[Magdalen] Riding the CTA.

[Joseph Cirou]

When I was at St. Florian's I was part of a successful group that opposed
the airport on the East Side. I was part of a procession around City Hall
in which we iused Psalm 72 and other prayers in peaceful protest against
Mayor Daley who is a good Catholic. Some of the pols tried to get me in
trouble with the chancery office, but it didn't work

Joe Cirou

On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 2:31 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hegewisch?  Yikes, That's probably the furthest "downstate" part of
> Chicagoland.  I spent many a summer month in Chicago when I was a teen and
> into my early 20's.  My cousins live a half block south of 111th Street
> between Kedzie and Western.  (Mount Greenwood--19th Ward, Saint Christina's
> Parish)  "The Heg", as my cousins called it, had the best gas prices in
> that part of the far southside.  At one time there were plans to relocate
> Midway to there...thank goodness they did major work on Midway, moving the
> parking east of Cicero, via an understreet tunnel.
>
> Love that city of Chicaaawgo!
>
> +++
> Grace & peace,
> jon
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 1:16 AM, Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com>
> wrote:
>
> > The last time I road the South Shore was in the early 90's when I lived
> in
> > the Hegewisch neighborhood and was an associate pastor at St. Florian's.
> I
> > went to Beverly Shores where myfriend Fr Ed McKenna had a summer/year
> round
> > home. I may have taken my bike I don't remember. It was a short walk or
> > ride from the stop to his house. I think I paid a fare at the Station,
> but
> > this was AN OFFICIAL STOP--Hegewisch may have been the first stop after
> > either 63rd or even 12th St. I imagine if the train stopped somewhere you
> > could get on. I don't remember seeing a conductor either; but I do
> remember
> > paying round trip at the station.--it may have been free before Hegewisch
> >
> > Joe
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 1:51 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I haven't ridden the South Shore line in forever. I didn't understand
> how
> > > fares were paid, so I rode for free. No conductor came through to punch
> > > tickets. I also rode from Hyde Park to the Loop, which I think is not
> > > normally allowed...one is supposed to ride the Electric Line within the
> > > city. Such a scofflaw I was.
> > > On Oct 15, 2014 1:57 AM, "Joseph Cirou" <romanos at mindspring.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Was  that the EJ and E?  I heard about it, but never rode it. Did
> ride
> > > the
> > > > North Shore and the South Shore is still running
> > > >
> > > > Joe
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 6:27 PM, Mahoney, W. Michael <
> > > wmmah at stoneledge.net
> > > > >
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 3:03 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> > > > > magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I stumbled upon a number of YouTube videos of contemporary and
> > > > > > past rides on the CTA = Chicago Transit Authority.  I watched a
> > few
> > > > > > of them, including the video of the North Shore RR.  The
> > > > subway/elevated
> > > > > > lines are all familiar to me from my student days in the 1950's,
> > and
> > > it
> > > > > > was
> > > > > > pure nostalgia watching these videos.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Ah, yes, the memories:
> > > > >
> > > > > The "El" many, many times from Oak Park to the Loop.
> > > > >
> > > > > The North Shore from the Loop to to Racine and Kenosha and
> sometimes
> > > even
> > > > > Milwaukee.  It was great fun to sit in the dining/bar car and watch
> > the
> > > > > plain old commuters in their plain old "El".
> > > > >
> > > > > And then there was the trolley line that went from the Chicago city
> > > line
> > > > > through Oak Park and on out to the far-out suburbs and Brookfield
> > Zoo.
> > > > The
> > > > > cars had pot bellied, coal burning stoves!  Didn't last much past
> the
> > > > late
> > > > > 40's.
> > > > >
> > > > > Mike M.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>