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transportation offered Jazz Age Chicagoans the increasingly prized
freedom of mobility. Eager to explore the city's amusements, to enjoy
its nightlife, to venture beyond their home neighborhood, and to mingle
with people unlike themselves, Chicagoans relied on the city's extensive
network of streetcars and elevated trains to achieve these ends. Mass
transportation was equally critical to the success of retail stores and
entertainment venues located in Chicago's expanding bright-light
districts, since it permitted businesses to draw customers and patrons
from a much larger region. To learn more about the development of the
city's transportation system during the early twentieth century, click
on the links below.
Histories of the Chicago Elevated History of the South Side Elevated History of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated History of the Lake Street Elevated History of the North Side Elevated History of the Loop Elevated Maps of the Chicago Elevated Map of the South Side Elevated Map of the West Side Elevated Map of the Lake Street Elevated Map of the North Side Elevated Complete Map of the Chicago Elevated Map of the 1922 Expansion Proposal Suggested Reading · Bruce G. Moffat, The 'L': The Development of Chicago's Rapid Transit System, 1888-1932 (Central Railfans Association, 1995). · David M. Young, Chicago Transit: An Illustrated History (Northern Illinois Univ. Press, 1998). |
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