Why I Like the Chicago ‘L’
A visit from an NYC friend yesterday reminded me how much I prefer the Chicago ‘L’–and Chicago, in general–over New York and its (apparently) increasingly dangerous subway. Click above to view my premiere video blog and I’ll tell you my reasons why.
(Video: On the NYC subway, sitting in pee is the least of your worries….)
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Where'd Chicago Go?: Skyscraper Roofdeck Fog Bank
It's one thing to watch the Sears Tower disappear into the murky whiteness from below. It's quite another to stand atop one of Marina City's twin, 61st-floor open-air roofdecks and try and make out the Chicago Loop from inside an aerial fog bank, itself.
It's one thing to watch the Sears Tower disappear into the murky whiteness from below. It's quite another to stand atop one of Marina City's twin, 61st-floor open-air roofdecks and try and make out the Chicago Loop from inside an aerial fog bank, itself.
You Can't Get There from Here
It doesn't take a grad school education to figure out where you want to go before you get there. And to pick up a map, or a phone, or a laptop and figure out, where you're going. Yes, young St. Louis couple who asked me how to get to Union Station so you could take a train to Wrigley Field, this means you.
It doesn't take a grad school education to figure out where you want to go before you get there. And to pick up a map, or a phone, or a laptop and figure out, where you're going. Yes, young St. Louis couple who asked me how to get to Union Station so you could take a train to Wrigley Field, this means you.
Another Dropped Ball by CTA Communications Staff
Four weeks ago, CTA communications staff told me the agency would adopt a suggestion of mine to make it easier for riders to find weekend service diversion information. I celebrated that decision on this blog. Trouble is, a month later CTA hasn't bothered to actually make the change.
Four weeks ago, CTA communications staff told me the agency would adopt a suggestion of mine to make it easier for riders to find weekend service diversion information. I celebrated that decision on this blog. Trouble is, a month later CTA hasn't bothered to actually make the change.
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What a cool idea to home decor. And “carrying my debit card in my Keds’…priceless.
(now I fully understand your facebook post about the better lighting)
Thanks, neighbor!
For the record for anyone interested, I’m using a nifty, teeny Flip Mino camcorder (the sub-$200, non-HD model). I could upload the video from the associated FlipShare software from my Mac directly to YouTube, but the quality penalty is too high.
Instead, I’m compressing the native AVI files with (the now-defunct but still-working) iSquint and uploading manually to (the no self-serving ads allowed) Vimeo, which takes a bit longer but preserves an amazing amount of quality and detail.
I have the Flip also! Mine’s the older version however (the Flip Ultra I believe). I recently lost it which is a tad troublesome because I have 2 pretty embarassing videos of me sobbing on it the night I turned 30.
So are the video blogs going to become a regular thing like your weekly podcast?
Must’ve been another Tony living in NYC, and sounds a bit like an urban legend. Gotham is still the just about the safest big town in Amurka
Go Chi-City!! Moving up in the world.
LOL! What the difference between New Yorkers & Chicagoans? Next videoblog?
I mostly love riding on the CTA!
It’s only when people use the platforms and CTA elevators as urinals that I’m not so convinced.
Every day, someone pisses in the Red Line elevator. Every. Single. Day.
*eyeroll*
I enjoyed the post! I think I generally agree with your comparative judgements about the L vs. the NY subway.
You might be interested in a recent post I wrote at my blog titled “against those who complain about public transit in Chicago”
http://pink-scare.blogspot.com/2009/06/against-those-who-complain-about-public.html