tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post4340920014005359615..comments2024-03-28T07:48:39.396-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Union Station: fix the gross part, save the sagging stone stepsNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-8926265429596578532017-01-29T08:07:30.456-06:002017-01-29T08:07:30.456-06:00FME might have a point about the Costco prayer. Us...FME might have a point about the Costco prayer. Usually I do not agree with him or Trump. It may not be the praying that bothered her but more the wonder of if it was terrorists under those coverings, possibly males,that pose as Muslims when they are not true Muslims in thought. Take note of recent tragedies. And while a full blanket ban is wrong, we must vet more carefully. Moderation is the key. Neither being pc or full banning. People kid themselves when they compare this to the Holocaust.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-12477051599047813912015-01-30T19:22:02.649-06:002015-01-30T19:22:02.649-06:00Careful with the Grand Hall, oh great planning com...Careful with the Grand Hall, oh great planning committee. It's one of the last vestiges of an historical vision of Chicago as Great City was supposed to be. It's a public temple, meant to honor and inspire the common man. It's a most lovely place to sit upon a wooden bench and listen to the cathedral acoustics of heaven. Take care of the leaks, but leave the Grand Hall alone. Don't replace the worn marble stairs unless you also have a contract to rehab the Parthenon.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01041699650436212666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-69941071637768308102015-01-30T16:03:24.062-06:002015-01-30T16:03:24.062-06:00Uhhhh....thanks for catching that Ralph.....make t...Uhhhh....thanks for catching that Ralph.....make that the SOUTH platform is a paradise compared to the NORTH.Ed Basshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04618791137642815414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-63228000907305360092015-01-30T15:24:02.681-06:002015-01-30T15:24:02.681-06:00I don't take Metra regularly any longer, but u...I don't take Metra regularly any longer, but used the north platform daily for 15 years. It's a pleasure to use compared to the south platform, but still a hellhole of it's own. I agree about those marble stairs. The first few times I used them I thought "holy crap, someone's going to kill themselves on these things!!" Now, however, I think about all the others who have used them over the decades, and it makes me smile....and I think of the baby carriage. It would be sad to see them "fixed".Ed Basshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04618791137642815414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-38459748050492401732015-01-30T11:51:47.605-06:002015-01-30T11:51:47.605-06:00Union Station has very likely damaged children'...Union Station has very likely damaged children's hearing and taken years off the lives of people who get to their trains early and/or get stuck in the soot-breathing cattle shuffle exiting the place during the morning commute. I'm surprised nobody has sued yet.Anon-not-Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-70373772670744212532015-01-30T02:21:00.062-06:002015-01-30T02:21:00.062-06:00Yes. I always think of it when I'm shuffling i...Yes. I always think of it when I'm shuffling in line, trying to get out of Union Station. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-2075266751709336242015-01-29T23:43:52.689-06:002015-01-29T23:43:52.689-06:00I walk down them about once a week. Not too many d...I walk down them about once a week. Not too many do anymore.<br />But you must remember that the building is owned by that billionaire creep, Sam Zell, who also removed the magnificent ceiling mural "Making the news", from there & has yet to return it to the ceiling.<br />Supposedly it's in a Milwaukee restoration studio, but almost no one believes him.Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-18279704794600760432015-01-29T23:11:14.528-06:002015-01-29T23:11:14.528-06:00Isn't the black and white photo above a still ...Isn't the black and white photo above a still from the old silent movie, "Metropolis" ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-74383061011975400062015-01-29T19:50:29.651-06:002015-01-29T19:50:29.651-06:00Have you ever checked out the worn marble stairs i...Have you ever checked out the worn marble stairs in the Chicago Daily News building across the street? Coming out the north entrance of Union Station and going in the lobby and climbing to the second floor there is truly one of the highlights of my day.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02616842259602107109noreply@blogger.com