Damen (CTA Lake Line station)
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Damen
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| Location | Damen Avenue and Lake Street Chicago, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 41°53′6″N 87°40′37″W / 41.88500°N 87.67694°WCoordinates: 41°53′6″N 87°40′37″W / 41.88500°N 87.67694°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Chicago Transit Authority | ||||||||||
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| Tracks | 2 tracks | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | November 6, 1893 2020 (Planned) |
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| Closed | April 4, 1948 | ||||||||||
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Damen was a station on the Chicago "L" in Chicago's Near West Side neighborhood that was demolished and is planned to reopen as part of the Chicago Transit Authority's Green Line. Construction of the new station was announced on February 9, 2017, as an infill station located at Damen Avenue and Lake Street. At the time of the announcement, design and engineering was planned to commence in 2017, construction was expected to begin in the third quarter of 2018 and be completed in 2020. It will fill the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) distance between the Ashland and California stations on the Green line. The most recently constructed "in-fill" station had been the Green Line Cermak–McCormick Place station near Wintrust Arena and McCormick Place completed in 2015, and this marks the third new CTA station announced during Rahm Emanuel's tenure as Mayor of Chicago. It will become the closest "L" station to the United Center, while augmenting public transportation service to an emerging business corridor and residential neighborhood. At the time of the announcement, the estimate cost was $50 million, but no designs for the station were announced. State and federal agencies were being lobbied for funding for the station by 27th ward alderman Walter Burnett Jr. although tax increment funding (TIF) was planned if no other funding is received. TIF funds are local property tax allotments from an area designated as being in need of development financing for necessary projects that are not likely to have sufficient funding from other sources.
A station had been previously opened at this location on November 6, 1893. On April 4, 1948, the station was closed when the CTA shut down 10 stations along the Lake Street line to speed up its flow.
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