Comments by "" (@craigkdillon) on "IT'S HISTORY" channel.

  1. I was born in Chicago. I learned early how addresses were numbered. At 7 years old, I could be dropped blindfolded anywhere in the city, and I could find my way home. I was getting on buses, going downtown, and going all over the north side by myself. if a movie I wanted to see was playing somewhere far away, I just took the buses, transferring as needed. My mom had no idea i did that. One time, I went downtown to see a movie. I spent my carfare money on popcorn, prepared to walk home. After the movie, I started walking home. It was a hot summer day, and I realized I didn't really want to walk it. So, I walked up to a traffic cop. Putting on my most innocent lost child face, I told the cop, I was lost. He called a cop car over. The Cop asked me where I lived. I gave him the address. I could have given him directions, but i figured that they would figure I wasn't really lost. They drove me home, knocked on my door, and my mom answered. I said "Hi, Mom", and they said, "Is this your kid?" I walked in. My mom never asked about that. I loved growing up in Chicago in the 50's.
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  2. The Erie Canal was also key to the early growth of Chicago. Ships would take produce from Chicago to Buffalo. Later the railroads took over that job. But it was important in establishing Chicago as a major port on the Great Lakes.
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  3. C"mon. Every Chicagoan, born and raised here, knows about the railyard at the bottom of the MM. What most people DON"T know is the rail yard at the bottom of the IC development East of Michigan and South of the river. ALL of those skyscrapers are built on stilts using the air rights OVER the rail yard. They are all truly just castles in the air.
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  4. Uh duh. Lots of buildings are built over train tracks in Chicago. All the buildings in the IC Rights are are built over train tracks. Prudential building, AON building, The Wave, and all those buildings east of Michigan, North of Randolph, and South of the River are ALL over train tracks. That's how we do it in Chicago.
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