Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Lake Street Transfer station

Lake Street Transfer station

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/February 25, 2023 by Gog the Mild (talk) 10:50, 7 January 2023 (UTC)



The Lake Street Transfer station (pictured) was a rapid transit station on the Chicago "L" that linked its Lake Street Elevated with the Logan Square branch of its Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad from 1913 to 1951. The Lake Street and Metropolitan were both constructed in the 1890s different companies. The two companies owning the lines, along with two others, unified their operations in the early 1910s; as part of the merger, the Lake Street's owner had to close the station on Wood Street and build a new one to form a transfer with the Metropolitan. This transfer station had a double-decked construction, with the Metropolitan's infrastructure crossing over the Lake Street. This arrangement continued until the Dearborn Street subway opened on February 25, 1951, replacing the Logan Square branch in the area and leading to the station's closure. The site would eventually serve as the junction of the modern Pink Line to the Green Line.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Toa Payoh MRT station on November 7, 2022
 * Main editors: Myself
 * Promoted: December 20, 2022
 * Reasons for nomination: To get it on the Main Page. No urgency, but February 25th would work for the 72nd anniversary of the station's closure in the absence of a more urgent anniversary.
 * Support as nominator. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 00:22, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment Have you considered February 25th as the 71st anniversary of its closure?   Cards   84664   14:54, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Done. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 00:35, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Support nomination. I reviewed this at FAC and am happy to vouch for its quality. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 14:36, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Support - February 25 sounds like a reasonable date. – Epicgenius (talk) 22:44, 4 January 2023 (UTC)