Oakland Underfoot

I had a six-hour layover at Union Station the other week and put in a few miles north, over to the lake and back. These caught my eye along the way.

How could I resist a genuine CTA access cover? This was by the approach to a bridge, North Orleans and West Kinzie Streets.

These were a block or two east on Hubbard Street. They show that the practice of sidewalk stamping is alive and well.

And brass inserts have a long pedigree in Chicago, if you look at the link in the Other Cities list on my home page. I forget exactly where this is. Oakland doesn’t have these.

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