Then and Now, California-Milwaukee

This is the view north from the California ‘L’ station at Milwaukee Avenue. In 1967 this was the next-to-last stop before the Logan Square terminal on what was then the Milwaukee Branch of the West-Northwest service. Electric trolley buses were in their last days of operation on route #52 Kedzie-California. The buildings here were small, old, and run-down.

Today the ‘L’ trains on the Blue Line run all the way to O’Hare. Electric trolley buses are gone from the streets of Chicago. The neighborhood around the station has lots of renovation and new construction.

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