The Lake Street Transfer station was a rapid transit station on the Chicago "L" that linked its Lake Street Elevated with the Logan Square branch of its Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad from 1913 to 1951. The Lake Street and Metropolitan were both constructed in the 1890s by different companies. The two companies owning the lines, along with two others, unified their operations in the early 1910s; as part of the merger, the Lake Street's owner had to close its nearby station on Wood Street and build a new one to form a transfer with the Metropolitan. This transfer station had a double-decked construction (depicted), with the Metropolitan's infrastructure crossing over the Lake Street. This arrangement continued until the Dearborn Street subway opened on February 25, 1951, replacing the Logan Square branch in the area and leading to the station's closure. The site would eventually serve as the junction of the modern Pink Line to the Green Line.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1866:

Miners in Calaveras County, California, discovered a human skull that was taken to show that humans had existed during the Pliocene, a thesis that was later disproved. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calaveras_Skull

1956:

In a speech to the 20th Congress of the Communist Party, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev denounced the personality cult and dictatorship of his predecessor Joseph Stalin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Cult_of_Personality_and_Its_Consequences

1980:

The first prime minister of independent Suriname, Henck Arron, was deposed in a military coup led by Dési Bouterse. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Surinamese_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat

2020:

Hong Kong–based writer and publisher Gui Minhai, known for writing about Chinese Communist Party politicians, was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for intelligence violations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gui_Minhai

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

withal: 1. (chiefly archaic) 2. Together with the rest; besides; in addition. 3. All things considered; nevertheless. 4. (archaic or obsolete) Synonym of therewith (“with this, that, or those”) 5. (archaic) Used at the end of a clause or sentence, after the object: with. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/withal

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