Grid Shots: New perspectives

By On August 28, 2011 · 4 Comments

Rahm Emanuel has been mayor for 100 days. Toni Preckwinkle has been Cook County president for 100 days. Forrest Claypool has been president of the Chicago Transit Authority for 100 days.

What has happened? What will happen?

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Looking west from the Damen Pink Line CTA station in Pilsen, Chicago. Photo by Chris Diers. 

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A Metra train at the Berwyn, Illinois, station. Photo by Sam Dickey. 

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A Green Line CTA train at about 4700 W Lake Street in Chicago. Photo by Gabriel Xavier Michael.

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  • http://profiles.google.com/alottes Ash L

    HDR makes everything better

    • http://www.stevevance.net/planning Steven Vance

      It’s really weird. It’s actually a normal practice to use when there’s a lot of backlighting. My camera, Sony DSC-HX5, has a “Backlight HDR” feature, but it doesn’t do the artistic stuff – just takes two photos and merges them together with software, automatically.

  • http://acityguy.wordpress.com andrewesque

    These are gorgeous!

    The shot of the Green Line also unfortunately reminds me of how much of the Lake St L runs over abandoned lots and empty land/the economic depression of the West Side. It always surprises me whenever I take the Green Line west how fast it changes from densely build-up city center to empty lots.

    • http://www.stevevance.net Steven Vance

      Someone pointed out in another discussion the long distance between stations on the Green Line (and at the point he mentioned, Damen, shared with the Pink Line). There used to be a station at Damen. There also used to be a station at Kostner, halfway between Pulaski and Cicero.

      Green Line history: http://www.chicago-l.org/operations/lines/lake.html