From the Archives: Then and Now 2
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2017
- This is a follow-up to our first Then & Now video originally released back in October 2014, and contains newly uncovered and restored footage from the 1950's and illustrates the changes that have happened to the rail system.
The quality of the historical footage is the best I've seen -- what an excellent restoration. Really brings the past to life.
It is also amazing how the appearance of the neighborhoods have changed!
Growing upon the far north side of Chicago in the 1950s my family and I would use the CTA all the time and that opening shot of Devon and Broadway with the majestic Granada Theater are great. I used to take buses and the L to go downtown, go to visit friends and to get to school. My frequent route were the Howard Street L I guess its called the Red Line now and the 151 bus on Western and the 97 bus on Howard. Thirty eight years after moving from Chicago and about 55 years since I took the CTA I can still call out every L station, well almost every one, from Howard down to Washington Street. The CTA did and does do a great job in serving the transportation needs of Chicago.
I grew up in the "Then" years of Chicago and the CTA, although some of the video spots were about 3 years before my time. To tell the truth, I liked the comparatively tranquil time of the 40s, 50s and early sixties better than the turbulent uncertainty I see today. I really appreciate the memories that this video brings back to mind.
so jealous you got to live in those times - I am not optimistic for the future and hate the way our cities are starting to look today.
Every era was turbulent. Are you kidding me? The 40s was the biggest war in human history. The 50s has the red scare/McCarthyism and the beginning of the Cold War/Korean War. The 60s were some of the most “radical” times in recent history with half the world declaring independence from colonization.
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While I understand where you are coming from, from a child's perspective, things in the areas I lived in were far more tranquil than they are now. People at that time had a greater measure of moral restraint than what they do now. For example, I could ride the "L" or the bus BY MYSELF pretty much without incident. As kids, we rode our bikes at relatively great distances from our home neighborhoods; we never worried about being abducted, being sexually assaulted or being taken out by "random gun fire" or drive-by shootings. When we went to school, we didn't have to go through "metal detectors" before entering class. Police presence in the hallways of schools was unheard of at that time, even in big inner-city environments like Chicago and New York. You talk about "McCarthyism", the "Cold War" and "Korean War". The very existence of those conflicts did show that the world was unstable at that time. But the world instability back then was "child's play" compared to the way the world is today. And this sad reality has nothing to do with COVID-19, although the fallout from this pandemic definitely is not helping the situation.
@@TheChicagoL you only think that because you were a kid. What kid is aware of political/social problems? It’s not like there weren’t horrendous crimes when you were a kid in the 50s. You just were blissfully unaware because that’s how most kids are. I’m also assuming that you’re white, which means you generally hang out and live with other white people. You’re not gonna get beat or even hurt if you stay in your own neighborhood honestly. I don’t think people had “moral restraint” back in the old days either. Teenage pregnancy was highest in American history in the 1950s. Crime was steadily going up until the 90s and it’s been decreasing ever since. And just so you know, I’m not a child. I’m a fully grown adult. Your memory is biased. That’s the way our brain functions.
@@hsun7997 lets look at rapid transit in new york during the 70s and 80s it went like this:
1970
1971
1972
GRAFFITI intill 1989
1990 aka peace
Very cool, and so well done. Please keep these "Then and Now" videos coming. What a great idea.
By the way, I like the music you guys are using on all your videos.
It's really amazing how times have changed. From street cars to buses. Green L's to full silver modern L's, new routes, lines, etc. Amazing!
I didn't know about the garfield park line this is very interesting and fun to learn about my city.
Loving these Then and Now series. Thank you.
Thank you for putting this together and sharing it.
Really interesting video. Cool to see what's still there and what's completely different
If you could, please show some more footage of the Garfield Pk. Line! It has a very interesting history
Very well done
Awesome achieve
I’m glad that they built the Belmont Bypass but I hope that the unused Red & Purple Tracks to Howard will be restored 🔜
I wish the CTA would make more of these videos!!!
The old is much more appealing to me
Wow. Both periods of time and the vehicles, CTA and otherwise, are all familiar to me. i guess I'm becoming venerable.
2:58 RIP Sherman House
Is there any footage in existence of the old Humboldt Park line? It ran in the alley north of North Avenue from what is now the Blue Line all the way to Lawndale Ave. It was closed in 1952.
Will the 13th Street Incline be used again when they start constructing the Red Line Extension?
3 years late by youtube algorithm, but I wished the CTA went back to their green logo and paint scheme.
I Noticed The Loop Trains Were Running "Counter Clock Wise" Does Anyone Know Why?
I noticed in another video it showed Loop trains on both tracks running in the same direction - counter-clockwise.
chidino1 About the loop, before 1969 both tracks went in the same direction. But when the Lake-Dan Ryan service (partially today’s Green Line) opened in 1969, they had to reconfigure the tracks so it could go through the Loop. It’s hard to describe but chicago-l.org has a few excellent pages about it
chidino1 Also, irm-cta.org has lots of track maps in their “route maps” page, which shows you how the Loop was configured before
3:40 WHAT THE A TIME TRAVELER FROM THE FUTURE
The good old days where the platforms used to be track level
Most of the severe "Dog Legs" at North Ave intersections 2:11 have been straightened out after all these years...!!
It's not my city, except as a very occasional visitor. But I'll go against the nostalgia lovers here. The modern city and streets are much cleaner, crisper, better laid out, the center city architecture mostly outstanding (a few exceptions) and the transit trains and buses are much superior to those tatty beat up streetcars and open window old-fashioned transit trains.
Agreed, Chicago and it's transit is far cleaner and safer than it used to be. The buses are better only because they're modern. A modern streetcar or trolleybus system would be far superior to the diesel buses we have today. The CTA rolling stock could also use some serious modernization (we're still using trains from the 80s & 90s)
Chicago looked more like New York back then.
Modern corporate architecture is just so dull compared to before! We need more beautiful buildings instead of building things in the cheapest way possible.
Quite depressing to see how everything changed to worse. The idiots replaced beautiful environmentally-friendly streetcars with ugly buses.
then was better