Structure type Elevated | Tracks 2 tracks Phone +1 888-968-7282 | |
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Address 12 E Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60616, USA Similar Cermak–Chinatown station, Adams/Wabash station, Skydeck Chicago, Magnificent Mile, Museum of Science and Indus | ||
Cermak–McCormick Place is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's Green Line. The station, designed by Chicago-based Ross Barney Architects and engineered by Primary Consultant T.Y. Lin International, is located at Cermak Road and State Street in the Near South Side neighborhood of Chicago. The station includes three entrances – one on each side of Cermak Road and one at 23rd Street. The main station entrance is built on the north side of Cermak road.
The new station replaced the original Cermak station that opened on June 6, 1892, closed on September 9, 1977, and was demolished in 1978. The new, fully accessible station was engineered and constructed into and around the existing, historic elevated rapid transit structure while maintaining full transit service. The station’s signature element is the structural steel tube that serves as a windbreak for passenger boarding areas. Both the former and the new station are situated south of Roosevelt/Wabash and north of 35th–Bronzeville–IIT.
On January 17, 2012, Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel announced at a press conference that the Cermak station would be rebuilt in order to serve McCormick Place. The $50 million investment is also intended to boost the development of residential neighborhoods in the City’s Near South Side and revitalize the adjacent historic Motor Row District. A groundbreaking ceremony for the new station was held on August 29, 2013. The new Cermak-McCormick Place Green Line station opened on February 8, 2015.
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