Thanks for posting this bring back a lot of memories. I grew up in Woodlawn in the 70's and early 80's. My mom lived on 61st & University and my grandmother lived on 63rd & Kimbark and 64th & Dorchester. I attended Wadsworth Elementary school and my whole family attended Wadsworth, Carnegie, St Cyril and Hyde Park HS.
Dating myself, but my old stomping grounds was 63rd and Dante, 63rd and Stony, etc. Can remember when there was a DIRECT connection with the IC electric at 63rd [even remember the station]
After Cottage, the area was pretty much vacant. Many did not want to see everything after Cottage torn down, but there was a lot of political shenanigans going on. Sad thing...they are now building that area back up...noticed a new coffee shop amongst others...but now, no rail service. Probably never again, as now the CTA is focused on the Red Line Extension and the Red/Purple Flyover
There was also an outspoken pastor(forget his name), that campaigned annoyingly against the Jackson Park branch tracks standing east of Cottage Grove. Sadly the CTA and city government caved into that guy and didn't listen to those residents who wanted Green Line service to continue east to University and Dorchester, and the CTA tore that portion down 1 year after the Green Line's 90s rehab was completed in 1996. The CTA even had to forfeit certain federal funds that were intended to rehab the Dorchester and University Green Line stops. Sadly the above user is correct, in that I doubt that area will ever see the Green Line reextended back to University ever again. :(
Mark Broadnax ... Got news for Ya'...The [BROWN LINE] Flyover is on the 'Backburner' for at least the next 7 years and the red line extention for now, Is what it has always been...Just talk/plans...No secured funding (At least, Not yet) !
There have been rumblings I heard of ppl now wanting to extend the Jackson Park branch back to its original location...Stony Island and 63rd since the Obama library will be built in Jackson Park. They should have never tore it down in the 1st place. The green line only has two stations on each portion of its south side terminals when prior to Feb 92 Jackson Pk had 4 and Englewood had 5....
Yep, after Garfield, when the Green Line splits, there aren't enough stations. Especially with the Englewood Branch, I think they closed down to0 many stations. There's a more than two-mile gap after Halsted until it gets to Garfield. Racine should never have been closed, and it's just sitting there unused and falling into disrepair. Today, the old stop at Harvard would be very practical, as it provided a good transfer point with the nearby Red Line stop. And I never saw an issue with Wentworth either, TBH. It's almost like the CTA wants to give these Southside areas the minimum amount of acceptable service. They need the train, too. Can you imagine the CTA closing multiple stops like this on the North side?
ME TO !!!...I remember Vito's, Went to Dulles grammar school right across the street ! Remember those box of Country Delight glazed donuts at Vito's ???....Those were the "Krispy Kremes" of the 1960s !
😢 So Sad no one ever invested in such a beautiful area, being so close to the University of Chicago and Hyde Park. I saw VITO’S still boarded up which was one of the best grocery stores in Woodlawn besides HIGH & LOW, that big Bank @ 63rd and University should be a LANDMARK. It’s absolutely heartbreaking. Now they’re moving foreigners into Wadsworth, that’s how it starts, they move in the WORKFORCE then the Regentrification starts. Like Denzel said in Training Day; THATS HOW IT STARTS. Yes I’m from Woodlawn, I lived on MINERVA and went to DUMAS AND WADSWORTH! 😢 it’s so heart wrenching to know in 2023 black people still have no place to return to that we can actually call home. 😮 Not even the Jackson 5, how long would they last in GARY INDIANA?
I noticed it was a mixed consist. Was that always the case with the 2000 series after the ADA, because of the blinker doors? I know that was true for the 2200s on the blue line
Mixed consists were quite common, as all car classes from the 2000s through the 2600s could operate together. I remember riding on a solid, six-car 2000-series train in August of 1991.
2000s have been in mixed consists for all of their existence. They were mixed with 2200s on the Lake/Dan Ryan and with the 2600s on the Howard/Englewood/Jackson Park and the Green Line prior to 1994. The 2000s, 2200s, 2400s, 2600s, and the 3200s were all compatible with each other Today the 2600s and 3200s run mixed consists on the Blue Line. The 5000s are not compatible with any other series. The new 7000s also are not compatible with any other series.
Curious, but does anyone know when the elevated line that went to Stoney Island was removed? I know the dilapidated bridge was torn down just East of Dorchester once the CTA chose not to rebuild it back in 1982, but I was always curious to know if they went ahead and dismantled that part with the bridge, or if they waited until 1997 to dismantle it with the rest of the line East of Cottage Grove?
Yeah I miss those days of when the CTA actually functioned like a rapid transit system and had a conductor opening and closing doors , Now we are forced to listen to some tired ass robotic white boy calling out stops and shit LMAO !
The automated announcements are easy to hear and a good voice, I just don't like that they always say the name of the station two or more times (since they repeat it when they mention which side the doors are on, and a third for connections) and the rules announcements after every station are excessive
I would wager on this being the latest surviving video of the Jackson Park branch east of Cottage grove... pure Chicago history in this video.
Why did they demolished that branch?
@@vanoproduction6588 Because the university of chicago was expanding, and basicaly, the green line was sacrificed for it.
Thanks for posting this bring back a lot of memories. I grew up in Woodlawn in the 70's and early 80's. My mom lived on 61st & University and my grandmother lived on 63rd & Kimbark and 64th & Dorchester. I attended Wadsworth Elementary school and my whole family attended Wadsworth, Carnegie, St Cyril and Hyde Park HS.
Dating myself, but my old stomping grounds was 63rd and Dante, 63rd and Stony, etc. Can remember when there was a DIRECT connection with the IC electric at 63rd [even remember the station]
Easy to tell how dated the rails and stations were, compared to now...miss everything from Cottage back to Stoney Island...
I still can't believe they tore all that down.
After Cottage, the area was pretty much vacant. Many did not want to see everything after Cottage torn down, but there was a lot of political shenanigans going on. Sad thing...they are now building that area back up...noticed a new coffee shop amongst others...but now, no rail service. Probably never again, as now the CTA is focused on the Red Line Extension and the Red/Purple Flyover
There was also an outspoken pastor(forget his name), that campaigned annoyingly against the Jackson Park branch tracks standing east of Cottage Grove. Sadly the CTA and city government caved into that guy and didn't listen to those residents who wanted Green Line service to continue east to University and Dorchester, and the CTA tore that portion down 1 year after the Green Line's 90s rehab was completed in 1996. The CTA even had to forfeit certain federal funds that were intended to rehab the Dorchester and University Green Line stops. Sadly the above user is correct, in that I doubt that area will ever see the Green Line reextended back to University ever again. :(
BoratWanksta that is the late Reverend Arthur Brazier that you speak of.
Mark Broadnax ... Got news for Ya'...The [BROWN LINE] Flyover is on the 'Backburner' for at least the next 7 years and the red line extention for now, Is what it has always been...Just talk/plans...No secured funding (At least, Not yet) !
What is the train he driving? I remember those, then the 2400s red white blue ones were everywhere, especially green line and red line
He's driving a 6000-2600 mixup car.
These trains I remember, don't know what happened to them. Now everything just gray.
I just turned 11 in July of 1991, also the Bulls Won their first ever Championship.
Looking for photos of 63rd and Stony Island from 1950s until its demolition.
There have been rumblings I heard of ppl now wanting to extend the Jackson Park branch back to its original location...Stony Island and 63rd since the Obama library will be built in Jackson Park. They should have never tore it down in the 1st place. The green line only has two stations on each portion of its south side terminals when prior to Feb 92 Jackson Pk had 4 and Englewood had 5....
Yep, after Garfield, when the Green Line splits, there aren't enough stations. Especially with the Englewood Branch, I think they closed down to0 many stations. There's a more than two-mile gap after Halsted until it gets to Garfield. Racine should never have been closed, and it's just sitting there unused and falling into disrepair. Today, the old stop at Harvard would be very practical, as it provided a good transfer point with the nearby Red Line stop. And I never saw an issue with Wentworth either, TBH. It's almost like the CTA wants to give these Southside areas the minimum amount of acceptable service. They need the train, too. Can you imagine the CTA closing multiple stops like this on the North side?
I really hope we can somehow see that happen
@@pomerlain8924not to use race as a issue, but they would be pissed off
Fantastic video! Great look back in time.
this particular part was demolished after I graduated from grammar school how sad.
At about 3:58 you see a Vito's grocery store. I lived in the area for 2 years of my childhood, I remember going there.
ME TO !!!...I remember Vito's, Went to Dulles grammar school right across the street !
Remember those box of Country Delight glazed donuts at Vito's ???....Those were the "Krispy Kremes" of the 1960s !
😢 So Sad no one ever invested in such a beautiful area, being so close to the University of Chicago and Hyde Park.
I saw VITO’S still boarded up which was one of the best grocery stores in Woodlawn besides HIGH & LOW, that big Bank @ 63rd and University should be a LANDMARK. It’s absolutely heartbreaking. Now they’re moving foreigners into Wadsworth, that’s how it starts, they move in the WORKFORCE then the Regentrification starts. Like Denzel said in Training Day; THATS HOW IT STARTS. Yes I’m from Woodlawn, I lived on MINERVA and went to DUMAS AND WADSWORTH! 😢 it’s so heart wrenching to know in 2023 black people still have no place to return to that we can actually call home. 😮 Not even the Jackson 5, how long would they last in GARY INDIANA?
I love the 2000 series
@6:40 good view of the RandolphTowers/Met Building
I noticed it was a mixed consist. Was that always the case with the 2000 series after the ADA, because of the blinker doors? I know that was true for the 2200s on the blue line
Mixed consists were quite common, as all car classes from the 2000s through the 2600s could operate together. I remember riding on a solid, six-car 2000-series train in August of 1991.
2000s have been in mixed consists for all of their existence. They were mixed with 2200s on the Lake/Dan Ryan and with the 2600s on the Howard/Englewood/Jackson Park and the Green Line prior to 1994. The 2000s, 2200s, 2400s, 2600s, and the 3200s were all compatible with each other
Today the 2600s and 3200s run mixed consists on the Blue Line.
The 5000s are not compatible with any other series. The new 7000s also are not compatible with any other series.
Curious, but does anyone know when the elevated line that went to Stoney Island was removed? I know the dilapidated bridge was torn down just East of Dorchester once the CTA chose not to rebuild it back in 1982, but I was always curious to know if they went ahead and dismantled that part with the bridge, or if they waited until 1997 to dismantle it with the rest of the line East of Cottage Grove?
They would've demolished it around 1986 or 1987.
He's riding a 2600 series train #2995
Yeah I miss those days of when the CTA actually functioned like a rapid transit system and had a conductor opening and closing doors , Now we are forced to listen to some tired ass robotic white boy calling out stops and shit LMAO !
You're hella cringe 💀
Stop the cap I love doors closing
@@HydroDX he is fr 💯
The automated announcements are easy to hear and a good voice, I just don't like that they always say the name of the station two or more times (since they repeat it when they mention which side the doors are on, and a third for connections) and the rules announcements after every station are excessive
Oi! That is Lee Crooks you're talking about sir and he is amazing.