The Chicago CTA Wilson Station on the north side is undergoing a complete reconstruction, a project lasting several years. In this video, we see many months worth of work on the station.
Wow!!!!! Wilson's looking good. I wish I could have gone by it more often. Well hopefully by April when I get my electronic wheelchair I'll be able to watch the construction of the rest of it being I use the Red and Purple Lines to get to my doctor office.
Love your coverage of this project! When will you do the next update? I also checked out the CTA site and their info on it is great! All the historical data they present takes me back to when I lived in Chicago.
Thank you William! I go the Wilson Station every so often to try to get some footage. When I have enough then I'll post a new video. Who knows when that will be though!
I'm glad you enjoyed it! It is similar to the Belmont and Fullerton Station projects. I'm sad to see the vintage historic station go, but it will be nice to have a modern station in its place.
Just a correction, the "yard" on the left is what remains of the Wilson Yard and Shops. The Buena Yard's connection was the concrete structure slightly to the east of the L that was torn down in your last video. The Wilson Yard was the main shops until the Howard Yard was expanded. The whole facility burned down in 1996.
packr72 thank you for the information. I moved to Chicago in 2004 so I don't have the real history. I was using Wikipedia for my information. Do you know how big of a yard they had? Did it extend to where the Target is now? Thanks for the correction and information!
