“The addition of these two new elevators extends the life of this historic station and makes it fully functional and accessible for all 21st century customers.”Īdditionally, Quincy Station received various lighting upgrades, reconfigured stairs to improve passenger circulation, replaced its flooring with tile, added new HD security cameras and installed motorized doors that meet ADA guidelines. “The Quincy L station has served riders for more than 120 years, providing customers with convenient access to and from Chicago’s downtown Loop, business district and tourist destinations,” said Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. In keeping with the historical look of the station, the elevator tower exteriors mimic patterns on the station’s historic railings. The station was built in 1897 and was designated a Chicago Landmark in 2017. The elevators connect to the stationhouse for both the Inner Loop (Orange, Purple, Pink Lines) and Outer Loop (Brown Line) platforms. The $18.2 million modernization, funded with local tax increment finance (TIF) funds, added two elevators to the station on either side of Wells Street on the south end of each platform. The city of Chicago and CTA have a shared commitment to make the entire rail system wheelchair accessible during the next 20 years.
The last renovation of the station was in 1988, when the stop was restored to its original 1897 glory.Work to modernize the Chicago Transit Authority’s (CTA) historic Quincy L station has been completed and the station is now vertically accessible to customers with disabilities. Many of the original features are still in place, including pressed metal wreaths and fluted pilasters (rectangular columns), located on the stationhouse façade – as well as the ticket agent booth, which is still in use. The station was landmarked last year. The Quincy station was originally built in 1897, just a few years after the Chicago’s 1893 World’s Fair.
Even the ticket booth of the Quincy station dates back to the President William McKinley era. Quincy Station also received lighting upgrades, reconfigured stairs to improve passenger circulation, new tile flooring, high-definition security cameras, and motorized doors that meet ADA guidelines. The elevator towers were designed to complement the station’s historic railings. The elevators bring customers up to the stationhouse for both the Inner Loop (Orange, Purple, and Pink lines) and Outer Loop (Brown Line) platforms. The $18.2 million bankrolled by local tax increment finance funds, added two elevators either side of Wells Street on the south end of each platform. “The addition of these two new elevators extends the life of this historic station and makes it fully functional and accessible for all 21st century customers.” The new elevators feature old-timey signs. “The Quincy ‘L’ station has served riders for more than 120 years, providing customers with convenient access to and from Chicago’s downtown Loop, business district and tourist destinations,” Mayor Rahm Emanuel said in a statement. It also provides connections to Union Station and the LaSalle Street Metra stop. The Quincy stop sees over 2.2 million trips a year on the Brown, Orange, Pink and Purple lines, and is a transfer point for 11 CTA bus routes. (Many have argued that’s too slow a timetable - 42 of Chicago’s 145 ‘L’ stations are still inaccessible to wheelchair users.) It’s part of the city’s project to make the entire CTA system accessible to people with disabilities over the next two decades. Last week the city of Chicago celebrated renovation of the historic Quincy Loop ‘L’ station, which modernized the station to make it wheelchair accessible, while maintaining its old-timey flair.
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