The Dempster Street Purple Line Station is located at 1316 Sherman Street in Evanston.  The original station opened on May 16, 1908.  Its existence was short lived.  It was replaced with a new building in 1909 during the track elevation project of 1908–1910.

     This station is the current one.  It is a ground level building constructed of dark brick   Its style is Georgian Revival.

The Lincoln Village Theater was located in West Ridge at 6101 N. Lincoln Avenue.    It originally opened as a single screen large theater in August, 1968.  It was an auditorium type facility with a seating capacity of approximately 1000 seats.

It was split into three screens in December, 1983.

In the late 1980’s, Cineplex Odeon added a new building to the north of the original theater.  The new facility featured 6 screens.    The original theater was renamed the Lincoln Village Theater 7-9.  In the 1990’s, this theater was closed and demolished.   The new theater was renamed the Lincoln  Village 1-6.

The remaining  theater apparently was poorly managed.  It closed in 2005.  The reason provided was the lack of parking because of a dispute with the Metropolitan Sanitary District.   The theater has sat empty for years.

Recently a plan was developed for the unused facility.  The nearby car wash was torn down.   The plan was to modify the theater a a 3 story storage facility.

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     The Plaza Theater apparently opened in December, 1980.  It was located in a strip mall in a former discount store. Its address was 3343 West Devon in West Ridge.  It was across the street from the Lincoln Village Theater.  It had three screens.  During its history, it was operated at various times by Essaness Theaters, Plitt Theaters and lastly by Cineplex Odeon.  It apparently closed in 1987.

         Wolf Point is the area in the Chicago River where the main stem and the north and south branches merge.

     Located in West Ridge at 2516 West Devon, the Cine Theater once stood..  It opened in 1937.  The architect was George Leslie Rupp.  It was operated by the Balaban and Katz Group.   It had one screen.  It had a capacity of 1200 seats.  Its style was described as stream line moderne.  It was in operation until 1953.    Apparently, the theater was inexpensive and featured B movies

     After the theater closed, the building was used as a clothing store.  More recently it houses an Indian Restaurant.

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     Beginning in January of 2013, construction started on a new CTA substation at Farrell Avenue.  The purpose was to increase capacity in the Red and Purple Lines.

     When completed, the structure was a three story brick building on the east side of the tracks.  It is 34 feet in height, 19 feet deep, and 181 feet long.  

     Incoming power of 12,600 volts from Com Ed is routed through protective switchgear,a transformer that reduces voltage and a rectifier that converts a.c. to d.c. current.  This then is fed to the third rail.

Text posted 6/1/2018