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Living here in Chicago it's neat to see the vestiges of this still around - like 'vaulted sidewalks', where the current sidewalk sits over 5 feet of air, and th

• jusben1369 13y ago
  Pictures or it isn't true!
  • joezydeco 13y ago
    Here's my grandmother's old neighborhood in the near southwest part of the city (Pilsen): http://goo.gl/maps/OlFm7 http://goo.gl/maps/OlFm7 You can see where the sidewalks enter on the second floor of these flats and the original ground level entrance is now below street level. We had lots of fun goofing around in the "cave" down on the first floor.
    • selectodude 13y ago
      It's very bizarre seeing a street view from a block away from where I live on HN.
      • joezydeco 13y ago
        Sorry, that's where GMaps put the center of Pilsen. I can update the link if you want... =) (ObGmapsWeirdThing: My wife and kids were outside on the driveway when the google cameras went by. Now I can see them all the time, staring back at me with their blurred faces...)
      • fumar 13y ago
        It is random. I lived about two blocks away on 18th place.
      • slyn 13y ago
        Hello, half-mile away neighbor.
  • graupel 13y ago
    These are the signs by my wife's office - it's really hard to visualize but at points in the sidewalk there are grates that you can see through down to the old sidewalk below http://fuzzyco.com/news/archives/uploaded/2005-08-15/vaultedsidewalk.jpg http://fuzzyco.com/news/archives/uploaded/2005-08-15/vaulted...
  • mef 13y ago
    Here's a thread with a bunch of pictures of Chicago excavations that have exposed vaulted sidewalks http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=143407 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=143407