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Chicago Is Spending $444 Million on a Single Train Station — Here’s Why

165 views · Aug 23, 2026 · Entertainment

Comments · 2

  • @davidaldinger113 · 1 month ago

    A gargantuan mistake was made in the late when the existing concourse was demolished and a less desirable one was put in under a new building.

  • @ChristianGustafson · 1 month ago

    In 1925 Chicago was the fourth or fifth largest city in the world.

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