Ask Geoffrey: The Old Kenwood ‘L’ Line
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Geoffrey Baer tells the history of a now abandoned South Side “L” line.
Chicago’s “L” lines are today operated by the centralized Chicago Transit Authority. But for many years, private companies actually ran and managed individual branches. Geoffrey Baer has the story of one of them in this edition of Ask Geoffrey.
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Ask Geoffrey: The Old Kenwood ‘L’ Line
Clip: 2/27/2020 | 5m 13sVideo has Closed Captions
Chicago’s “L” lines are today operated by the centralized Chicago Transit Authority. But for many years, private companies actually ran and managed individual branches. Geoffrey Baer has the story of one of them in this edition of Ask Geoffrey.
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