silvia
― La Lechera, Friday, 7 December 2007 21:14 (sixteen years ago) link
does anyone know anything about the red-blue line superstation planned for Block 37? I keep reading that the platform and tracks will be connected, but I don't understand how the tracks can be connected.
― Jesse, Friday, 7 December 2007 21:14 (sixteen years ago) link
welding
― dan m, Friday, 7 December 2007 21:14 (sixteen years ago) link
I could see a superstation going from Washington/Michigan to Washington/Dearborn, but I guess that's how the two stations were connected before the station closed.
― Eazy, Friday, 7 December 2007 21:15 (sixteen years ago) link
it would be pretty unsafe to put a train on tracks that weren't connected to anything.
― chicago kevin, Friday, 7 December 2007 21:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Construction to modify the State Street subway platform for connecting tunnels and tracks that will link the Red and Blue Line subways and connect them to the planned rapid transit station at 108 N. State Street begins 12:00 midnight, Monday, October 23, 2006.
from the CTA's news release
― Jesse, Friday, 7 December 2007 21:19 (sixteen years ago) link
that's State St. in Wisconsin, btw
― Jordan, Friday, 7 December 2007 21:23 (sixteen years ago) link
That Blue transit center over at Clark/Lake is such a shiny big one that they won't replace that, I'm sure, so maybe the blue will jut over an extra block and run by a platform connecting to the red platform? I can't imagine that they would put both trains on the same track -- that would just gum up everything.
― Eazy, Friday, 7 December 2007 21:25 (sixteen years ago) link
I would imagine they say "connect" in the same manner that the Red Line is connected to the elevated Loop tracks or like the Paulina connecting track before it became part of the Pink line. There is a tunnel that breaks off of the Blue between Grand and C/L, too.
― dan m, Friday, 7 December 2007 21:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Construction to modify the State Street subway platform for connecting tunnels and tracks
^^that wording is lacking and ambiguous
― Jesse, Friday, 7 December 2007 21:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Write an angry email to the CTA.
― dan m, Friday, 7 December 2007 21:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Why can't I find anything online that shows an artist's rendering of the completed superstation?
― Jesse, Friday, 7 December 2007 21:57 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.ucip.org/images/legacy/index/superstation1.gif
― Jordan, Friday, 7 December 2007 21:58 (sixteen years ago) link
http://transit.toronto.on.ca/images/subway-5122-05.jpg
― Eazy, Friday, 7 December 2007 22:01 (sixteen years ago) link
LIAR!
http://transit.toronto.on.ca!!!!!!!!!!!!!/images/subway-5122-05.jpg
― Jesse, Friday, 7 December 2007 22:02 (sixteen years ago) link
here come the martian martians
― n/a, Friday, 7 December 2007 22:02 (sixteen years ago) link
I would love to have that drawing framed on my living-room wall.
― Eazy, Friday, 7 December 2007 22:03 (sixteen years ago) link
the perspective on that thing is kkkkeeerazy
― n/a, Friday, 7 December 2007 22:06 (sixteen years ago) link
like if you look in the foreground and you imagine that those tubes are sitting on the surface of the street instead of under the street but for some reason the people inside are half as tall as the people outside, and suddenly it's an m.c. escher painting
― n/a, Friday, 7 December 2007 22:07 (sixteen years ago) link
I like the two women in matching outfits on the sidewalk.
― Eazy, Friday, 7 December 2007 22:10 (sixteen years ago) link
And those trees must be 50 feet tall.
― Eazy, Friday, 7 December 2007 22:11 (sixteen years ago) link
A 50 foot tree is not unlikely, is it?
― Jesse, Friday, 7 December 2007 22:17 (sixteen years ago) link
later gators, i'm going home and going to bed.
― chicago kevin, Friday, 7 December 2007 22:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Going home and going to bed ruined my Friday night... I'm sorry I didn't make it out, guys.
― dan m, Saturday, 8 December 2007 17:25 (sixteen years ago) link
50 foot tree is likely. Here's a real photo of that station.
I have to be far away from Ronny's 'til 11 or midnight, so I may have to miss the extravaganza tonight, alas alas.
― Eazy, Saturday, 8 December 2007 17:42 (sixteen years ago) link
:-(
― gbx, Saturday, 8 December 2007 18:44 (sixteen years ago) link
i had a great time last night, thanks everyone that helped me celebrate!
any idea about the timing of the show tonight? we'd like to come but are both exhausted and so knowing when everyone is on would help with planning...
― colette, Saturday, 8 December 2007 18:47 (sixteen years ago) link
Thanks for having us over! I'm really glad that I was able to make it because I had a grand time.
Jesse, do you remember this?
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2331/2095323249_d2a0f6c802.jpg
― Jenny, Saturday, 8 December 2007 19:10 (sixteen years ago) link
Also:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2395/2096097212_a2e355489a.jpg
― Jenny, Saturday, 8 December 2007 19:11 (sixteen years ago) link
show starts at 9 - 9:30ish, spectacles play first, then sharks, then us, with poem2song and magic in between sets i think? i like all the bands playing tonight so i would tell people to get there early but my guess is sharks will start around 10-10:30ish and we'll start about an hour after that?
― n/a, Saturday, 8 December 2007 19:43 (sixteen years ago) link
I do remember that! I have a video of that day too! Let's eat 'shrooms again soon. You're got a lawyering job now, it'll be fine.
― Jesse, Saturday, 8 December 2007 20:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Attn: lawyers
Some of my coworkers and I have questions about collective bargaining and NICA (Nat'l Independent Contractor Association). We are....disgruntled.
― gbx, Saturday, 8 December 2007 22:06 (sixteen years ago) link
C-I'm sorry I didn't make it to the party last night, many happy congratulations! N & S, no chance you guys are going on earlier than 11:30ish, is there? I promise I'll make it one of these days, but I have a 11:30 call at the Playground. boo.
― sisut, Saturday, 8 December 2007 22:26 (sixteen years ago) link
wow, i just did a crossword with "stereolab", "ween", and "rilo" (kiley) as answers. actually i've never heard rilo kiley, but that one shows up in puzzles all the time.
― Jordan, Saturday, 8 December 2007 22:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Attn: bike messengers
Email me.
― Jenny, Sunday, 9 December 2007 01:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Attn Xwrdrz stfu, srsment
― Jesse, Sunday, 9 December 2007 09:48 (sixteen years ago) link
uh, jk?
― Jesse, Sunday, 9 December 2007 09:54 (sixteen years ago) link
My last crossword had RILO in it.
And I just did a new one, but I have to wait until tomorrow morning before I can import it into Crossword Weaver (which is only available for PC).
― jaymc, Sunday, 9 December 2007 22:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Jesse, I can't tell if you're actually annoyed by the crossword puzzle talk on this thread or not. You've made a couple comments that make me think you are, but maybe I'm just reading into it too much.
― jaymc, Sunday, 9 December 2007 22:10 (sixteen years ago) link
Earlier all I said was that I was surprised that there wasn't a crossword thread. And then when I wrote STFU, I was drunk and utterly unreasonable.
― Jesse, Monday, 10 December 2007 05:25 (sixteen years ago) link
And I wanted to use the abbreviation "srsmt" b/c I thought it was clever.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2148/2100238048_0c7737317a_b.jpg
IS THIS, OR IS THIS *NOT* THE BEST CHRISTMAS CARD YOU'VE EVER SEEN???
(despite my crappy scan of it, and the sloppy redaction of the phone number)
From Robin Ru550.
― Jesse, Monday, 10 December 2007 06:01 (sixteen years ago) link
= Serieusement?
― Eazy, Monday, 10 December 2007 13:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Good morning! How was the show last night, Eric? I ended up not leaving the apartment once yesterday. I didn't even open the door!
― KitCat, Monday, 10 December 2007 14:41 (sixteen years ago) link
And I just did a new one, but I have to wait until tomorrow morning before I can import it into Crossword Weaver
So what did you do it on?
― Jordan, Monday, 10 December 2007 15:11 (sixteen years ago) link
I fulfilled my xword fantasy yesterday. :) It involved the NYT puzzle, for one thing.
― Jordan, Monday, 10 December 2007 15:23 (sixteen years ago) link
i think that's supposed to be notated with :) :) :) jordan.
― chicago kevin, Monday, 10 December 2007 15:25 (sixteen years ago) link
i was being modest :) :) :)
― Jordan, Monday, 10 December 2007 15:32 (sixteen years ago) link
but for real, actually finishing that puzzle took alllll day, and some community assistance.
― Jordan, Monday, 10 December 2007 15:33 (sixteen years ago) link
but for real, actually finishing that puzzle took alllll day,
my heart's not exactly breaking over here...
― chicago kevin, Monday, 10 December 2007 15:35 (sixteen years ago) link