kal-el
[chicago]
posted by catherine / June 30, 2006 / 
one of the things i miss most about chicago is, perhaps strangely, the el. i know - dudes are always masturbating on it, hobos poo in the corner, the howard station always smells strongly of urine, and the sounds that emit from it are unholy and unworldly. but it managed to sneak into a special place in my heart and stay there. truth be told, i love it much more than the metro, even though the metro is about 100x cleaner and the el didn't have a super duper last call thingie. anyways, gapers block (gawd how i wish atlanta had a gapers block) recently put up a piece about five films in which the el is a prominent feature. check it out.
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I can't say that I share your sentiment in missing the El (and especially not the #66 bus), but it can be kind of fun at times just due to how rickety it is. Having ridden it for a few weeks now, I kinda prefer the Metro though. It doesn't smell.
for me it's more like the el's got personality. smelly personality, to be sure. also, i just like being above ground.
I had no idea spiderman 2 and batman begins filmed those scenes in Chicago!!! i have to watch again, now that i've actually lived in chicago. i like being above ground also.
These people have no memories! No The Sting?
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