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| Shad Steve Vargo posted Found the bricked up stairwell of a lost station off of Commercial Avenue. Does anyone have any info of the station that stood here Or maybe any pictures? |
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| Bob Lalich commented on Shad's posting The bricked up openings led to the elevated platforms of PRR's South Chicago Station. One opening was for the passenger stairway. The other was for a baggage elevator. The main building was located at ground level. Shad Steve Vargo This is the answer to my question! Did the station come down with the building of the Chicago Skyway? Bob Lalich The short answer is yes. According to PRR timetables, the South Chicago station stop for the Valpo trains had been eliminated by November of 1952. I'm not sure when the long distance trains discontinued the stop. Photos from the mid-50s show the passenger station in place. It and the freight station west of Commercial Ave were both razed to make room for the Skyway. Plans for a roadway to connect the Outer Drive to Indiana along the NYC-PRR corridor had begun as early as the 1930's WPA era, according to HAER. Lawrence Smith This is a very historic photo from the track elevation days. I have researched many track elev photos and have never seen this one. This photo, from 1912 shows the newly elevated tracks in the background and some tracks in front of the station. Wonder if the latter tracks are originals from pre-track elevation days that used to cross the IC at grade at Grand Crossing b/4 the elevation was finished. Bob Lalich The tracks in front of the station are streetcar tracks. [Bob Lalich Flickr Photo of PRR company photo] |
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| John W. Barriger III Flickr Photo |
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| Comments on John's Flickr photo |
The yellow rectangle highlights the freight house and the green rectangle is for the passenger station.
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| 1938 Aerial Photo from ILHAP |
Before Track Elevation
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| Marty Gatton shared a Jeff Nichols' photo Pennsylvania Railroad East Side station, 100th Street and Ewing Avenue, c. 1908. Source: Pullman State Historic Site, Southeast Chicago Historical Society Did Pennsy move their South Chicago Station from Ewing to Commercial when they elevated the tracks? |
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