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Metra Van Buren Street Station Is a Parisian Gateway

by Matt B on October 13th, 2008

metra van buren street station

I've mentioned before how small bits of Paris occasionally pop up here in Chicago. This includes the entrance to the Metra Van Buren Street Station on Michigan Avenue (across from the Auditorium Building). It is a replica of a Paris subway entrance designed by Hector Guimard. The entrance was given to Chicago by the city of Paris in 2001.

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Photo credit: (c/o Flickr) Atelier Teee, swanksalot, jima

Metra Van Buren Street Station
Public trans: Bus # 1, 3, 4, X4, 6, 7, 14, 26, X28, 126, 145, 147, 148, 151
Metra Electric Line (Van Buren)

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