Open Rehearsal: The Court Theatre Blog
July 7, 2009
Gold Line
Another year, another South Side transit proposal.
The Chicago Tribune has a story about the Gold Line that would serve South Side neighborhoods in the event of a Chicago 2016 Olympics. The Gold Line is not to be confused with the Gray Line, an older proposal to build a CTA train on the Metra Electric lakeshore corridor.
Hyde Park’s lack of transit is a chronic pain for the neighborhood and the university, even though the CTA Green Line, Red Line, and Metra Electric hit pretty close. Court Theatre is exactly one mile from the Garfield Green Line stop, but my sense is that most of our patrons from the North Side drive here. The Gold Line would clearly be a boon for Court, but I doubt that anyone here is holding their breath.
Still, what a glorious dream:
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