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| Author | : Greg Borzo |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 172 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0738551007 |
Offers a history of the world famous Chicago "L," the elevated railroad that has operated since 1892 and has been ridden by more than ten billion people.
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Presents the history of Chicago, Illinois' elevated railroad system (L), which was started in 1888. Discusses the South Side L, the Lake Street L, the Metropolitan L, the Union Loop, and the Northwestern L. Notes that in 1947 the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) took over all L and streetcar operations. Describes the stations, trains, signage, and advertisements. Offers access to maps, posters, articles, Quicktime movies, and links to related Web sites.
| Author | : Source Wikipedia |
| Publisher | : University-Press.org |
| Total Pages | : 48 |
| Release | : 2013-09 |
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| ISBN | : 9781230622484 |
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 46. Chapters: Chicago 'L', List of Chicago 'L' stations, 108 North State Street, List of closed Chicago 'L' stations, Purple Line, Blue Line, List of Chicago Transit Authority bus routes, Green Line, Red Line, Brown Line, Pink Line, Orange Line, Yellow Line, The Loop, Ron Huberman, Chicago Card, Railfan: Chicago Transit Authority Brown Line, Wells Street Terminal, Kenwood branch, 1977 Chicago Loop derailment, Metropolitan Main Line, Alfred H. Savage, Chicago Motor Coach Company, Frank Kruesi, Roosevelt, Harlem, Pulaski. Excerpt: The 'L' (also written, "L," El, EL, or L) (from "elevated") is the rapid transit system serving the city of Chicago and some of its surrounding suburbs. It is operated by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA). It is the second longest rapid transit system in total track mileage in the United States, after the New York City Subway, and is the third busiest rail mass transit system in the United States, after New York City and Washington, DC's Metro. Chicago's 'L' is one of four heavy-rail systems in the United States (CTA, MTA, PATH and the PATCO Speedline) that provides 24-hour service on at least some portions of their systems. The oldest sections of the 'L' started operating in 1892, making it the second-oldest rapid transit system in the Americas, after New York City. The 'L' has been credited with helping create the densely built-up city core that is one of Chicago's distinguishing features. The 'L' consists of eight rapid transit lines laid out in a spoke-hub distribution paradigm mainly focusing transit towards the Loop. Although the 'L' gained its nickname because large parts of the system are elevated, portions of the network are underground, at grade level, or open cut. On average 722,782 people ride the 'L' each weekday, 483,177 each Saturday, and 414,512 each Sunday. Annual ridership for 2006...
| Author | : Max Kuhn |
| Publisher | : CRC Press |
| Total Pages | : 266 |
| Release | : 2019-07-25 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1351609467 |
The process of developing predictive models includes many stages. Most resources focus on the modeling algorithms but neglect other critical aspects of the modeling process. This book describes techniques for finding the best representations of predictors for modeling and for nding the best subset of predictors for improving model performance. A variety of example data sets are used to illustrate the techniques along with R programs for reproducing the results.
| Author | : Steven L. Layne |
| Publisher | : Sleeping Bear Press |
| Total Pages | : 44 |
| Release | : 2010-08-06 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 158536570X |
Lake Shore Drive, the Magnificent Mile, Navy Pier...just the mention of these iconic sights conjures up a skyline known the world over as the Windy City. Welcome to Chicago! And there's no better guidebook to the city than W is for Windy City: A Chicago Alphabet. Following the alphabet, the city's character and familiar landmarks are fully captured in poem and expository text. A is for Art Institute or Adler Planetarium. And if we want a "triple A," we'll add the Shedd Aquarium. Young readers can marvel at the treasures on display at the renowned Art Institute, go window shopping along Michigan Avenue's mile-long Magnificent Mile, or take in an afternoon game at Wrigley Field with the Chicago Cubs. W is for Windy City brings this famous city to life.A faculty member in the Department of Education at Judson University in Elgin, Illinois, Dr. Steven L. Layne is a respected literacy consultant and keynote speaker, working with educators and children at schools and conferences throughout the world. With more than 20 years as an educator, Deborah Dover Layne has worked at elementary and middle school levels and has been a reading specialist. Currently, she is an elementary principal in Elgin. The Laynes live in St. Charles, Illinois. Rhode Island School of Design graduate Michael Hays teaches illustration and drawing at Columbia College and lives in Oak Park, Illinois. Judy MacDonald and Michael started Painted Pony Studio in Chicago several years ago, each of them bringing their own unique style to the drawing table while illustrating books and creating art for children.
| Author | : Elevated Railway Employees. Division 308 |
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| Total Pages | : 16 |
| Release | : 1940 |
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| Author | : Scott L. Montgomery |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 351 |
| Release | : 2017-02-21 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 022614450X |
This book is a comprehensive guide to scientific communication that has been used widely in courses and workshops as well as by individual scientists and other professionals since its first publication in 2002. This revision accounts for the many ways in which the globalization of research and the changing media landscape have altered scientific communication over the past decade. With an increased focus throughout on how research is communicated in industry, government, and non-profit centers as well as in academia, it now covers such topics as the opportunities and perils of online publishing, the need for translation skills, and the communication of scientific findings to the broader world, both directly through speaking and writing and through the filter of traditional and social media. It also offers advice for those whose research concerns controversial issues, such as climate change and emerging viruses, in which clear and accurate communication is especially critical to the scientific community and the wider world.
| Author | : Luke Martin |
| Publisher | : Lulu.com |
| Total Pages | : 128 |
| Release | : 2016-03-26 |
| Genre | : Comics & Graphic Novels |
| ISBN | : 1329693019 |
In many ways, Chicago is the L...and the L can get weird! For a cartoonist living and commuting in the Windy City, it doesn't get any better!Basic Training captures the funny details of life in Chicago. Everyone rides the train and these comics are intended to get us laughing together.Come along for a familiar commute full of laughs, commentary and pride in our great city!
| Author | : Donald L. Miller |
| Publisher | : Rosetta Books |
| Total Pages | : 1084 |
| Release | : 2014-04-09 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0795339852 |
“A wonderfully readable account of Chicago’s early history” and the inspiration behind PBS’s American Experience (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times). Depicting its turbulent beginnings to its current status as one of the world’s most dynamic cities, City of the Century tells the story of Chicago—and the story of America, writ small. From its many natural disasters, including the Great Fire of 1871 and several cholera epidemics, to its winner-take-all politics, dynamic business empires, breathtaking architecture, its diverse cultures, and its multitude of writers, journalists, and artists, Chicago’s story is violent, inspiring, passionate, and fascinating from the first page to the last. The winner of the prestigious Great Lakes Book Award, given to the year’s most outstanding books highlighting the American heartland, City of the Century has received consistent rave reviews since its publication in 1996, and was made into a six-hour film airing on PBS’s American Experience series. Written with energetic prose and exacting detail, it brings Chicago’s history to vivid life. “With City of the Century, Miller has written what will be judged as the great Chicago history.” —John Barron, Chicago Sun-Times “Brims with life, with people, surprise, and with stories.” —David McCullough, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of John Adams and Truman “An invaluable companion in my journey through Old Chicago.” —Erik Larson, New York Times–bestselling author of The Devil in the White City
| Author | : Patrick T. Reardon |
| Publisher | : SIU Press |
| Total Pages | : 304 |
| Release | : 2020-11-26 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : 0809338114 |
The structure that anchors Chicago Every day Chicagoans rely on the loop of elevated train tracks to get to their jobs, classrooms, or homes in the city’s downtown. But how much do they know about the single most important structure in the history of the Windy City? In engagingly brisk prose, Patrick T. Reardon unfolds the fascinating story about how Chicago’s elevated Loop was built, gave its name to the downtown, helped unify the city, saved the city’s economy, and was itself saved from destruction in the 1970s. This unique volume combines urban history, biography, engineering, architecture, transportation, culture, and politics to explore the elevated Loop’s impact on the city’s development and economy and on the way Chicagoans see themselves. The Loop rooted Chicago’s downtown in a way unknown in other cities, and it protected that area—and the city itself—from the full effects of suburbanization during the second half of the twentieth century. Masses of data underlie new insights into what has made Chicago’s downtown, and the city as a whole, tick. The Loop features a cast of colorful Chicagoans, such as legendary lawyer Clarence Darrow, poet Edgar Lee Masters, mayor Richard J. Daley, and the notorious Gray Wolves of the Chicago City Council. Charles T. Yerkes, an often-demonized figure, is shown as a visionary urban planner, and engineer John Alexander Low Waddell, a world-renowned bridge creator, is introduced to Chicagoans as the designer of their urban railway. This fascinating exploration of how one human-built structure reshaped the social and economic landscape of Chicago is the definitive book on Chicago’s elevated Loop.
