haven't bee there since they started building it. I think Mr. Trump actually has a bit of the eye of a photographer because I think he recognizes more than most how the specific location of a building can completely dominate a streetscape as does this new one. A lot of those kinds of really intense guys actually have a pretty good design sense, or at least they know what they like and can make a decisive decision, even though they aren't designers.
June 23, 200816 yr Trump definitely knows what he likes. Unfortunately, I think most of his buildings (except for the Chicago tower, which I actually really like .. and maybe others, I just don't know them), especially the ones in NYC, are some of the tackiest buildings I know of.
June 23, 200816 yr ^ and thats an understatement. even the trump dubai hotel tower, his version of being creative, is like a sleazy architectural combover. the new chicago tower is the best he's got. i like it too, still it has the trump-at-his-best "eh" about it. great pics rob, it was fun to be back downtown in chicago again even if was virtually. if it was me i'd have run straight over to the billygoat after that stroll - ha!
June 23, 200816 yr I remember watching Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous in the 80's when they'd do segments on Donald & Ivana Trump and show glamorous shots of the Trump Tower at Columbus Circle...I was convinced it was the tallest and most important building in New York. Then I visited New York for the first time and sort of laughed at the Trump Tower since it was almost invisible and its brass trim looked like a tacky cruise ship. All of his buildings have a certain presence to them though, even the Trump World Tower on the upper east side by the United Nations, despite it having such a small footprint.
June 24, 200816 yr ... great pics rob, it was fun to be back downtown in chicago again even if was virtually. if it was me i'd have run straight over to the billygoat after that stroll - ha! Been there, done that! I had a train to catch. I guess I could have taken a later train, though, or picked up cold carry-out to see me through the train ride. There were a couple of empties rolling around the end of the car when I got off the train at Michigan City. But then there's the drive from the station to my motel.
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