Chicago's Fake Buildings - Secret Sub-Stations (the story behind them) - IT'S HISTORY

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  • @ITSHISTORY
    @ITSHISTORY  2 роки тому +7

    Offset your carbon footprint on Wren: www.wren.co/start/itshistory The first 100 people who sign up will have 10 extra trees planted in their name!

    • @Diddy_Doodat
      @Diddy_Doodat 2 роки тому

      11:18 that is not how it looks today

    • @perry8181
      @perry8181 2 роки тому +3

      How about offsetting your decibel footprint and play your intro at a level on par with your speaking voice? My eardrums man!

    • @maddog2557
      @maddog2557 2 роки тому

      The whole "carbon footprint" is a marketing tool created by BP to shift the environmental problem away from energy companies to you the gluttonous energy consumer. I'd say it's working very well for them.

    • @googleuser8211
      @googleuser8211 Рік тому

      😄

    • @LWOODJ
      @LWOODJ Рік тому

      ​@@perry8181😂

  • @jackweinman
    @jackweinman 2 роки тому +141

    At 33 seconds you can see a very rare piece of JDM History! A white Nissan GT-R R34 strolling through the light on google street view. Tell me I’m not the only who noticed! It would be cool to see a It’s History episode solely on import cars and why the laws are so strict on importing JDM cars.

    • @hestheMaster
      @hestheMaster 2 роки тому +14

      It is a Google Street View snapshot from 35 W Ontario , Chicago IL on August of 2021.
      You can check on it to be sure. Congrats on seeing this 1/2 million dollar car BTW! He later turns
      left to go south on LaSalle but the Google camera loses him as he turns ahead on a yellow light!

    • @shitbergdickless6114
      @shitbergdickless6114 2 роки тому +12

      First thing I noticed lol

    • @slmhofy
      @slmhofy 2 роки тому +14

      I came straight to the comments as soon as I saw it 😁

    • @DaveXXX
      @DaveXXX 2 роки тому

      The topic of why the US is so strict on imports is cause of the whole Motorex scandal, and that's been talked about plenty even with people that were members of the auto group. Also why Canada did it too I'm pretty sure, but they limit it to 15 years as far as I'm aware opposed to the US' 25 years

    • @parkyt13
      @parkyt13 2 роки тому +1

      It's not really that rare. We just don't have them in the states.

  • @somebody220100
    @somebody220100 2 роки тому +52

    You should look into the hidden roads here like the tunnels under Ford City mall. During WWII Dodge built the engines for the B-29 Superfortress there, and because they were afraid of possible bombing and sabotage targeting they dug tunnels underground to transport the engines and personnel. When I was a kid I heard that the tunnels went all the way to Lake Michigan but I can’t confirm that’s actually true. Also look into the private highway called the “bat cave” that only the mayor and other VIPs are permitted to use to get in and out or the Loop.

    • @LanceGrey
      @LanceGrey 2 роки тому

      heard one tunnel went much closer to Midway.

    • @tapalmer99
      @tapalmer99 2 роки тому +3

      The tunnels to lake Michigan are just like the tunnels and major seaport cities Seattle New York San Francisco where people would be kidnapped or "Shanghai'd" into servitude

    • @LanceGrey
      @LanceGrey 2 роки тому

      @@tapalmer99 Except Chrysler made *AIRPLANE components*
      across the road (Rte.50) from Municipal *AIRPORT.* 😎

    • @imchris5000
      @imchris5000 2 роки тому +2

      time to go down the rabbit hole of deep underground military tunnels

  • @Syzfox
    @Syzfox 2 роки тому +38

    Chicago has a pedway system. Underground tunnels that lead between buildings in the heart of the city. And not the forgotten ones you covered before; but ones still in use

    • @ITSHISTORY
      @ITSHISTORY  2 роки тому +15

      I have been considering an episode about that!

    • @savage.4.24
      @savage.4.24 2 роки тому +7

      @@ITSHISTORY please do it! I enjoy your videos so much and ive learned so much!

    • @GrapeCollie
      @GrapeCollie 2 роки тому +1

      I got lost in the pedway

    • @notmitch2891
      @notmitch2891 2 роки тому +1

      How do you get to the pedway system? I’ve been here my whole life but I don’t think I’ve used the pedway system before

    • @GrapeCollie
      @GrapeCollie 2 роки тому +2

      @Santana Kidd there are entrances that say "pedway" you can find then on a map. Basically, I took it down from the city block thing by the pineapple hotel, and walked to millennium park, I didn't find stairs in millennium Station and ended up at street level and basically just climb like 5 sets of stairs to get to surface

  • @notmitch2891
    @notmitch2891 2 роки тому +21

    It’s crazy I’ve been in close proximity to all those buildings except the one on the south side and I never noticed how much they stand out in the crowd of buildings. Thank you for another history lesson of my city

  • @ITSHISTORY
    @ITSHISTORY  2 роки тому +10

    Regarding the error of Chicago's area. The retraction can be found in the "notice" section of the video's description.

    • @dogvom
      @dogvom 2 роки тому

      Why not just redo and repost the video?

  • @carstarsarstenstesenn
    @carstarsarstenstesenn 2 роки тому +106

    Ah, I see the Chicago Empire is doing well. Last time I checked, we only had 234 square miles of land.

    • @mellowyellow6572
      @mellowyellow6572 2 роки тому +6

      Yeah they gotta do a better job looking over these videos. It’s not the kind of mistake that can cause harm but it does hurt their integrity a bit.

    • @stormbreaker170
      @stormbreaker170 2 роки тому +6

      Chicago is woke trash for white liberals who are completely hypocritical to everything they support and live in a fake bubble within the city because you can leave the city and drive 45 minutes out of it in any direction and find that nothing that’s normal in Chicago is normal anywhere else

    • @mellowyellow6572
      @mellowyellow6572 2 роки тому +28

      @@stormbreaker170 At least liberals know what punctuation is.

    • @carstarsarstenstesenn
      @carstarsarstenstesenn 2 роки тому +21

      @@stormbreaker170 lmao I love how you say it's "for white liberals" even when the Hispanic and Asian populations in Chicago are growing rapidly

    • @gabe.6273
      @gabe.6273 2 роки тому +3

      @@stormbreaker170 yeah because Chicago is a city and the rest is suburbs.

  • @M16Ben
    @M16Ben 2 роки тому +27

    I've inspected many substations in Chicago, including the ones you featured in the video. One of the funny things about them is the secret parking spots for the downtown stations. That's where you'll find the real entrance to the station. Another one you didn't mention is the substation beneath the Sears Tower. There are some huge transformers there.

    • @joshdeskin6766
      @joshdeskin6766 2 роки тому +1

      You had me at secret parking spots, do tell more.

    • @M16Ben
      @M16Ben 2 роки тому +1

      @@joshdeskin6766 it's mostly a hidden in plain sight type of deal, just obscured by fences and off the beaten path, so no sidewalks

    • @popefacto5945
      @popefacto5945 2 роки тому

      That's the Wesley Willis Tower, sir...

    • @virtuerse
      @virtuerse 2 роки тому +12

      @@popefacto5945 Sir with all due respect, Sears Tower is the de facto name for the tallest building in the state. Willis tower as a name sux. Thank you for reading my well cited and constructive comment.

    • @nknasi
      @nknasi Рік тому +1

      @@popefacto5945 Chicagoan here, no one actually calls it that lol

  • @the1111code
    @the1111code Рік тому +1

    Great video! I started my career as an engineer intern with commonwealth edison and one thing i learned was the John Hancock Center serves as a neighborhood substation whereby incoming 138,000 volt transmission power direct from power stations is transformed into lower distribution voltages to serve not just the JH building, but many surrounding buildings!

  • @504RoadTrips
    @504RoadTrips 2 роки тому +11

    Wow. Chicago is almost as big as Texas with 234,000 square miles!

    • @ITSHISTORY
      @ITSHISTORY  2 роки тому +4

      Retraction posted. Thank you!

  • @salvadormeza375
    @salvadormeza375 2 роки тому +12

    You should do one on the steel mills of Chicago. Tons of good history there

    • @virtuerse
      @virtuerse 2 роки тому

      If one is interested, where should I start? Googling always helps but I’m asking if you know of any particular books on the subject that you recommend. Cheers.

    • @salvadormeza375
      @salvadormeza375 2 роки тому +1

      @@virtuerse yes! So there's tons of books and sites online. Exit Zero by Christine J. Walley detailed life for families around the mill. Chicago's South East side by rod sellers is another good book. There's a museum in the area there that has tons of resources if you can get in touch with them.

    • @virtuerse
      @virtuerse 2 роки тому +2

      @@salvadormeza375 you’re very kind, I appreciate your recommendations. I’ve done some exploring in the pedways myself but haven’t heard of the tunnels in Ford city until I perused this comment section. I will pass along anything interesting 😎

  • @richdiscoveries
    @richdiscoveries 2 роки тому +1

    I've heard and read bits and pieces of these buildings, but nothing as in-depth is this, thank you, awesome work

  • @timothysworld1028
    @timothysworld1028 2 роки тому +8

    Insull controlled an empire of $500 million with only $27 million in equity. His holding company collapsed during the Great Depression, wiping out the life savings of 600,000 shareholders. This led to the enactment of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.
    Insull fled the country initially to France. When the United States asked French authorities that he be extradited, Insull moved on to Greece, where there was not yet an extradition treaty with the US. He was later arrested and extradited back to the United States by Turkey in 1934
    He also empty out the employee retirement fund. I know because my grandfather worked for commonwealth Edison from 1921 till 1953.

  • @adelkheir
    @adelkheir 2 роки тому +19

    Does anyone noticed at the beginning of the video the r34 skyline gtr but me?
    I mean, it's an important video about Chicago and all, but it's an r34, a car that is not yet legal to import to America

    • @nikodemgranat2710
      @nikodemgranat2710 2 роки тому +1

      U were faster by 6 minutes, it's so improbable and awesome.

    • @charleebunch6637
      @charleebunch6637 2 роки тому +1

      This is America, if u have enough $$ nothing is illegal

    • @wyattsho
      @wyattsho 2 роки тому +1

      Well it’s not completely illegal to import them either. There are plenty of legal work arounds or loop holes that make it okay. Lol it is cool to see though

    • @adelkheir
      @adelkheir 2 роки тому

      @@wyattsho no actually they're not allowed to be imported because they're not older than 25 years.
      Now I remember that there used to be a company that imported skylines in general but the FBI shut them down after they found out that they falsified the r34's data about emissions and other things to make them appear that they conform to the EPA rules (all cars that are less than 25 years old must conform to federal EPA and safety regulations) and impounded (and I think crushed) the r34s that were in their garage.
      But the interesting twist is that those who DID buy the r34s through said importer before the FBI raid were allowed by the government to keep their purchase.
      So my guess the r34 in chicago is one of those who got imported this way.

    • @ZNP420
      @ZNP420 7 місяців тому

      I’m pretty sure that because of a car show in August of ‘21 (when that Google Image photo was taken) & that Skyline just happened to be in the city from Canada for said show!
      Just awesome timing apparently!
      I read this from another commenter but thought I should share!

  • @isorukuyamamoto7638
    @isorukuyamamoto7638 2 роки тому +2

    12:06 - it’s a bas relief, not a “carving.”

  • @SynchroSk8
    @SynchroSk8 Рік тому

    I work in the public transit industry, specifically light rail/streetcar and I have to say, the public art we utilize to help cover a Traction Power SubStation can be some of the best. I am always so pleased to see it not just be a basic, ugly box and instead an opportunity for more public art in our community.

  • @safetymikeengland
    @safetymikeengland 2 роки тому +5

    Chicago certainly does have some other mysteries I believe.

  • @banpeinet
    @banpeinet 2 роки тому +2

    Why is there a European electrical outlet shown at 10:26?

  • @kimberlyx4060
    @kimberlyx4060 Рік тому

    One Chicago point I know of that has gone under major changes was a generation plant that used to sit next to the border between Illinois and Indiana on the Lake Michigan shoreline. One can easily walk from one state to another. Often people don’t realize the marker there put in place over 160 plus years ago. Now sits a Data Center.

  • @osirisandilio
    @osirisandilio 2 роки тому +5

    The Blues mobile got it's super powers from being parked in one of these sub stations

  • @tomesaros
    @tomesaros 2 роки тому +22

    Why the hell would you leave volume of the intro so much louder than the rest of the video? My ears now hurt.

  • @collwood9524
    @collwood9524 2 роки тому +15

    I wish you would do a few videos on major factory/ mill towns like Youngstown Ohio, Gary Indiana, or even Akron Ohio. I would love to see one on some part of Youngstown Ohio vase history in the steel industry, the Warner brothers or how Youngstown impacted football. Gary and Akron also has a vas history too that would make great videos.

    • @ITSHISTORY
      @ITSHISTORY  2 роки тому +14

      Hey Colleen, those are great suggestions and you might be surprised to hear I have already been considering "The Rise and Fall of Gary Indiana" for a while now - but after seeing this request it's officially going on my list of videos to produce!

    • @juanhartley4897
      @juanhartley4897 2 роки тому +3

      Even a segment on the Ohio Erie Canal would be really interesting to me. There’s a mural in Cincinnati on Central Park way and it’s really inspiring to drive past.

    • @ITSHISTORY
      @ITSHISTORY  2 роки тому +1

      Oh wow! if you email me a picture of that I'd post it for everyone to enjoy!

    • @collwood9524
      @collwood9524 2 роки тому

      @@ITSHISTORY I found that out after I joined your fan page. Thanks for what you do and can't wait for your videos in the future.

  • @shindoman66
    @shindoman66 2 роки тому +6

    Hey great video but that intro is too loud man

  • @hapaboy0808
    @hapaboy0808 2 роки тому

    Awesome video, I learned something today! I live in the city and have seen these buildings but never really thought much about them, especially architecturally.

  • @rivs2439
    @rivs2439 Рік тому +1

    Next Chicago History you need to cover John Conrad of Edison and how one of the substation fires birthed the creation of the modern fuse system.

  • @pandersonnike
    @pandersonnike 2 роки тому +2

    I live in the Chicago area, and it's fascinating how I always learn more and more about the city. That said, and I am being a little bias being a suburbanite, but the suburbs even have their own history as well. Especially in places like Evanston and Oak Park, but if you go to West Chicago and you'll find out the Chicago Golf Club was one of 5 founding members for the USGA. Obviously sports history there, but an example of a lot of little stuff that is interesting out here.

    • @tak_tak62
      @tak_tak62 2 роки тому

      I’m from Evanston!!!

  • @freetolook3727
    @freetolook3727 2 роки тому +10

    234,000 square miles???
    That would mean Chicago is 483 miles long on each side.

    • @stiiimes
      @stiiimes 2 роки тому +1

      Its 234 square miles

    • @ITSHISTORY
      @ITSHISTORY  2 роки тому +1

      Retraction posted. Thank you!

    • @annapavfan4680
      @annapavfan4680 Рік тому

      Might as well be 😂, great city

  • @042509am
    @042509am 10 місяців тому

    Sad it took me so long to find this channel. Cmon UA-cam what’s up. Should’ve suggested this forever ago!

  • @Cheesybiscuit404
    @Cheesybiscuit404 2 роки тому +10

    The most deafening of intros 🙃💀

  • @seanhayes1965
    @seanhayes1965 2 роки тому +1

    The ComEd building was designed to resemble the Hard Rock Cafe at 63 w ontario, back in 1985.

  • @pandersonnike
    @pandersonnike 2 роки тому +1

    I worked across from that AT&T building. Well, technically still do, but still remote due to covid. I always knew it was for equipment, hence no windows, but the elements of speculation of what might be in there is fascinating. I have always wondered what it looks like inside since the top stories have windows indicating offices.

    • @mikehatter979
      @mikehatter979 2 роки тому +3

      I worked in it. Top floors are offices, all the rest are filled with telecom equipment and lots of cables and wires. Some floors weren't accessible to phone company employees because they contained government circuits. Building was designed to survive a nuke blast, walls and supports are very thick (there are a few phone company buildings like it scattered around the country in key locations). There is a jet engine on the property that functions as a generator. During the loop flood back in the early 90's it supposedly powered a large portion of the loop.

  • @marcISagg
    @marcISagg 2 роки тому +5

    I like how edison keeps most of there locations not on google maps. cant google maps your local substation gotta learn 😊

  • @johnray5466
    @johnray5466 2 роки тому +2

    R34 just cruising at 0:38 lol are they legal here now?

  • @alexsmily6896
    @alexsmily6896 2 роки тому +1

    Do you think you can findout if there are forgotten tunnels in illiopolis illinois under the old bunkers and arsenal plant from ww2

    • @ITSHISTORY
      @ITSHISTORY  2 роки тому

      Really cool idea - do you have any other details?

    • @denali9449
      @denali9449 Рік тому

      @@ITSHISTORY I believe the property is a part of Bayer Ag Services today, DeKalb Seed had it for a while after the war.. Small plant manufacturing artillery shells. I have been all through a couple of WWII ammo plants and never found any 'tunnels'.

  • @CrimsonRaven51
    @CrimsonRaven51 2 роки тому +1

    Born and raised in Chicago. Never knew this. I’m 71.

  • @qice1
    @qice1 2 роки тому

    Wow I didn't know this about my own city. Great information video.

  • @ARGOS-THOR
    @ARGOS-THOR 2 роки тому +2

    0:30 that GTR got carbon front fenders! Daaaayum.

  • @xXSSGamingXx
    @xXSSGamingXx 2 роки тому +3

    Is no one going to mention the fact that there’s an R32 GTR at 0:28 ?

  • @Brian_rock_railfan
    @Brian_rock_railfan 2 роки тому +1

    Great video 👍😮

  • @Diddy_Doodat
    @Diddy_Doodat 2 роки тому

    13:22 a part of this building has workers. This building is across the street from union station.

  • @jjeherrera
    @jjeherrera 2 роки тому +1

    Wonderful engineering blended with interesting architecture!

  • @sketchywolf9387
    @sketchywolf9387 2 роки тому +5

    The fuck!? An R34 Skyline in Chicago? At 0:40

    • @thecoop488
      @thecoop488 2 роки тому +3

      Dude payed a nice price to get that no doubt.

    • @sketchywolf9387
      @sketchywolf9387 2 роки тому

      @@thecoop488 Extremely overrated JDM for sure. How he got it here before the 25 year Restriction is beyond me

  • @shanereiter2542
    @shanereiter2542 2 роки тому

    Great video, have you considered doing a rise/ fall video on South Bend, Indiana? The rise and fall of Studebaker in the city and how Notre Dame has kept the city afloat? It's a sad but interesting story and I think your take on it would be amazing.

  • @ST-hc6ux
    @ST-hc6ux 2 роки тому +2

    Bro there is a building on 10 lake street right below the lake street platform and it has no windows and one door then in google maps the put a fake trailer in front of the building I see it all the time and have no idea what it is

  • @scotthansel3703
    @scotthansel3703 2 роки тому +1

    Ryan I have done research on Illinois research hospital in Chicago, ill but could not find out any history or what ever happened to it. The hospital seems to have been lost to history. I know it existed because I was born there in June 1958.

  • @ned_interrobang
    @ned_interrobang 2 роки тому

    have a video on the pedway system?

  • @superior451
    @superior451 2 роки тому

    how about with Bell exchange buildings?

  • @rafanifischer3152
    @rafanifischer3152 2 роки тому +6

    Chicago must have grown since last time I was there. 234,000 square miles? It's more like 10,000 square miles.

  • @Anon0nline
    @Anon0nline 2 роки тому

    These are not restricted to Downtown. They have them on the Northside, Southside and Westside as well. There are also faux-buildings used for CTA storage as well.

  • @LanceGrey
    @LanceGrey 2 роки тому +1

    A number open-air substations vacinity of 'El' stations on the northside. Big walled one SE of Diversey & Lincoln in the triangle alley island. Google Earth flight path over the Ravenswood line to spot more within a block or 2 from the tracks. Walking tour may be in order for loud hummm noise behind 15' old brick walls. one caveat: I moved abt.~20 years ago.

  • @therick4964
    @therick4964 2 роки тому +1

    Anyone else pick up on the D.C. plug at 10:25.

  • @jameshanson9938
    @jameshanson9938 2 роки тому +1

    dang. really need to turn that into music down scares the crap out of me every time haha

  • @AshLilburne
    @AshLilburne 2 роки тому +2

    Why dont they build on top of these sub-stations in the city areas? Even if its just a car park it still frees up more space..?

    • @charleebunch6637
      @charleebunch6637 2 роки тому +1

      Please don't give them any ideas to get more $ from people

    • @AshLilburne
      @AshLilburne 2 роки тому +1

      I was thinking freed up areas could be used for green spaces, improving public transport access, etc.. Cities are slowly realising the mistakes of the past I feel.

  • @jrriels963
    @jrriels963 2 роки тому

    Hey, great vid, just subscribed! It would be GREAT if you did some vids like this on the same subject for cities like Atlanta GA, Columbia SC, etc. I know there is a strange building (purpose unknown to me) with highly tinted windows around downtown Columbia SC (USC Campus area), and I've heard similar things about Sumter SC, which is not even that urban. I have fam in SC, if you could look into those areas, that would be very interesting.

  • @loribach534
    @loribach534 2 роки тому +1

    Outstanding work! I never knew they existed.

  • @salsheikh4508
    @salsheikh4508 2 роки тому

    Great Video

  • @javierrojas2547
    @javierrojas2547 2 роки тому

    Is that a nissan R-34 in the first picture of the fake building??

  • @swartzenegger91
    @swartzenegger91 11 місяців тому

    I used to live in Lincoln Park and I believe I passed one of these every day walking to the El. It was 1017 W Lill Ave
    I was always curious about it...

  • @brendakrieger7000
    @brendakrieger7000 2 роки тому +1

    Wow, these are fantastic

  • @FordFracture
    @FordFracture 2 роки тому +4

    I fucking hate these little teasers 😤 I rarely get a break long enough to set down and watch something and when I do I come across a video to watch and it's a teaser !

    • @jonnydanger7181
      @jonnydanger7181 2 роки тому

      Set a reminder!

    • @ITSHISTORY
      @ITSHISTORY  2 роки тому +1

      I feel the same way - but when we don't use this feature the videos get far less views. Just remember that new videos come out every thursday at 6PM ET and you can ignore the rest :)

  • @thepyropc_
    @thepyropc_ 2 роки тому

    U should do the underground substations like under the sears tower

  • @MrPeperonio
    @MrPeperonio Рік тому

    cool video! :D

  • @tburrrg2502
    @tburrrg2502 2 роки тому +1

    Ayyyeee the Leo building! I worked in there and got stuck in the elevator for 17 min haha

  • @saulomenezes3764
    @saulomenezes3764 2 роки тому +2

    The "Art Déco" and consequently Modern Architecture of Chicago , for example, was influenceted by the Egyptians figures and architecture, also pré colombian Central Alerica's civilization - as the Maya Civilization...

    • @sc1338
      @sc1338 2 роки тому

      A bit yes

  • @gobbletegook
    @gobbletegook Рік тому

    The phone companies had (and still have) so many buildings in residential areas that house the old switching networks. They fit in perfectly...and are in all cities and suburbs

  • @NJDronesincorporated
    @NJDronesincorporated 2 роки тому

    0:27 nice GT-R driving by

  • @stevenj2380
    @stevenj2380 2 роки тому

    Con Ed NY does not like it substations to be though about . Locally they are very plain to see (except for 7 WTC) and the one sorta looking like a row of attached low bldgs. along the Bruckner Expressway in The Bronx

  • @tinderbox218
    @tinderbox218 2 роки тому

    It raises the question, it doesn’t beg the question.

  • @Wyowanderer
    @Wyowanderer 2 роки тому +2

    Your intro music level is too high - please fix it.

  • @genkiferal7178
    @genkiferal7178 2 роки тому

    I wonder of that building in NYC/Manhattan on the east side somehwere below 40th st that has all of its windows covered is also a utility building. Some people have conspiracy theories about that building.

  • @jamesholmes1671
    @jamesholmes1671 2 роки тому +1

    Had a hard time getting beyond the opening statement that Chicago’s area is 234,000 square miles. That area is closer to all the the nearest states. Chicago is just more than 234 square miles.

  • @matttaylor2009
    @matttaylor2009 2 роки тому +1

    Cool one to do would be new river gorge in West Virgina

  • @promiscuous5761
    @promiscuous5761 2 роки тому

    Thank you.

  • @valiantredneck
    @valiantredneck 2 роки тому +2

    1:15
    An interesting video and an interesting topic ruined by some filthy commercial.

  • @orchidrose1410
    @orchidrose1410 2 роки тому +1

    Intro music jump scare😂🤣

  • @clay282
    @clay282 2 роки тому +4

    I love your videos… I hate this premier stuff! I watch on my smart TV. For days the video shows up in the cue and I can’t watch it. Then by the time it premiers, I’ve seen the damned thumbnail so long, I click right by it and skip it. I think there’s a reason people stopped with the “video premiers” and this is it. By the time it shows up, we’re over it already.

  • @georgem7965
    @georgem7965 2 роки тому +2

    The geographic area of the City of Chicago is NOT 234,000 square miles. That would make it about the size of the states of Montana and Wyoming combined. It is possibly 234 square miles.

    • @ITSHISTORY
      @ITSHISTORY  2 роки тому

      Retraction posted. Thank you!

  • @MikeHarris1984
    @MikeHarris1984 2 роки тому

    god damn! That into was LOUD!!!!! Please adjust the volume on that. The narration is a good volume, but then that intro came out of no where and damn near made me deaf. Otherwise, great info and love the channel!

  • @arnes.7945
    @arnes.7945 2 роки тому +1

    Heavy rdr2 vibes when you mentioned the pinkertons 😓😂

  • @67comet
    @67comet 2 роки тому +4

    Holly loud music batman.
    Really good show otherwise.. Great find..

    • @messnerkr
      @messnerkr 2 роки тому +3

      0:53 RIDICULOUSLY loud "theme music"

    • @prupp89
      @prupp89 2 роки тому +3

      I'm glad I wasn't the only one! The intro music needs to be turned way down... Scared the crap out of me and my dog!

  • @joshhutch4432
    @joshhutch4432 2 роки тому +1

    Nationwise???

  • @claudiamiller7730
    @claudiamiller7730 2 роки тому

    Um…at 8:10…I don’t think any double decker cars ever ran on the “L” tracks in the city and to the north and western burbs….trains - yes…but not the “L”…

  • @JacobAAllen
    @JacobAAllen Рік тому

    Carbon footprint off sets are one of the biggest scams out there. You should do a It’s history on carbon off sets and company’s that claim there “green.”

  • @AFROTODAYBILLI
    @AFROTODAYBILLI 2 роки тому

    Do a video on Darby, PA.

  • @rednwhitecooper
    @rednwhitecooper 2 роки тому +1

    Is that an R34 in downtown Chicago or am I having a stroke?

  • @safetymikeengland
    @safetymikeengland 2 роки тому

    Good job

  • @siliconinsect
    @siliconinsect 2 роки тому +1

    There's one I walk past everyday here in Cleveland.

  • @thebajabobusa
    @thebajabobusa Рік тому +1

    234 square miles, not 234,000 square miles. Whats a decimal point or 3?

  • @jopiaspieder1184
    @jopiaspieder1184 2 роки тому

    I've seen all of these Sub Stations too

  • @ohnoohyeah3205
    @ohnoohyeah3205 2 роки тому

    Theres a bare substation, no building, all towers and metal framework, here in Raleigh, NC. They just shine a bunch of purple lights on it at night and it looks rather cool.
    Is there anything cool about Raleigh? Eh, as a Detroiter, I'd enjoy a video about any possible cool history of Raleigh.

  • @viiriix6525
    @viiriix6525 2 роки тому

    Casual R34 GTR @ 0:40

  • @mykofreder1682
    @mykofreder1682 2 роки тому

    The telephone switching buildings are a relic of mechanical telephone switches and rotary phones. In today's router age and death of land lines they are either filled with museum equipment or empty with a floor or 2 of fiber and internet hardware.

  • @scottmochinski5447
    @scottmochinski5447 Рік тому +1

    Did you say 234,000 square miles???

  • @FoardFow
    @FoardFow 2 роки тому +4

    234,00 square miles??? That's almost Texas size,,,, What ??

    • @ITSHISTORY
      @ITSHISTORY  2 роки тому

      Retraction posted. Thank you!

  • @AyeVince
    @AyeVince 2 роки тому +1

    Love the r34 in the first pic

  • @JerryCrow
    @JerryCrow 2 роки тому +1

    Goddamn i fucking hate pinkertons. Great vid, i like this era of human advancement, it would be so nice to have a time machine to experience life in black and white and in 10fps...

  • @zacharycreager4204
    @zacharycreager4204 2 роки тому

    Please tell me I'm not the only one that was like "hey a gtr!"

  • @brianglade848
    @brianglade848 2 роки тому

    In 1977 I told my dad the Daley Plaza was fake, so dad decides to walk in and smoke cigarettes butts he found in the men's room, and start yelling like an ape, back the it was only 25 bucks to get him out of jail, he then asked if the Cook County building was fake....I said yep, dropped him off and drove away....never seen him since

  • @KyleRichter23
    @KyleRichter23 2 роки тому

    Just a low key Nissan R34 GTR at 0:34

  • @lorenfulghum2393
    @lorenfulghum2393 2 роки тому

    NYC has these too.