From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #10783 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Saturday, February 25 2023 Volume 14 : Number 10783 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Your Norton subscription may have expired? ["AntiVirus Norton" Subject: Your Norton subscription may have expired? Your Norton subscription may have expired? http://whoswhoplatinumz.live/-yLG4JQtQjxmbQX2XB3NruXIl25psHCyvUjctOvik_7CtvRB-Q http://whoswhoplatinumz.live/BfitNS3g5OWxTy6qUKZHHNypyq3Z5-tKNMER9gLNKoFVkvETzw lans for Chicago to have a subway system to relieve the severe congestion of, if not replace, its elevated trackage dated back to the early 20th century, but the city lagged in building subways. Chicago petitioned the Public Works Administration (PWA) for construction funds for a subway on State Street in 1937. The petition originally included a proposal for two downtown east-west streetcar tunnels. Harold L. Ickes, the administrator of the PWA and a longtime Chicagoan, vetoed the streetcar tunnel plan and insisted instead on a second subway that would go under Dearborn Street and Milwaukee Avenue, which would provide a more direct route from Logan Square to downtown. Although this idea engendered considerable local opposition, especially from mayor Edward Joseph Kelly, Ickes's influence in the federal government led to the Dearborn plan being adopted in 1938. A 1939 plan also introduced the idea of replacing the Metropolitan's main line and Garfield Park branch with a section of rapid transit operating through a proposed superhighway on Congress Street (the eventual Interstate 290). These sections of transit would be connected, allowing for the area's rapid transit to be routed through downtown rather than adhere to a trunk-and-branch model. The subway's approval did ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #10783 ***********************************************