Chicago is really a car town. Sure most people associate the city with an image of the 'EL' rumbling over head, but they would be just as right in associating it with an image of the first limited access highway in the country, Lake Shore Drive.
A friend once described Chicago as a cross between LA and New York. Stand along Western avenue, with its used car dealers and strip malls cheek by jowl with greystones and 'EL' stops and you might think he was correct.
Western Avenue, the cities longest street, stretches from Evanston to Indiana. Once the western border of the city, it has evolved into a four lane paradise for the internal combustion engine. Pedestrians, if there are any, are assaulted by auto exhaust and the sound of braking semis.
A reminder that Chicago truly is a car town.
1 comment:
I love your style of writing - and the photo too. We want more, Jessums
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