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thats because nothing else is interesting

Much of the design was predicated on the areas use until the mid 70s. The entire area had been tracks and train yards for Dearborn station. The elevation of Roosevelt road was to go over the tracks. No roads ran east to west from Polk to Roosevelt because of the tracks. The elevation ramps for south bound traffic from Clark and westbound traffic from Roosevelt started at different locations when the neighborhood was developed and there was no stoplight on Clark between Polk and Roosevelt. All of this contributed to the area's design when built in the 70s.

Chicago athletic club lobby is beast mode 🤟😝

Before u make a cta video do a little bit more work of research because u made a terrible job

I was living in Oak Park and working in the Loop in the mid 80s. I remember the Presidential Towers going up. I toured them when they opened out of curiosity. Yeah nice but blah overall

Cool niche line, its whats makes train travel so cool

i dig the way 3 first national only showcases chicago windows. and it kinda looks like one of those studded belts youd get at hot topic when you were 15

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glad to see you back love the content!

American cities went down since the 50s when it gets to beauty and architecture

Isn't Ping Tom park in Chinatown?

Great list! River City's windows look like a bunch of teeth smiling at me. University Hall just looks ugly. The At&T Corporate Center is just interesting because it's mysterious (although I wouldn't want to be there at night). As you said, the Metropolitan Correctional Center is awesome and everyone's favorite! The last one, though? You're right. The vents creep the heck out of me! What the heck is that design! I don't even want to say its name!

Wicker Park is "Too Dark Park", that Skinny Puppy named their album for.

The last one makes me feel like I’m in a Bladerunner movie and I kinda like it

In the summer and fall, Chicago Water Taxi operates a route from Ogilve Station to Ping Tom Park. It's a great shortcut with interesting views of the City.

Thank you for warning people that CTA elevators are also homeless urinals. Consider bringing a couple bungee cords to secure your bike as well in the event you get a seat and there's a blank space to secure your bike. This is also Handy for Metra trains.

I'm surprised that you didn't mention River City. That place is a monstrosity!

Now how about putting it on the rack in front of the bus? 😅

Amtrak is looking to reopen the St. Charles Airline bridge. They say it will take 15 min off of trip’s heading South or East out of Chicago’s Union Station.

The last building actually isn’t that bad.

I love this video so much! In the 1st picture (0:24), it's hard to see the changes because of all the taller buildings that match the sky, so they just blend in, making it look like not much changed. At 1:37, the Bally's Casino used to be a dance club in the 2000's, the Thompson Center at 2:53 is either hated or loved. Me, it was different, but not really my taste. What's nice is that Google will keep the shape, but change the colors (more blue) when it is redone. 4:15 And, yes, the infamous and ugly Sun Time building. I hated it, but I loved how the IBM building stuck out behind it. I loved the IBM building so much! Granted, the Trump Tower eventually covered it, and I have a ton of pictures of it going up! Anyways, great video! Keep up the great work!

I lived in Chicago for a decade and never needed a car. Moving back in a year and planning on selling my car.

Chicago's version of suburban is really most other American places version of urban...even though this is by definition suburban development style

Thanks for educating us

also they don't really clear the sidewalks on Elston there, in the winter. it's so annoying to walk down that stretch when it's covered with snow.

Wikipedia says the B&OCT Bridge is still standing due to some of its operating gear being shared with the St Charlea Air Line Bridge, which is regularly used when there isnt maintenance on the line (which I believe has been the case for the last couple of years)

Love that area I’ve shot so many videos in those woods around the dirt bike ramps Fun fact, that area used to be part of Riverview. Which was once a massive theme park.

What I find annoying is there are no north south L lines west of downtown.

One of my favorites is " Paris of the Prairie" by Daniel Burnham

It's a big neighborhood for young families. Always see lots of parents walking with strollers.

I really love this

Your history is a little. The Yellow Line tracks were used by the North Shore Rail Line until in closed in about 1963. This line flourished in 40's and 50's with its Chicago-Milwaukee service.

The most common places I've noticed sharrows are where painted bike lanes give way to sharrows as I approach or proceed past intersections. My interpretation of them has always been "You may find yourself again in the most minimal form of a bike lane soon, but in the meantime you're on your own and good luck to you."

check you stats on residential Loop. its been a growing area over the decades

As someone who moved to Chicago but grew up in Champaign, I can attest that the rest of Illinois exists. I hate that people outside the Midwest assume I’m originally from Chicago when I say I’m from Illinois.

About the cost aspect. I live in Chicago and I do bike for my commute. I fully advocate for it, but I also want to mention for whatever reason where I live and work I get a bike stolen everyone year and a half, and I have to factor in that cost

This is so cool! I wondered why I kept seeing these old bridges that never seemed to move. I wonder what day of the year that one downtown bridge will move. It would be nice to see it. Excellent video!

This is about cold, snow and shopping. The pedways will be open just as the shops are open where they are part, below or attached to a office building or apartment. Australia does not have the bad weather that drives pedways in all the US and Canadian great lakes cities yet Australia still has several pedways. More are planned. They are also common in Scandinavia and parts of Russia. Technically when a building is built or renovated it pays for the road out to the midline, the foot paths and any pedway or skyway. In Houston Texas its all about the searing summer heat. How you found and only photographed the empty sections is amazing.

Considering how fantastic the site must have looked at the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair, the place today looks rather depressing unfortunately. Berlin 1945 or Pripyat in Ukraine (the nuclear catastrophe site) comes to mind !

I have lived all my life in Chicago and I don’t know much about down state Illinois. People from central and southern Illinois don’t visit Chicago often. And if you’re from Chicago there’s no reason to go down state. My sister in law is from Springfield/st Louis. And i have friends in central Illinois. So I have nothing but love for the rest of Illinois. I just don’t know much about it.

Nice video!

This is an accurate overall assessment for the North Side. Unfortunately not for the south, where drivers are faster, more aggressive and tend to see bikes not like bears but as something to run off the road.

I like Lay’s Original potato chips

To answer the bonus 3:47 - thats Atlanta, the gold dome of the Georgia state capitol building, the gothic tower of Atlanta city hall at left, and the Falcon's birds nest in the far background.

probably the worst take on OHC, The number 1 place to visit would be the Metropolitan longe at the sears tower. It is not open to the public ever. another hot take would be to visit high floor sites.

No mention of Vincennes, South Chicago Ave., Indianapolis Blvd., or Brainard Ave. As usual, the far south side is completely overlooked.

I remember my father telling me many years ago that before the diagonal streets were Indian paths, they were animal paths.

What’s going on with the Thompson Center?

This trail has a few mild street sections in between but it goes all the way to Green Bay Rd. in Evanston. The new Evanston Skatepark is there at the end (on the East side of the channel park system). Cross Green Bay at Evanston Skatepark and you can cross the golf course bridge and take Poplar a short distance to the Green Bay trail, formerly the North Shore Electric Railway. Take that to Wisconsin, or just before Ravinia it connects to the Botanic Garden and North Branch trail system at the Skokie Lagoons. You can basically make a giant loop of it from where you started this video.

Diagonals cause nightmare 6-way intersections